Nameless King

After Wain answered, 'Yes,' his Soul Altar came into motion. It glowed brightly, and a blue soul slowly emerged from the cell. Then that soul flew out of Wain's body, as did the pink soul.

At that moment, Wain felt weak, as his Soul Altar had just lost an additional soul, but it was temporary. The blue soul of Last Knight's Soul approached the pink soul Wain received after killing Linlea.

Then they slowly began to merge together. It was like two neutron stars colliding with each other. A large amount of energy began to emanate from them, and Soul Essence accumulated.

Gradually, the two souls became one. Wain was mesmerized by this scene. It was radically different from how a skill improvement happens. 

After a few minutes, the two souls transformed into one. There was a wave of energy that spread out several meters around at that moment.

Wain stared at the pink soul floating in the air. A majestic and ancient aura emanated from it. Although this soul was Epic Rating, just like Linlea's soul, it was far superior to Linlea's soul. 

Whooosh.

The pink soul flew into Wain's body and immediately headed for his Soul Altar. Wain felt a great rush of strength. He felt excellent, he felt as if he had just gained great power.

Then he saw several messages before his eyes.

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Black Thunder's Renegade. Strength+7, Agility+7, Energy+5]

Usually, a person would only get Soul Essence when he crushed the souls of other creatures, but there was one exception to this rule. 

When a new, additional soul moved into the Soul Altar, a person also received Soul Essence and significantly increased stats.

The inserted soul's Soul Essence was spread over the Soul Altar, so the person got a little stronger without considering the subsequent bonuses.

[Soul of Black Thunder's Renegade became your additional soul.]

You are a knight who has decided to renounce the world. You were caught in a mad vortex during your wanderings with a hundred black lightning bolts. 

At that moment, you realized that this was what you had been missing. You are as fast and crushing as thunder, and your heart is as black as the severe lightning in that vortex.

Your sword moves with the speed of lightning, the darkness your faithful ally accelerating your body. Your mind is cold, and you are ruthless.

Damage from lightning and darkness is increased by 15%. Your damage has been increased by 13%. Your attack speed is increased by 11%]

After a person inserted an additional soul into his Soul Altar, he received passive bonuses and one ability, active or passive. 

But, Wain improved his additional soul, and previously Soul of Last Knight gave him a passive ability, Fencing the Last Knight.

As the name implied, this ability greatly increased Wain's mastery in swordsmanship to a reasonably high level. But, now Wain did not have Soul of Last Knight. 

In that case, the skill of this soul was partially combined with the skill of the new additional soul.

This only worked if one additional soul was improved and turned into a completely different soul.

So after Soul of Black Thunder's Renegade became his additional soul, Wain saw several relevant messages.

[The skill Fencing the Last Knight was destroyed. The power of this skill will become part of the skill of your new additional soul]

[Oblivion Thunder (Primary Chronicle, Epic Rating)

You are Black Thunder's Renegade, so thunder and darkness are your loyal allies. You understand better than anyone else how these elements interact and how terrible and destructive they can be.

By accumulating a huge amount of energy, you can unleash a black pillar of thunder on your enemy. This attack has incredible destructive power and is like a real natural cataclysm.

But, you have to be careful. Using this skill can traumatize you if you cannot withstand its power that will pass through you to collapse on your enemies.

Tiny pieces from the past skill are like shards of memories becoming part of this skill, increasing the depth of your mastery in swordsmanship a bit]

"Holy shit, this is incredible. I've never felt better than this." Mumbled Wain looking at the description of the received skill and soul.

"Now I understand why the conditions for obtaining this soul were so difficult. I defeated Linlea with practically no wounds, but only because I had the second form. Otherwise, she would have killed me in a few attacks." Wain muttered.

He spent some time rereading the descriptions, and at one point, Wain saw messages that had disappeared from his sight because of the new additional soul.

In addition to getting a boost in stats, Wain also got a huge amount of Soul Essence, which was enough to make him take another step forward.

[You have leveled up to level 14. You get 3 status points to distribute freely]

[You have leveled up to level 15. You get 3 status points to distribute freely]

[You have reached your limit. You can no longer accumulate Soul Essence and increase your stats by destroying the souls of other creatures. You must evolve to enter the next league]

Most people who would see this message would think they made a mistake. 

They would have thought that they could get a lot more stats by killing monsters before they reached the limit, but that was not the case.

All people got about the same amount of stats before they reached the limit because, along with the increase in stats, they also got Soul Essence. Of course, a lot depended on luck, but the maximum difference was usually 10%.

Which characteristic was the highest could vary from person to person. It mostly depended on which monsters human killed and how he allocated status points.

"Should I evolve? Finally, it was a surprise that I got such a huge amount of Soul Essence to boost two levels at once." Wain muttered.

Wain didn't know what he had to do in order to evolve. According to his information, only a couple of people could do it in his past world, and they weren't going to tell anyone about the evolution process. 

It was too important. No one was going to share their secrets with others.

When Wain thought about it, another message appeared in front of him.

[To evolve, you must focus and collect all your Soul Essence from Soul Altar at one point. 

Since you are at the bottom of the food chain and are a creature of Primary Chronicle, there are no other conditions for evolution. The process will last at least a few weeks]

"What?! I'm going to evolve for a few weeks?" Wain said in amazement. Such a long time span was something incredible. 

Wain had managed to kill thousands of enemies, become times stronger, and make good acquaintances in about two days after the apocalypse began. 

But, now, he would have to spend at least more than twenty days in a kind of anabiosis.

"Okay, I have no other choice anyway. In that case, I'll have to choose the right place to do it. I am to be in the same state for several weeks. I had to be in a completely safe place." Mumbled Wain.

Naturally, he immediately thought of evolving while on campus. Since this area belonged to Gisle, who was Wain's most trusted ally, it made sense.

But, after a while, Wain discarded the idea. It was too risky. He didn't know what would happen to the main base in the meantime.

'Hmm, maybe while I'm evolving, the university will be attacked by a powerful monster or a group of other people. Maybe someone will distract me, and the evolution process will be interrupted, or some mistakes and defects will occur. I have to rule out any risks.' Wain pondered.

He began to think of all the places he knew in Overion, but none were safer than the university. Wain was sure he couldn't find a suitable place in the whole town.

"Shit, what am I going to do then?" Wain muttered and looked around. At that moment, a great idea popped into his head.

"Right...can't I stay in the Dungeon?"

On the one hand, the idea was crazy, but Wain thought it was the best option for a lot of reasons.

'As far as I know, the Dungeon will only be destroyed if all the monsters in that space are killed, and even then, it doesn't always happen. This Dungeon is huge because, besides the Merfolks temple, tons of water is home to dangerous monsters.

Thus, people who come here will first have to kill all the water monsters to get their reward. Given the size of this area, even then, it is unlikely to be destroyed. That means I have to be in a place where no one can find me.'

Wain realized that many people would come to this Dungeon in a few weeks. They must not find him so that nothing would interfere with his evolution.

'Hmm, this room is not completely safe. Those people could find it even though the underwater temple was destroyed. Perhaps I should burrow underground. In a few hours, I can dig a tunnel.' Wain thought and looked at the dark pond.

To his surprise, the water in the pond was not frozen, even though everything around it looked like a cracked glacier.

Wain nodded and headed toward the pond. He decided to dig a tunnel under the pondю.. It would be almost impossible to find him there.