Nameless King

"You're going to help us get rid of the competition." Skyla said as she pointed her cigar at Wain.

"Hmm? Why do you need me? You have a whole Guild that ranks not the least in Dermin, those girls down there are pretty capable. I'm sure you have plenty of strong fighters." Wain uttered in a serious voice while sitting on the couch with his arms crossed.

"Not really. Come here. You'll see for yourself." Skyla said, waved her hand, and jumped out the window.

Fosko and Wain followed her.

They climbed one of the towers of the base of Green Cats as Skyla pointed to the massive training area.

"Look, these are our best fighters, they're getting ready for the operation. What's your opinion on their skills?" Skyla asked as he blew out a club of smoke.

"Hmm..." Wain, with a thoughtful look, grabbed his chin.

There were dozens of people on the training ground, fighting each other, they looked like real pros, but something immediately confused Wain.

"They're all pretty fast, their movements are precise, but... I don't feel any power from them, I mean pure power that you can let out in one punch." Wain muttered while looking at the girl that attacked ten times in a second.

"Exactly, that's why we need someone like you." Fosko smirked as he put his hand on Wain's shoulder, but Wain immediately dropped it.

"It just so happens that most of our members specialize in quick attacks, even Demons that are in our ranks, but to defeat Twilight Embers, we need two fighters with destructive power." Skyla said as she looked at the second massive building in the eastern district.

It was a massive Gothic castle on top of which a blue flag with a picture of a burning white star was developing in the wind.

"Two? If I'm the first, who's the second?" Wain asked while in confusion.

"Huh, isn't it obvious? It's me!" Skyla exclaimed as she tensed the muscles in her right arm.

Her muscles were unusually robust for a girl as they seemed too big and hard even for the strongest jocks, but they looked natural.

"Well... You want to get rid of a competitor, I get it, but why do you need me? Couldn't you just attack their base, and that's it? Winner takes all, that rule always works." Wain asked while swinging his arm in a careless manner.

"What do you think we are, barbarians?" Skyla smirked, "Most of our Guild members are in the Third Chronicle while the strongest are in the Fourth Chronicle, so if we fight in Dermin, we will only get ruins after victory. What's more, the North and West will not ignore this and will help Twilight Embers deal with the aggressor, with us."

Wain nodded as he realized that his suggestion was illogical.

"But... Then where will we fight?" Wain asked.

"There." Skyla smiled as she pointed her finger down, "Beneath Dermin is a huge network of caves. It's practically a separate territory since it's home to various monsters, and because of the rare resources that are in the Granite Caverns, Dermin has been able to grow so quickly."

"You're kidding, right?" Wain asked with a confused look, "During the battle, we will destroy the caves as well as the entire city, it will be a real disaster."

"Huh, you don't seem to have been listening to me carefully. Do you think monsters that live there, sleeping in the morning and playing chess in the evening? Granite Caverns has a lot of Fourth Chronicle monsters, they fight every day, and the city is fine. You just don't realize yet how huge Granite Caverns is."

"We don't have to worry about the city there, that's for sure." Fosko said while holding his hands behind his head in a relaxed manner.

"So... What's my mission?" Wain asked.

"You and I will have to break through the barrier at the underground base of Twilight Embers, a barrier that someone from the Fifth Chronicle helped them set up, so we'll have to do our best to get rid of it." Skyla said with a serious look.

"Is this some kind of vault?" Wain tilted his head in a thoughtful manner.

"Something like that. A few weeks ago, Twilight Embers found a very rare crystal with an abnormal amount of energy. Since then, they've grown much stronger and are trying to get rid of us." Skyla uttered as she frowned while her aura intensified.

"Yeah..." Fosko nodded, "As far as I know, they gave away some of the crystal that Fifth Chronicle one as payment for the barrier, it's a crap situation, but we got lucky in some ways."

"Hmm?" Wain raised an eyebrow while holding his arms crossed.

"They can't move the crystal, so they had to build a base and set up a barrier just around it." Fosko explained as he waved a hand.

"Exactly." Skyla nodded, "Our mission is simple. We will attack their base at Granite Caverns and head for the Crystal during the mass fights. While we prepare to strike, Fosko will defend us, we won't have much time, but we'll have to put all our strength into it."

"Okay, that sounds good, but what makes you sure we can do it?" Wain asked as he touched his chin, "I won't be modest, I'm strong, it seems, so are you, but the barrier that Firth Chronicle one set up... It sounds like an impossible mission."

"You're right, but not in this case. While you were fighting in Colosseum, Fosko told me about a newcomer with an unusual blue flame. At first, I didn't think much of it, but when I saw you, I realized it wasn't fire at all, it was Ether." Skyla uttered as she clenched her palm into a fist, "So... Together, we can definitely destroy even such a powerful barrier."

Whoooooosh.

Suddenly Skyla's fist lit up with an unusual yellow flame that made space warp as the smoke from the cigar around it began to move much slower.

"Chaos and Ether, I'm afraid no barrier can survive that combination!" Skyla exclaimed with an eerie smile as her eyes turned amber.