Nameless King

The appearance of a human girl as a lot was a surprise to everyone, but then the auction continued at its usual pace. As Ern had requested, the girl was brought to him at once.

Click.

The door hinged, and she stepped inside. The girl bowed slightly and said quietly, "Thank you for buying me."

She was embarrassed, you could see it in her face and look, but she did it anyway.

'Hmm? Is she trained yet? The organizers either have a lot of experience in training slaves, or she was captured at least a few days ago.' Wain thought.

"Don't be." Ern waved his hand, "I didn't buy you as a slave, spare me this awkwardness and have a seat. We want to talk to you."

"We...?" The girl looked at Wain.

She nodded and sat down next to Ern.

"What's your name?"

"Alice Ruto..."

"I'm Ern, and this is Wain, and we have a few questions for you, but before we do... Wain, would you mind doing this?"

"Sure." Wain turned to Alice and bared his right ear. He did it at an angle where only she and Ern could see it, so Wain's identity was not threatened.

"What... You're just like me..." Alice was shocked. Once she got to the auction organizers, she had already accepted her fate that she was now a slave and would serve other races to stay alive.

"Yes, but it's not that important."

Wain decided to show his ear so that Alice's level of trust in him would immediately increase considerably.

"Alice, how is it that you happen to be in slavery? And are you here alone, or are your kin sitting in the cells in the castle?" Ern asked.

"A few days ago, the town I lived in was attacked by monsters. I decided to run away into the woods, and I was afraid that the monsters would catch up with me and I didn't stop running. Then two men caught me and sold me, and I ended up here..."

Alice had a hard time talking about it. She lived an ordinary life and never thought the day would come when she became a slave. It was a traumatic and sad event in her life.

"What did they look like?" Wain asked.

"Their skin was pale, and their hands burned with white flames, and yet they were not in pain. It looked very strange."

"I see. You were captured by Ashens, look, there are several members of that race in the hall."

"Huh, I see, they were probably nomads or travelers, and they decided to sell you to get a lot of money and not have troubles."

"Alice, you said the monsters attacked your town where you lived before you were captured?" Wain asked.

"I didn't see as I rode here in a wagon, but it's probably somewhere in the northwest. You could see snowy mountains in the distance from the town, and it was pretty cold."

"I see... Are those your clothes, or were you forced to dress like that?"

Alice shook her head, "They gave me these clothes. They said it would make me look more natural..."

"Yes, it's true. A slave in a luxurious outfit would look strange." Ern uttered.

"Is your city completely destroyed? Why couldn't you fight back? Were the monsters too strong?"

Alice nodded, "At first, I thought nothing serious happened. I heard a series of gunshots and thought it was fine, but then there were screams and explosions. Bullets and even grenades couldn't seriously hurt the monsters, and I had no choice but to run away."

"Hmm? Bullets? Grenades? What are you talking about? Why didn't you use your skills?"

Alice looked at him, puzzled. Wain's words sounded strange to her.

"Wain, she hasn't even activated her Soul Altar yet. Don't you feel that she has almost no energy in her?" Ern said.

"Yes... You're right... Alice, hasn't anyone in your town gotten superpowers yet? You have to kill one monster for that, even a very weak one."

"No, this is the first I've heard of it." Alice shook her head, "Do you have superpowers?"

Wain and Ern nodded, "Everyone in this world has special skills. It's a commonplace, not something unique."

"Wow, that's so cool! Too bad I'm useless as usual..." Alice drooped, and her eyes darkened.

"Don't worry. You just need to kill someone, and your life will change dramatically." Ern said.

"What? Kill? I can't do that, it's impossible..." It was hard for Alice to hear the screams of others and to see the blood, killing someone was a deadly sin for her.

"Hmm? What kind of nonsense are you talking about?" Ern looked at her in shock. For him, killing was something he had already done hundreds of times in his life. What's more, he was a Demon, and he never had any fear or trepidation about taking someone's life, for Demons, it was practically a tradition.

"But...I'm not a murderer!"

"You'll have to change your mind if you want to survive in this world." Wain looked at the hall, "Everyone here has killed and fought countless times and will continue to do it."

"Otherwise, someone will kill you, rape you, or whatever, there are plenty of options to die. Since you and I are of the same race, I'll give you some advice, stain your hands with blood up to your elbows if you don't want someone to do it with you."

Alice remained silent but nodded weakly. She wasn't stupid and understood that Wain's words made sense, but she had difficulty forcing herself to accept her new reality.

"Alice, your town was transported here after the merging of worlds. Right?"

"Yes." Alice nodded, "Do you know what this is? What happened to my world?"

Wain shook his head, "No one knows. No need to think about it, just accept that this is your new and only home now. Have other towns come up near you?"

"No, just mine. What happened to the others?"

"They probably died."