Nameless King

"How many potions are produced here?" Wain asked with a curious look, carefully watching the actions of the monsters who seemed to know what had to be done.

"Hmm...." Edena wondered, "I don't know, the success rate gets higher every day as the monsters learn and make fewer mistakes, but I think several thousand per hour. However, that's just here, there are far fewer factories than storages or greenhouses, but it's still more than ten."

Wain nodded, "Not bad, those are impressive numbers. Well, I've already looked at everything, so we can consider the tour over. Come on, it's time to get on with the experiment, isn't it?"

"Sure." Edena smiled, "After we're done I'll show you a collection of our strongest potions. These are the potions we have in single copies."

"Hah, that sounds pretty interesting, but what will you do with these potions? I mean, you must have spent quite a bit of time and resources on them, so it would be wasteful to use them as decorations." Wain asked as he glanced at Edena.

"Don't worry, we're not going to collect them. They lie in our personal storage since none of the monsters have earned them yet. I mean, we've already created several hundred such potions, and we've given most of them away to monsters who needed them to get stronger." Edena explained with a serious look in a confident manner.

Wain smirked, "I see, these potions probably raise the purity of the blood to a high value or give a powerful burst of energy so that the monster can move on to the next Chronicle, right?"

"Damn... Wain, how did you figure it out so fast?" Lui Bu was surprised as his eyes went wide.

"Well, it was easy. There are many different options in this world, but even the best protective, healing, or enhancing potion can't compare to the one that will let you pass through the barrier. It's just another level altogether." Wain said with a devious smirk, "What Chronicle could those monsters that used those potions reach?"

Edena and Lui Bu remained silent as they looked at each other, nodded, and said, "To the Fifth Chronicle."

"What the hell...?" Wain's eyes went wide since he couldn't believe what he heard, "Fifth Chronicle...? I mean... Right now, besides you, there are other monsters in this Void who have reached the Absolute Stage?"

Edena and Lui Bu nodded as Elegan stepped forward and said, "Yeah, I too was surprised that besides the leaders of the territories, some monsters were able to reach this level, though with the help of potions, but it's still incredible."

'Hah, I definitely made one of the smartest decisions when I brought Edena and Lui Bu here and gave them as many abilities as possible. I didn't expect them to be able to create potions that would allow a creature to pass into the Fifth Chronicle, honestly, it's practically the pinnacle of alchemy.' Wain inwardly muttered with a rather smile on his face.

'Edena, Lui Bu, you are well done. I knew you were talented and that you had great potential, but you were able to create potions to go to the Fifth Chronicle while in the Fourth Chronicle Void. Perhaps with your new resources, you can create more amazing potions." Wain smirked as he shook his head, "No, though, I'm fully convinced of that. You have exceeded all my expectations."

Edena and Lui Bu answered nothing since they were too embarrassed to say anything. Everyone knew that Wain was a cold man who quite rarely showed his true emotions, so to hear him praise was something no one hoped for.

Elegan usually did the job of encouraging the others, but to hear words like that from Wain was the best reward they could get, since anything other than that they had.

"Hah, no need to be so embarrassed, I rarely praise anyone it's true, but that's because I want everyone to be sure of my complete sincerity every time I do it, just no doubts." Wain chuckled noticing the flushed faces of his alchemists before turning around, "Let's go. Where should I go? Where is your main lab located?"

Lui Bu and Edena quickly came to their senses as they ran forward, showing Wain the way.

"Damn... When I heard Wain's stories and that he is in fact a Nameless King, I thought he would get even sterner and colder, but I guess I was completely wrong." Reto muttered with a dazed look as he watched the receding back of Wain's who walked relaxed forward with his hands behind his head.

"I agree... I thought a lot would change after his story, and maybe something for the worse..." Sarras muttered in a confusion, "However, so far it's the opposite."

"Hmm... It seems logical to me." Nicole suddenly said with a confused look at the others, "Have you been listening to his story inattentively?"

"What...? What are you talking about?" Elegan asked as he tilted his head, "I'm sure I heard every word."

"I agree." Frigus nodded seriously as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"It seems simple to me." Nicole said with glowing eyes, "Think about it, Wain had been fighting all along, well, it seems he didn't even have a home or a lover back then. All he was doing was fighting and getting stronger since even in Human World, someone else was running the kingdom since he didn't have time."

Nicole continued, "Things are different now. There's still time before the Great War, he has a home, a beloved, close allies, and hopes for the future that it will finally be over. I mean, he's much freer now than before, isn't he?"

Everyone's eyes went wide as they were shocked that Nicole was the one who could figure it out, while they hadn't thought about it at all.

"Hah, it's rather ironic that the Nameless King, the one who not even Fate can stop, is freer after death than when he was at the peak of his powers..." Frigus chuckled, then his gaze grew deeper and darker.