Nameless King

"Miss... Are you serious?" Nina asked with a dazed look.

"Yeah. You know my attitude toward life, the strong get everything, so if you win, then you're more worthy. Just it." Skyla spoke with a calm look while exhaling a puff of smoke.

Nina nodded as she attacked. Her fist went for Wain, but he stopped it with his palm with a slight smile on his face.

"Well, well, it looks like I've offended you, but how about another bet?" Wain asked in a curious manner as he let go of Nina's hand.

"What are you talking about?" Nina frowned as she recoiled to the side.

"It's simple. If you put me on the ground, I'll go away. In that case, you can definitely replace me, but if not, you'll tell me why you pulled out your wings. I'm sure it's a maddening pain, but for some reason, it hasn't stopped you." Wain muttered and prepared to fight as though he already knew how Nina would respond.

"Shit... Fine, have it your way. It's too good an offer for me to refuse, get ready to lose!" Nina exclaimed before attacking.

Her main goal was not to wound Wain but simply to knock him down, so she appeared behind him as she kicked at Wain's legs.

Whooooooooosh.

Wain jumped up, turned around, and with a sly smile on his face, slapped Nina. It didn't really hurt, but it was extremely humiliating, especially for Number 3 in the whole Guild.

"You bastard..." Nina muttered with an angry look while blood ran down the corner of her mouth.

"What? Is something wrong?" Wain smirked, "Start fighting seriously, or do you think you can win by tripping me? That's ridiculous."

"Fine, have it your way..." Nina mouthed as electric discharges appeared around her arms.

'Oh, lightning, that's interesting. Doesn't that mean it has to be fast?' Wain said inwardly while holding his chin.

Nina's eyes sparkled as she transformed into blue lightning that rushed toward Wain with tremendous speed.

Her palms were as though spears aimed at Wain's chest, but when Nina was about to pierce Wain, suddenly, something threw her back.

'What...? Nina inwardly exclaimed with a dazed look as Wain's boot dug into her stomach.

Whooooooooosh.

The impact tossed Nina aside as she broke several training dummies with her back until she grounded.

The guild members that were training had to jump aside to keep Nina from hitting them as they looked at Skyla with confused looks.

"It's okay. Just go away, give them more room." Skyla uttered as she waved her hand in a careless manner.

They were puzzled but didn't resent it and did as their boss said.

"Well, well, Nina hasn't been able to pull any punches yet. Surely she is one of the strongest in our Guild? Isn't that a shame?" Fosko said with a devious smile on his face in such a way that not only Skyla could hear it, but Nina too.

"You bastard... Shut your mouth..." Skyla uttered as her aura intensified.

"It's too late." Fosko grinned as he stared at Nina.

Nina's energy gradually increased as her body was completely covered in lightning discharges. Her appearance began to change as she used her Beyond.

Her hair turned blue and her eyes gray, and she wore an exoskeleton as if it was made of dragon scales.

"I'll kill you." Nina uttered with a furious look as the ground beneath her feet cracked, and she turned into a shadow.

Bam.

Nina appeared to Wain's right as she brought her fist down on him. Wain blocked the attack with an arm as though by a shield. The impact threw him aside, and Nina disappeared from his sight.

"This is the end!" Nina exclaimed as she found herself over Wain with her leg that lunged for Wain's head.

Wain didn't have time to react as lightning bolts went through his body that caused him to pass out, so his legs no longer held him.

He was falling while Nina's fist was approaching his head as the final blow that should have pressed Wain's back into the ground.

Whoooooosh.

As Wain's hair touched the ground, he opened his eyes with a bright golden light that blinded everyone who watched the fight.

Seconds later, the light passed as the eyes of all the Green Cats members opened wide, and Fosko smiled.

Nina lay on the ground with a frightened look as Wain's palm was at her neck while his golden hair fluttered in the wind.

"Not bad, but you're giving in too much to emotion." Wain said as he canceled the form, "A few words of Fosko's were enough to make you go berserk, so you can never really strike hard."

Nina remained silent as she tried to figure out how quickly she had lost. She was sure of her victory, but suddenly everything changed completely.

"Tell me. Why did you rip your wings out?" Wain asked as he sat down on the part of a dummy that was next to Nina.

"Okay. There's an opinion among the Angels that it can help awaken a unique power. I didn't believe it, as it seemed really crazy to me, but later, I got into a cult that thought it was true, so at one of the rituals, I volunteered..." Nina muttered in a quiet voice.

"Did someone help you do that?" Wain pronounced in a curious manner.

"Not really... I had a friend back then... Markaz... He ripped his wings before me, so I believed that I would become much stronger if I did the same. However, it was my greatest mistake, for I got nothing but terrible pain." Nina uttered as tears welled up from her eyes.

"Markaz..." Wain muttered with a dazed look, "Nina, I dated a friend of yours once, and I want to tell you he was damn strong."

"What...?" Nina uttered while in disbelief, "Are you serious?"

"Yeah." Wain nodded, "I don't know if it's true or not, but he was one of the strongest of those who used the attribute of darkness. Maybe you just have the wrong course."