Nameless King

The flaming sun should have burned the Blood Twins and the main root, but the massive Blood Lotus was activated at the last moment. It shone brightly and opened wide, and the Blood Twins' bodies trembled.

They pounced on each other like wild beasts despite the approaching threat. The Blood Lotus exploded and split into two massive petals. One petal turned into a barrier that protected the Blood Twins, and the second petal headed toward them.

The three Blood Twins absorbed each other and, with the energy from the petal, became one, a huge and terrible monster. A formidable aura emanated from it that was much stronger than before. This monster could easily defeat ten Blood Twins.

The Last Blood Twin had several protective lotus petals on its body, as well as open buds on its paws and back. A bloody and putrid scent emerged from the monster's jaw, and Vines and sturdy plates protected blood Twin's entire body.

Blood Twin's fierce eyes looked at Leon and the monster instantly attacked.

Whooooooosh.

Blood Twin opened his mouth wide and was about to devour Leon, but Leon reacted quickly and jumped aside. He had no strength left for another attack and needed time to recover.

The monster didn't stop there and continued to pursue Leon. The Bloody Twin was destroying everything it saw in its path.

Some Plants wanted to help Leon, but the commanders stopped them. They realized that no one but Leon would be able to avoid the attacks of such a strong and fast enemy. Anyone who tried to help Leon would only get in his way and die.

Bloody Twin roared and leaped at Leon. The monster knew Leon would try to dodge, so it jumped ahead. Leon didn't have the strength or time to react, and the monster came crashing down on him.

Snap.

However, the Blood Twin did not crush Leon. A small lotus appeared between them at the last moment, throwing the monster aside.

Leon looked up and saw a smiling Felix. He snapped his finger, and the lotus petal headed toward Leon and lifted him to a safe height.

"Thank you. It looks like you've regained some strength already."

"Yes, but it's not enough. I don't know how we can beat this." Felix muttered and pointed his hand at Blood Twin.

The monster looked at them furiously and jumped high up, trying to reach the soaring lotus on which Felix was sitting.

"What a restless..."

Felix waved his hand, and another lotus appeared in the Blood Twin's path. It prevented the monster from advancing any further and pressed it to the ground.

"How long can you hold it back?"

"Huh, not many. Just a few seconds, I've never met such a physically well-developed creature."

Leon nodded and created a wave of flame from the remaining energy with a wave of his hand. The fire covered the monster but was engulfed by the lotus like a black hole on its back.

"Vines and plates well protect it from physical attacks, but the buds also absorb elemental attacks. You and I have no more energy left, and our enemy has every parameter at a high level. How do we win?" Leon pondered.

The Bloody Twin tried again to jump Felix and Leon, but they just flew up, and the monster failed to reach them.

On the other side, the elders and squad leaders tried to draw the enemy's attention away from their men.

"Fall back, quietly and slowly." Carlos said, handing out instructions.

The Plants realized that soon the Bloody Monster would realize that he couldn't kill Leon and Felix, and then the monster would switch to another target. The Elders realized that they would not be able to withstand the Bloody Twin, nor would they be able to escape from this vortex. Their only option was to hide and wait for the right moment.

"Roooooaaaarrr!!!"

Blood Twin roared with helplessness and no longer looked in Felix's direction. The monster looked around and found that he could see no one. The Plants were well hidden under the roots, flowers, and earth. The only thing that would give them away was the smell that Blood Twin could clearly smell.

However, Blood Twin ignored it. Two unusual smells caught his attention, they were different from the smell from Plants.

Blood Twin looked at Wain and Eva standing in the distance.

Wain hadn't taken part in the battle before as he couldn't risk Eva's safety. He understood that Eva could die if several monsters decided to attack her. Leon and the elders fought, and Wain saw no reason to interfere.

However, since Leon had killed all the monsters with the sun, there were no more enemies now except for the Bloody Twin. Wain was ready for battle, he assessed Blood Twin's abilities and chances of victory.

Blood Twin grinned and lunged in his direction.

"Should I go?" Eva asked.

"No, next to me is safest. Think of you as being in the front row of a movie theater, too bad there's no popcorn." Wain uttered and closed his eyes.

'Which one of you should I choose?' Wain mentally said, addressing the forms.

Wain had already learned to make better contact with the forms, and the silhouette of the dark castle inside his Soul Altar sometimes appeared in his mind. He intuitively felt it.

'Me. We'll cut this running piece of meat into cubes and barbecue it.' Cursed Swordsman said and withdrew his sword from the platform.

'Good.'

Wain was surprised that the Cursed Swordsman and not the Knight of the Bloody Rose responded, but he didn't have time to think about it.

Whooooosh.

Wain's appearance transformed, and a long silver sword appeared in his hand. The temperature around him dropped sharply, and a thin layer of ice appeared on the ground.

The Bloody Twin almost got to Wain, but he was not about to retreat.

Wain put the sword in front of him and used a special skill of the second form - 'Ice Execution'. The silver sword was covered in blue flames, and Wain unleashed it on the monster.

The Ice Execution could instantly kill an enemy if the forces were roughly equal and were able to seriously wound even Osvald, a person with a neutral zone.