Nameless King

\'Damn! Why did I listen to Wain? This is pure madness!\' Osvald thought, running toward Irma.

He held back until last, but when the Hunter was about to stab Irma\'s neck, Osvald\'s patience came to an end.

\'Why did I let this happen?

Osvald moved at tremendous speed, he walked more than ten meters in an instant and approached Irma and the Hunter. Osvald pointed his hand towards the clink, intending to stop it and save her, he didn\'t think it would go that far. Irma was practically dead.

\'Hmm? What is it?

Osvald noticed the fiery particles hovering over Irma, and suddenly they glowed.

Whooooooooosh.

There was a fiery eruption that engulfed everything around it. Nothing was safe, the fire consumed the houses, the villagers, Osvald, Wain, and the Hunter.

\'Shit!\' Osvald reacted quickly and took a deep breath. His chest grew much larger, and all the flames headed toward him. Osvald completely engulfed it and exhaled a small puff of smoke in response.

"How I hate doing this. I\'m definitely going to suck tonight." Osvald shook his head.

"Sister!" Franzi exclaimed, and everyone looked at Irma.

A second ago, she was lying on the ground and near death, but now she was firmly on her feet, and a formidable aura was emanating from her.

Whooooooosh.

Osvald stepped forward, and his silhouette blurred.

"Looks like you were right."

"Yeah. Honestly, even I started to have doubts at the last moment, but it worked out." Wain muttered, "This is the first time I\'ve ever seen someone awaken their Beyond. It\'s amazing."

"I agree. It\'s a mesmerizing sight. There was some serious power lurking in that girl."

"What?! But, you should be dead by now! How could you survive?!" The Hunter exclaimed in horror, pointing his sword at Irma.

"I just can\'t die until I get rid of bastards like you." Irma said coldly and looked at the Hunter with disdain.

A set of fiery armor appeared on her, fitting tightly around her body. Flames emanated from her, and her sword was covered in red fire.

"What power..." Irma clenched her palm into a fist, "This is times better than what we had before, but now I feel so calm..."

Irma waved her hand and created two huge spheres of fire, the size of a house, and they flew toward the Hunter.

Hunter felt the deadly threat of this attack and used all his strength to defend himself. He created a massive protective electrical barrier.

\'What?\' Hunter thought. Suddenly the fireballs dissipated, just before they should have made contact with the barrier.

Irma ran forward, broke through the barrier, and put her sword to Hunter\'s throat.

"Bastard, you wanted to blow this place up and take us with you?" Irma yelled and swung her sword.

The Hunter\'s head flew off his shoulders and flew off to the side.

The fiery armor evaporated, and Irma fell helplessly to her knees.

"I did it. I bloody did it!" Irma said cheerfully, looking at Hunter\'s corpse.

"Are you okay?!" Franzi ran up to Irma and hugged her tightly.

"Yes. Definitely yes." Ima smiled, "I feel better than ever."

The villagers were shocked. Pearl Hunters gave them a lot of trouble, and many had given up hope that anything would ever change, but Irma made it through. She went through the pain and overcame herself to fight for the right to be free. Everyone felt and understood that.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

"You did good." Osvald clapped his hands.

Irma nodded, "Thank you for not interfering. Even though it was brutal, I wouldn\'t have been able to achieve it otherwise."

"No problem. You have Wain to thank, not me. He was the one who stopped me at the right moment."

"Now, will you take me with you?" Irma asked seriously.

"Well..." Osvald scratched the back of his head uncertainly.

"Huh, you beat one frightened pup and think you\'re ready to break into a nest of ferocious wolves. How naive." Wain uttered.

"What? But, I was able to win, isn\'t that enough!" Irma resented.

"Yes, it\'s not a bad result, but I don\'t think you\'ll be able even to move anytime soon."

"А?" Irma wanted to say something, but suddenly her strength left her, and she fell unconscious. Awakening a Beyond gave only a brief increase in strength, and when the energy was gone, all of Irma\'s wounds reopened.

"Eh, it\'s always so hard with girls." Osvald shook his head, and the ring on his finger glowed. A bottle of white liquid appeared in his hand.

He took the cork out and took a sip.

"Ugh, this is great as always." Osvald shook the bottle and poured the contents over Irma\'s most serious wounds. They began to heal gradually, but not completely. Osvald could not heal Irma quickly, but he stopped the bleeding this way.

"Good, now her life is not in danger. She needs rest, though you\'d better take her to a doctor. I\'m not a specialist."

"Yes, I\'ll do that right now, thank you very much!" Franzi nodded, picked up Irma, and ran off.

"Okay, done. Now it\'s time to move on." Osvald shook his hands.

"Old man, we need to talk." Wain said seriously, approaching the head of the village.

"Of course. I\'ll tell you everything I know."

...

After the battle, the villagers were still reeling for a while, but gradually things returned to normal. The villagers\' morale had risen again, and they felt that they would soon be able to get out of here, but they would also avenge their abusers.

Many were left very impressed, but Osvald\'s incredible strength also struck them. It would have been over in a heartbeat if he had wanted to, and the inhabitants were glad to have him on their side.

"Old man, tell me where the tunnels are, as well as the core of this area. Where are all the Soul Pearls, and how many are there?" Wain asked slowly.

The three of them sat in the old man\'s house, in the dim light from the candles.