The King Chooses

The Mad King stared blankly at the slender monster before him. He could truly feel the coldness of its body through his own flesh, along with that frenzied, sickly, sinister greed and craving.

The Mad King reached out and touched the hollow in the monster's chest. That unfillable sense of emptiness was like a black hole poised to devour someone.

"Is this your true nature, Mercenary Tao...?"

The Mad King slashed his sword into Mercenary Tao's neck, cutting through the terrifyingly resilient Hierro, the white keratin layer beneath it, and then the bones and flesh inside.

But at the same time, Mercenary Tao, having discarded that pitch-black Claymore, tore open the Mad King's chest with a claw and ripped out the silver-white heart from his back.

Roar!

The terrifying howl shook the soul.

Reincarnator ZX30336603, your Ability · King's Authority (S-) has been destroyed

Reincarnator ZX30336603, your Authority · Power of the King (Tier 5, adaptability 93%) has been affected by ?, exemption failed

Silver Authority · Immutable has been lost

You have suffered a powerful soul attack. Based on your Spirit attribute, you have obtained...

Notification after notification streamed past like a waterfall. With just one attack, the Mad King realized he had undergone an enormous number of checks.

Mercenary Tao concealed an unidentifiable power within his body.

Within the Infinite Dimensional Space, Abilities, Authorities, Tiers, and even Traits labeled with ? did appear from time to time.

But most of them were simply unclear, possessing traits that matched multiple Abilities, so the Space required further observation to anchor them.

Yet the Mad King was certain that the monster Mercenary Tao had become was not like that.

It was an icy, chaotic, unknown essence.

Pfft!

The space before the Mad King suddenly emptied. There was nothing ahead