Chapter 978 Awakening

Wain continued to play chess with Reto while talking to Elegan about various topics. After about half an hour, Wain and Reto ended their game in a draw. Wain practically lost, as Reto just didn't leave him much room to move.

"Damn... You did that on purpose, right?" Wain frowned, looking thoughtfully at the chessboard.

"Hah, for someone who holds the title of Nameless King, you play chess pretty badly. Although, I still had to make some effort to bring things to a draw." Reto replied with a sly smile.

"Hmm... I thought I was doing everything right. I don't even understand what went wrong." Wain muttered, rubbing his chin.

Crackling.

The massive doors opened as a man whose body was half-covered with bandages stepped inside. Beside him walked a girl with long black hair, she was in a similar situation.

Wain turned and smiled, "Well, well, I thought you'd be asleep a lot longer, but it looks like you're almost recovered now, doesn't it?"

"Yeah... I still feel exhausted, but it's not bad. It's better to recover slowly and gradually than to go through a sudden jump." Frigus said quietly as he sat down next to Reto.

Nicole was completely silent, which was very rare for her. She just walked over to Wain and leaned against him as if she could fall asleep at any moment and needed support.

Wain didn't say anything to her, he felt her aura was strong, but it needed more time to come around.

"Damn... You were both major war stars, but there's no joy on your faces at all." Reto shook his head.

"Agh... I already had time to rejoice at the moment right after the victory... All I need now is rest." Frigus sighed as he leaned back on the couch, "It's unusual to be so passive, but I even like it."

"I agree..." Nicole whispered, "It feels like I spent all my energy during the fight, so now I only have the energy to eat something delicious."

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Suddenly, space near Elegan shuddered as a water sphere appeared, from which a silhouette slowly emerged.

Frigus and Nicole were immediately alert, but seeing that the others were completely calm, they didn't do anything.

'What's going on?' Frigus thought as he looked at Nicole puzzled to see that she didn't know either.

"Oh... I guess this is a bad time..." Felix mumbled awkwardly as he glanced at Frigus.

"Not really." Wain smirked, "It's actually good that you came, now I can finish one last job before I move on."

Wain quickly put all the chess pieces in place, stood up, and pointed at Felix, "Frigus and Nicole, this is Felix, he's our new mate as well as a leader of the territory."

"What...? Territory leader? Do we have a new territory after the upgrade to the Fifth Chronicle?" Frigus was puzzled as his eyes went wide.

"Hah, not really. We've always had one territory that didn't have a leader, it's the outer territory around our Void." Wain grinned.

"Hmm...? Are you talking about open space?" Nicole asked with a confused expression.

"Yeah, that's where Felix gets really strong, he can fight on par with even me." Wain nodded, "Also, Felix proved to be an incredibly generous person, as he chose to give up hundreds of his treasures for the good of our Void."

"I see, though I didn't expect such an unusual encounter to happen now, Wain's words were enough to make me understand." Frigus nodded gravely, walked over to Felix, and held out his hand, "I'm glad to have someone like you in our Void."

Felix gulped, then he shook Frigus's hand.

"Thank you... I guess..." Felix said uncertainly.

"Hah, so you're still pretty humble. I like that. There are too many cunning, insolent, and inadequate people on our team." Frigus smiled broadly as his gaze shifted to Nicole.

Nicole didn't like that he hinted at her inadequacy, but she paid it no mind.

"I'm very happy too!" Nicole waved her hand in greeting, "But, I'm too lazy to get up, so I hope you're not offended."

"Fine, now that we've sorted everything out it's time for me to leave." Wain said calmly before stretching.

Everyone nodded understandingly. This time with Wain's arrival, a lot had changed and they needed to keep working to make their Void truly great.

"I'll see you around. Hopefully the next time you come back, I'll solve the little problems that we have now and our Void will be like the real World." Elegan said confidently as he put his hand together.

Wain nodded, waved his hand, and opened a spatial rift.

"Should I come with you?" Felix asked, he wanted to protect Wain from sudden attacks.

"Hah, you shouldn't. I'm the last one to be protected, although I admit that your strength in open space is above reproach." Wain grinned, "Good luck. You have a tough job ahead of you and I have a serious conversation."

Whoooooooooosh.

The spatial rift closed as Wain found himself outside the Void.

He walked forward, slowly making his way toward the simple wooden door behind which lay one of the universe's greatest mysteries.

'Well, well, after a long time, this moment has finally arrived, right?' Wain inwardly muttered looking at the door in front of him.

Bringing back his memories Wain had almost no questions left, as now he had only a purpose and even a plan to follow, however, one mystery was still unsolved.

Crackling.

Wain opened the door and once again found himself inside a simple bar that floated amidst the vast emptiness. Behind the bar was, as always, its owner as well as the bartender and one of the strongest fighters in the entire world.

"I thought you were coming much earlier. Honestly, we were getting tired of waiting for you." Sven said calmly, wiping his glass down to a shine.

"You're still doing the same thing even after hundreds of years, aren't you?" Wain smiled faintly.