Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

As many messages appeared in front of Wain then without his control a wave of darkness departed from him. Energy surged out of his body, filling everything around him with dense dark streams.

"What is this...?" Wain muttered in an exhausted voice as he touched the darkness.

[The conditions for reaching the Fifth Chronicle are open!]

[You must achieve 100% blood purity.]

[You must unlock the seventh form]

[You must become ??? or ???]

[You must get ???]

"Hmm? What does that mean? How can I fulfill the conditions if half of them are hidden?" Wain uttered while in confusion, "Damn, it won't be easy. Of the two known conditions, I can only fulfill one, I have no idea how to get 100% blood purity, it's impossible!"

Wain's emotions were bright and strong as finally what he had been waiting for so long happened, but his body needed a rest.

Crackling.historical

Wain fell as he leaned his hand on the ground and tried to get up, but his eyes were slowly closing and there was nothing he could do about it.

'Well, well, he had so much energy he was physically tired of absorbing it.' Blind Sorcerer uttered with a sly smile on his face.

'That's rather ironic, isn't it?' Code of Light and Darkness said as he look up.

'Are you sure you should be doing this now?' Cursed Swordsman uttered with a serious look as he stared at Blind Sorcerer.

'Yeah... I have the same question, we've absorbed too much energy too, so we either have to let it out or hope that it...' Light Racer said, but suddenly Blind Sorcerer stopped him.

'Don't worry, it'll be fine. Unfortunately, I can't see the future, but when the seventh one joins us, then Wain will come close to entering the Fifth Chronicle, then we'll help him.' Blind Sorcerer spoke as a slight smile formed on his face.

'I agree.' Knight of the Bloody Rose said with an ice-cold look while holding his arms crossed, 'This was the best opportunity to absorb energy. It might take Wain a long time to reach the Fifth Chronicle, but compared to all that's come, it's only a fraction of the way.

'Hah, it's pretty comical that things are coming to this...' Black Sun Aristocrat smirked as he held out his hand.

A small dark red orb appeared in his palm that exuded strange energy. It was something between normal energy and that found in Soul Pearl, in other words, it was a tiny soul.

'Sure, we just have to hope that Wain can make it to Death Shore without getting killed. For that, we'll have to use everything we have.' The Blind Sorcerer nodded in a serious manner.

At the same time, an orb like the Black Sun Aristocrat appeared in front of each form. They were all dark but had a second color, specific to each form.

...

After a while, the darkness emanating from Wain's body slowly returned to him, then Wain's eyes unhurriedly opened.

"Damn, I blacked out again, I'm starting to get tired of this. I hope this time I didn't oversleep for weeks as I did before..." Wain uttered while shaking his head as he got to his feet.

Whooooooosh.

Suddenly Gladius appeared in front of him and said, "Don't worry, you've only slept a few hours, I haven't even had time to get bored in that time."

"Fine, though the conditions are unclear, I have accomplished my goal. I feel ready to go to Death Shore." Wain said as he headed for the massive door.

"Wait a minute. Don't you want to test your new powers?" Gladius said in a calm voice.

"Hmm? What are you talking about?" Wain turned as he raised an eyebrow while in confusion.

"Make one attack, just like you did at the beginning." Gladius spoke before flying up to Wain.

"Agh... Right, it completely slipped my mind." Wain said as a smirk formed on his face and he gripped his sword hilt tightly, "Last time I couldn't even leave a scratch, so it's time to find out how I've changed!"

Tremble.

Wain's aura intensified as he directed energy toward Gladius. The sword's blades were quickly covered in a dense layer of dark energy as Wain stepped forward.

He acted as seriously as if he was in a real fight, so the sword blade instantly reached the wall and a strange sound came out like a saw slicing ice.

At the same time, Gladius left a massive cut on the wall, deep and wide enough to allow a hand to elbow into it.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

From the cut went small cracks that as though cobwebs spread all over the wall.

"Hah, this is incredible, I can't even feel how much stronger I've become, but that's not all, I need the finishing touch." Wain smirked with an excited look before walking over to the wall.

Tap.

He lightly tapped it as if knocking on a door, then the wall shattered into hundreds of shards that fell at his feet.

"I wonder when Sven or Marlis or Osvald were in the Fourth Chronicle, could they have destroyed that wall?" Wain uttered with a thoughtful look before returning Gladius to the seal.

Just as Sven said, the massive door opened easily as Wain headed for the bar.

Click.

He stepped inside as Sven glanced at him, but he didn't turn around.

"I've never seen anyone give off such strong energy as you, how many souls have you spent?" Sven asked with a slight smile on his face as he leaned against the bar.

"Almost all of them." Wain shrugged with a slight sigh.

"Hah, you spent over a billion souls!?" Osvald exclaimed as his eyes lit up, "That's amazing! I shouldn't have expected anything less from you, though!"

Wain nodded as he stared at Marlis and with a serious look said, "Are you ready?"

"Sure. Try not to die as then it will happen to me..." Marlis murmured while contemplating a plan of action.