Nel and Harribel returned to Nanatsuki’s side.
"Sensei, I won! That uh..."
She suddenly paused—realizing she didn’t even know the Hollow’s na.
"That so-called ’King of Hueco Mundo’ was ridiculously weak!"
"You’re already a Vasto Lorde-class Arrancar.
If you still couldn’t beat an Adjuchas, I’d have no choice but to give you a serious punishnt."
Nanatsuki chuckled softly.
"Can’t believe Las Noches didn’t have a single Vasto Lorde left.
An Adjuchas actually dared to call himself the king of Hueco Mundo."
Harribel frowned.
"Maybe the other Vasto Lordes just aren’t interested in fighting."
Nanatsuki thought of Starrk, the Prira Espada—a Vasto Lorde who hated conflict.
After accepting Nel and Harribel as his disciples, he had once searched for Starrk in Hueco Mundo.
But at this point in ti, Starrk was still wandering. He had no fixed abode, and Nanatsuki had not found him.
"Nel, I’m appointing you as the ruler of Las Noches."
With that simple declaration, Nanatsuki chose Nel as the new king.
In Hueco Mundo, strength ruled all. No ceremony or titles needed.
And right now, Nel was stronger than Harribel. That made her the natural choice.
"? I don’t have any experience..."
She hesitated—then lit up with renewed energy.
"But if Sensei believes in , I’ll give it my all!"
She walked forward and faced the gathered Hollows.
"From today forward, I’m your ruler! Anyone got a problem with that?"
"...You should act a little more dignified," Harribel whispered behind her.
"Ahem—"
Nel cleared her throat, put on a serious face, and released her Reiatsu.
"I, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, shall be your new sovereign. Swear your loyalty to !"
A crushing pressure fell over the chamber like a mountain.
The nos bowed low, unable to resist.
"We pledge our loyalty!"
And with that, Nel took control of Las Noches.
In na and strength, she was now the King of Hueco Mundo.
At that mont, Nanatsuki’s Status Interface flashed.
[Unique Quest Completed: Birth of a New King – Guide your disciple Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck to beco the King of Hueco Mundo.]
[Reward Received: 500,000 General Ability EXP]
[Reward Received: Power of the Hollow]
The special quest had been fulfilled.
The reward far exceeded Nanatsuki’s expectations.
He had never received this much EXP in one go.
"...If I nurtured soone into the Captain-Commander of the Shinigami...
Would I get an equally generous reward?"
He couldn’t help but ponder.
Hollows had a king.
Shinigami had a supre commander—the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.
Suddenly, the interface erupted with new pop-ups:
[Unique Quest: Birth of a Commander – Guide your disciple Azashiro Kana to beco Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.]
[Unique Quest: Birth of a Commander – Guide your disciple Muguruma Kensei to beco Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.]
[Unique Quest: Birth of a Commander – Guide your disciple Madara Ikkaku to beco Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.]
A flood of notifications nearly blinded him.
"Old Man Yama’s still alive and well, you know!"
Nanatsuki winced. The system had triggered a quest for every Shinigami disciple.
But like with the Hollow King quest, only one of these could be completed.
Once one disciple achieved it, the others’ quests would vanish.
"...And what about the Quincy?"
His thoughts drifted toward the Wandenreich. The Quincy had a leader too.
[Unique Quest: Birth of the Quincy King – Guide your disciple ninas McAllon to beco King of the Quincy.]
[Unique Quest: Birth of the Quincy King – Guide your disciple Liltotto Lamperd to beco King of the Quincy.]
The interface threw out four more notifications.
"...Then what about the Soul King?"
Nanatsuki couldn’t help but think of Kurosaki Ichigo.
If soone could unite all three powers—Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy—perhaps it was possible to raise a new Soul King.
But the interface didn’t respond. No new quests appeared.
"Sheesh... None of these will be easy."
Nanatsuki rubbed his temples.
These quests would be even harder than becoming a Captain-Commander or Quincy King himself.
"Let’s focus on the reward we just got."
He turned his attention back to the other reward from the Hollow King quest:
Power of the Hollow.
If he guessed correctly, it would allow him to obtain true Hollow powers.
But when he tried to claim the reward, a new system ssage appeared:
[This reward can only be claid in an area with extrely high Hollow Particle Density.]
"...Seriously?"
Nanatsuki frowned.
"This is Las Noches. The highest Hollow particle density on the surface of Hueco Mundo."
And yet... it still wasn’t enough.
This reward wasn’t about receiving so external power.
It required absorbing Hollow spiritual particles into his soul—so that part of his essence would gain Hollow nature.
It was the sa principle as a Zanpakutō.
Power born from one’s own soul.
"Soplace even denser than Las Noches..."
He thought for a mont.
Then rembered one.
Years ago, in the Forest of nos, he had discovered a white thicket—dense with spiritual energy.
There, he had once obtained a fragnt of the Soul King.
At the ti, the bones had shown signs of spawning new nos under its influence.
But after he removed the Soul King fragnt, the thicket had gone still.
"It’s got to be that place."
After converting Grimmjow into an Arrancar, Nanatsuki went to the Forest of nos alone.
Using his mory as a guide, he found the old white bone thicket.
The thorny remains were gone now—once remnants of ancient nos.
Stripped of the Soul King fragnt, they no longer held the power to birth new Hollows.
With a thought, Nanatsuki selected the option:
Claim "Power of the Hollow."
The next instant, an intense suction force radiated from within his body—drawing all nearby Hollow spiritual particles inward.
A massive vortex ford in the sky—swirling red and black, dense with Hollow matter.
The vortex spiraled downward like a funnel, converging entirely on Nanatsuki.
In that mont, he understood why the system required such a high-density environnt.
Hollow Power was the inverse of Shinigami Power.
The stronger his Reiatsu, the more Hollow matter he needed to absorb.
The terrifying red-black vortex surged into his soul.
Any Shinigami below captain-class would’ve been torn apart instantly by this violent force.
But Nanatsuki’s soul was absurdly durable.
With Blut Vene reinforcing his body, he surpassed even normal captain-class resilience.
The Hollow vortex couldn’t harm him.
At the sa ti—his Inner World began to quake.
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