Ned confidently stepped towards his rival, and as he walked, his appearance began to transform.

His hair and eyes turned white, and his skin turned pale with blue patterns. The Kingdom’s uniform turned into a white robe with the same patterns.

Following his habit, Ned took the form of his opponent, turning into Frostborn.

The cave was filled with a roar.

Many Frostborn, who were watching them from the side, began to make sounds, hitting the rocks with their weapons, dragging their claws on the crystals and creating a frosty ringing.

Ned’s opponent stopped. His cloudy white eyes without pupils were slightly glowing with a blue radiance, and his face was cold and showed no emotion. Ned was standing in front of him, completely assuming his appearance, like a reflection.

Then both of them abruptly raised their hands, holding ice bows in them, and shot at each other. The Frostborns were famous for their marksmanship in archery. The arrows met midway and exploded, creating a shockwave of icy energy with sharp ice fragments.

Ned’s opponent moved swiftly to the right, and Ned, like a mirror image of his enemy, mirrored his movement. Frostborn fired several arrows at once as he walked, and Ned responded in kind. Once again, the arrows collided in the center of the arena.

The Frostborn who were watching the battle began to make even louder noises.

Ned’s opponent, keeping his distance, attacked, but Ned, following the instincts of the Doppelganger race, perfectly reflected his blows, acting in a mirror.

None of the doppelgangers living in the Forest of Doppelgangers is capable of surpassing those they copy.

Even Perfect Doppelgangers.

The ability to copy not only one’s appearance, but also abilities, skills, talents, and even a part of one’s memories is a unique and powerful trait. However, it is precisely the inability to surpass the original that is the main disadvantage of this ability.

Ned was well aware of this.

The Doppelgangers compensated for their disadvantage by connecting with the Forest of Doppelgangers, from where they drew their powers. Even if they couldn’t surpass the original, they had endless energy and stamina, which allowed them to defeat their opponents, exhausting them.

But now, not only was Ned not in the Forest of Doppelgangers, but he also lost that connection after signing a contract with Idan.

He no longer had endless energy, and therefore, he could not fight for long as a Doppelganger in an environment where his opponent had the advantage of his native land.

However, Ned was no ordinary Doppelganger. As his older brother had once said, he was a Formless Doppelganger.

Ned’s opponent, realizing that his attack was useless, stopped.

Following his example, Ned also froze, and his body began to transform. Soon it split into two parts — black and white.

The first, the real Ned, returned to his normal form, and the second, his newly created clone, took the form of Frostborn and stepped forward.

Creating clones was one of the unique abilities Ned gained by becoming a Formless Doppelganger.

At his current rank, he could create three clones, and he currently had two of them available.

The third clone was unavailable. He stayed on Earth to guard the Access Portal on the Eastern Continent.

With the appearance of Ned’s clone, his opponent’s face finally reflected something like a frown.

Meanwhile, the Frostborns surrounding them began to chant even louder and even started making noise to the beat.

Ned ignored the noise and even his opponent, completely trusting his clone, and thought about it himself.: What does it mean to be a Formless Doppelganger?

He was the first of his kind, and no one could tell who he was. Even his ancestor.

Being a Formless Doppelganger, he was different from his fellows.

And the most important difference was his own self, which he had gained.

What about his shape?

Ned raised his hands and looked at them.

The appearance he usually took was a slightly altered copy of his older brother. In this form, Ned looked a lot like Idan in his human form.

Was this his true form?

If not, how will Milena’s attitude towards him change if he finds his true form in the future?

Will he always wear this mask, hiding his true identity?

Ned understood from Idan’s memories that affection has a complex character. People love not only for their character, actions, and soul in an abstract sense. Their appearance also becomes a part of this attachment. The voice, eyes, facial expression, habitual smile, manner of standing and gestures — all this forms the "image of a person" in the heart of another.

Ned didn’t want his fake image to become something that Milena would remember.

Suddenly it dawned on him, and he smiled.

He looked up and saw his clone, who was fighting a mirror battle with Frostborn.

Then he closed his eyes and, still smiling, sighed, canceling his copy form.

Yes, Ned realized that all this time he was just imitating Idan and was in his guise.

This was not his true identity, but the result of his copying ability.

He wondered what he would become if he didn’t use this ability.

The doppelgangers were constantly copying others not only because of their ability. Their own selves were too chaotic and unstable to take on a permanent form. They existed as reflections because they didn’t know who they could be themselves.

But Ned wasn’t like that anymore. He developed his own desires, fears, attachments, and will. And if there really was something inside him that could be called an "I" now, then he wanted to find out what form that "I" would take.

He didn’t want to be anyone’s reflection anymore. Not in front of Milena, not in front of Idan, and not in front of himself.

If the Formless Doppelganger really had a true form, then it couldn’t be just another copy. It was supposed to be what would remain when he stopped copying.

After canceling the copy, Ned’s body lost its stability.

His skin, hair, eyes, and outlines began to change, as if several different entities were trying to manifest themselves in his body at the same time. For a moment, the features of an Elf flashed through him, then the Alpha of Light, Alpha of Fire, Lumiar and other bloodlines, traces of which remained in his memory and soul.

But soon, chaos began to bend to his will, and the energy of madness burst out of Ned’s body. His nature chose the bloodline of the Alpha of Madness as its foundation.

His body stretched out, his height increased slightly, and his silhouette became majestic and frighteningly harmonious. His muscles were no longer rough, but dry and well-defined, as if his body had been created not for simple strength, but for rapid and unpredictable movement.

His hair became long and fiery, inheriting the features of the Alpha of Fire, but this flame was no longer the same as that of Idan or Ryan. It was a pure Flame of Madness.

Two spinning rings slowly appeared behind him.

One ring radiated pure light, reminding of the power of the Lumiars and the Alpha of Light.

The second one was created from the pinkish-purple energy of madness, constantly changing in shape, as if obeying no laws.

The two rings rotated at different speeds, but did not conflict. On the contrary, they created an amazing balance between order and chaos.

When the chaotic changes finally began to subside, Ned’s face did not become completely alien. On the contrary, it remained surprisingly familiar.

His features still resembled the image he had been living in all this time, but now there was no sense of borrowing in them. It was no longer the face stolen from Idan. It was a face that Ned had chosen, accepted, and made his own.

So Ned not only found his true form, but also showed it to the world for the first time. This was his true form, the Formless Doppelganger.

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