Strings Of Domination

Nash walked toward the creature with calm steps and only came to a halt when he was less than two meters away from the creature. However, when he stood in one place and raised his head, Nash found it with slight surprise that the creature from closer was much, much taller!

Nash was not small either as he was way above 190 centimeters but in front of the Gorger, his height paled in comparison as the creature was, at the very least, two whole heads taller than him!

Furthermore, with his huge frame and seemingly inhumanly large weapon he was like a massive mountain that no one could move much less destroy no matter how much they struggle!

"Do you have any idea what you have done?" the creature narrowed his eyes threateningly, his gaze filled with nothing but hatred and rage.

Though, although the creature seemed to be on the verge of going mad, even a fool would notice that it was surpassing his anger on purpose as he didn't wish his emotions to overwhelm his rationality and force him to initiate a fight without knowing what his enemies were capable of.

'That brat is dangerous. If I let him recover his strength I am doomed too.' the creature thought to himself as his grip tightened around his war axe.

Nash watched how both the creature's fear and anger increased at the same time and fell into a dilemma. He still had one more slot for a Soul so he can gather this creature into his collection of Souls to further strengthen his powers, but at the same time, the Gorger possessed quite a useful Legacy that he wished to obtain.

Gorgers' Legacy was called the Bone Straining which not only allowed the Gorgers to twist and turn any parts of their bodies as they wished but at the higher Ranks their bones gradually can be refined and tempered to a point where it is almost impossible to break them!

Naturally, this didn't mean they were unkillable as their flesh, skin, and organs were still vulnerable thus piercing or even slicing them up was still a possibility.

'Should I collect him as a Soul or obtain his Legacy instead?' Nash pondered as he knew that he can only choose only one out of the two options.

Unfortunately, his Domination Art was incapable of doing both of the two at the same time, but hopefully, this will change once he brings its Class to higher levels.

Silence lingered in the surroundings as no one talked, however, it was not long before the creature got impatient and with a quick move raised its weapon and swung it at Nash's waist.

The weapon traveled with great speed and strength but despite it being ready to slice Nash into two, Nash didn't move an inch and just mumbled, "I guess I will just go with that."

"Just shut up and die!" the creature hissed coldly and put greater strength behind his, forcing it to travel faster and stronger than before!

Swish!

BAM!

The sound of something fast and powerful clashing against something solid resounded in the air while a ripple that was by no means weak broke out, traveling far and wide everywhere with the creature and Nash as its epicenter!

"W-What? How is this even possible?" the Gorger's pupils shrunk to the smallest size possible and watched as his weapon which was capable of shattering boulders into pieces and trees into chunks was stopped with a single hand!

[Reaped Legacy: Thunder Body activated!]

[Your physical defense has increased dramatically!]

Nash listened carefully to the words that appeared in his mind and watched how his arm and his whole body below his robe grew silver scales, not only boosting his defense but also filling his entire body with vitality and energy!

Nash let out a gentle chuckle upon feeling how the sharp edge of the axe was incapable of going through his scales and without hesitation clenched his fingers around the blade firmly.

Crack!

In a flash, deep and long cracks appeared on the weapons surface, threatening to soon break into hundreds of pieces!

"Bastard!!" the Gorger hissed coldly with anger and was about to pull his weapon away to avoid it being shattered when suddenly a great surge of rage filled his mind and body, immediately changing his following actions!

[Dominator's Domain activated!]

Nash showed a smile as he watched how the creature's anger skyrocketed all the way to 99% and while activating his Chance String asked, "Can't you just calm down a little? You look rather scary at the moment."

Nash waited with hidden joy for his Chance String to succeed and allow him to quickly collect the Gorger's Legacy, but soon his eyes widened and his body froze as something unexpected happened.

[Chance String has failed to be caught!]

[1-hour cooldown now begins!]

'Eh?' Nash went blank for a split second when he heard the words in his mind, but as he saw how the Gorger swung his other hand at his face turned solemn and tilted his head to the side.

Swish!

"Damn, having a closer look at you now, you are truly an ugly one," Nash mumbled quietly as he stared straight at the Gorger's disgusting face while completely ignoring the fist next to his head that could have easily blasted his head into numerous pieces.

However, this was exactly what he needed as the creature's eyes turned ice-cold while blood-freezing killing intent broke out of his body!

"YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!" the creature roared loudly that shook the air in a small area and by letting go of the hilt of his weapon he swung its other arm at Nash.

[Target's {Anger} reached Critical Level!]

[Attaching {Life String} on target now possible!]

Nash showed a cocky smile and without wasting a single second grabbed the string, attaching another white string to one of his fingers. And once it was attached to him, he quickly dodged the second attack by crouching down, and with his fingers tightly clenched into a fist and his essence controlled he swung his hand upward.

"Two Wind Punch!"

BAM! BAM!

Two, almost simultaneous bursts exploded out of Nash's fist the moment it got into contact with the Gorger's chin, cleanly blasting its head off from his shoulders and turning it into a bloody mist.

[One of your Life String have been severed!]

[Legacy attached to it now will be reaped!]

[Legacy 'Bone Straining' acquired!]

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[Reaped Legacy Information]

• Description: A stolen power that was obtained by consuming the lost string that was on the verge of vanishing from all existence.

• Legacy Rank: Warrior Rank

{Ability}

° Bone Straining: Power that allows the holder to strengthen their bones and joints and control them to a limited degree!

<This Reaped Legacy can be raised to the next Rank either by reaping a stronger being's Legacy or consuming 1,000 Gorger bones!>

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'Consuming 1,000 Gorger bones?' Nash raised a brow as he found this pretty amusing.

While 1,000 bones seemed to be a lot, in truth, it was not that much if one considered that only 5 Gorger had to be killed as their bodies contained way more than 200 pieces of bones.

Furthermore, the text did not mention anything considering Ranks, thus Nash was pretty sure Infant Rank Gorger Bones would be perfectly fine too. This also helped him increase this Legacy's Rank higher.

'I should start focusing on my Legacies too.' Nash thought and took another mental note of what he should do next.

His Bloodline Imitation, Sky Wings, Thunder Body, and now his Bone Straining. Each required him different things to increase their Ranks, one harder than the other one.

While Nash was deep in his thought, until then Stormlight stared at his figure with widened eyes, her lips moving up and down continuously as she wished to say something but never came a sound to her mouth.

However, when she saw how his friends walked to his side he snapped out of her daze and a small frown appeared on her pretty face.

'Were those... Thunder Scales? Is he one of the Silver Dragons? But then how was he able to use the Sky Beasts' secret military technique, the Two Wind Punch? This makes no sense!'

As Stormlight tried to figure out the truth and guess the origin of Nash and the rest, Amy glanced at the Crimson Mountain in the far distance and said, "Let's go, we are very close."

Upon hearing her words, the three turned to look at Stormlight who feeling the gazes on her skin became slightly tense and coughed awkwardly a few times as she began to walk.

"Yeah, we should go before the blood attracts unwanted attention."

Nash, Amy, and Miles naturally understood what Stormlight meant under the words of 'unwanted attention' thus nodded and without saying anything else silently followed Stormlight from behind.

And soon enough, just a few minutes after they walked away several shadows of different sizes emerged around the corpses of the Gorgers, each emitting a strong and eerie presence filled with the thirst for blood!