Strings Of Domination

The whole Crimson Mountain was silent as every creature watched with back-held breath as one of the strongest individuals among their numbers suddenly began to walk toward the three strangers at the edge of the cliff, thinking he will start a ruckus.

The only one, however, who was not looking either confused or worried was Zoar, who instead looked surprised to see the three he met with way back in the Mystic Hall of Mastery.

"What the hell are those three doing here? Since when have they arrived? I didn't even feel their presence until the pillar of light vanished!" Zoar showed a deep frown and without saying anything else walked toward Nash and the other two, curious to hear what they will say.

Naturally, several other leaders of different groups were curious too and wished to learn what happened, thus after ordering their men to stay where they were they too began to walk toward the three mysterious masked individuals.

In a flash, more than ten creatures either at the Peak Warrior Rank or at the Warmaster Rank began to approach Nash and the two on his side, immediately causing their expression to stiffen.

"What should we do?" Amy mumbled in a low voice, her voice clearly holding her anxiety.

While she had achieved strength she in the past didn't think would gain, she still felt a degree of worry when she was around other creatures. At the very end of the day, she still was a human, one that not only was a slave in others' eyes but was also under search by the Thousand Blood Race!

Nash naturally noticed this, especially because Miles' hand on his side was tightly clenched, showing he too was anxious about what will happen next.

"Calm down. Although there are many creatures, Flake is our "friend". Also, he is the strongest among their numbers, so they won't cause any problem that easily." Nash replied quietly and took a step forward.

"Emerald, I would have never thought we would meet this soon." Flake showed a warm smile as if he was welcoming an old friend and after glancing at Miles and Amy behind him he asked, "Though, how did you get here? I have remembered your presence since our last time so I can easily tell if you are nearby but for some strange reason I only felt your presence once the pillar of light vanished."

Nash's eyes widened slightly behind his mask for a split second but soon regained his composure. It seemed he had gained a very important piece of information which in the future can and will help him.

"After we said our farewell to each other back in Planet Gaia, we decided to come to Crimson Mountain to see if the legends we read in the Grand Library were true or not. We looked around but unfortunately found nothing and were about to leave when the whole mountain began to shake and that pillar of light appeared out of nowhere. Thus, we decided to check it out." Nash replied calmly, telling some truth and some lie.

"As for our presence, we simply disguised it as we met with a Mutated Blood Skeleton which was at the peak Warmaster Rank our way toward the peak." Amy quickly added another lie, earning Flake's gaze.

"A Mutated Blood Skeleton at the peak Warmaster Rank? On this mountain?" Flake asked with a puzzled look.

According to his knowledge, ever since the battle between the God of Soul and the God of War that took place here, no creature lived here, thus it was pretty hard to believe that there was a creature much less one at the peak.

Even Nash was confused when he heard the words of Amy, not knowing why she told something that everyone knew was simply impossible.

Though, to his great shock, just as Flake was about to say something Amy revealed her hand below her robe and showed a small bottle filled with crimson blood that shone with a slightly black hue.

'Huh? When?' Nash was speechless when he saw the small bottle of blood, not because he didn't know what it was but because he was perfectly aware of what blood that was.

'Isn't that the blood that was needed to open the gate to the Hidden Library? But when?' Nash was stupefied, but soon his eyes flashed with understanding and a shocked gasp escaped his mouth.

He could clearly remember the moment he filled the bottle Amy went into the small pond doing something. Though, because he was already on the move to the valley, he didn't get to see what she had done but now it was finally revealed.

'Good job!' Nash thought in his heart, even though he knew that the bottle of blood in her hand was meant to use if the first bottle failed to work.

"What is that?" Flake gazed at the bottle of blood in confusion, but as he thought about something his eyes widened and asked, "Is... Is that... Don't tell me... Is that the blood of the Mutated Blood Skeleton?"

Amy smiled under her mask and without saying a thing put the bottle away. Naturally, Flake misunderstood her action and quickly said, "How much do you want for the blood of the Mutated Blood Skeleton? Just name any price you want."

The moment he said those words, the other creatures have long ago arrived behind him and the moment they heard the words Flake said their eyes widened, and looked at Amy with greed and shock.

"I will give you a thousand Ancient Jade Crystal!"

"I will give you a Galaxy Grade item if you sell me that bottle of blood!"

"Don't listen to them! I will buy it in exchange for a True Domination Class Art! I will even give you two Transcended Class Domination Art as a bonus!"

All the creatures became crazed as if they have just eaten some kind of drug, pushing each other left and right as they wished to get closer to Nash, Amy, and Miles.

Naturally, the latter two became surprised by the sudden change of events and took a few steps back unconsciously, however when they noticed they were standing at the edge of the cliff their complexions paled.

Nash upon seeing this turned ice cold and without knowing it, his Murderous Aura broke out of his body.

Whoosh!

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In a split second, all the creatures came dead in their tracks and stared at Nash with widened eyes as the sudden killing intent caught them by surprise, those on the Warrior Rank even trembling slightly as their Fear level directly reached the Critical Level for a split second before decreasing it back to around 90%!

However, for Nash who was thinking clearly and was able to see their change of emotions thanks to their Indicators above their head, how would he miss such a golden opportunity?

Therefore, without wasting a moment he waved his hand and grabbed the white threads in front of him that appeared and was ready to vanish in the next second!

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Just under a single second, the number of his Life Strings that were attached to his fingers increased from one to seven, putting a total of six new beings under his total and absolute control!

"Huh?" the six beings that didn't know what happened felt a strange feeling passing through their bodies before vanishing completely, completely unaware that their lives now were no longer in their hands!

"Okay, that is enough." Flake seeing that things have gotten slightly out of hand spoke calmly but loudly, his voice holding a hint of warning that even a fool would understand.

Nash glanced at Flake for a second before he sighed and closed his eyes, quickly deactivating his Murderous Aura.

Flake nodded in a way that thanked Nash for not doing anything as he knew perfectly well that if Nash wished to, he could have easily killed half of the creatures present while with the help of the two behind him the death count would have increased dramatically without question.

As Flake has seen what the three were capable of doing against Evolved and Mutated Diamond Beasts while also finding out they have slain a Mutated Blood Skeleton which was at the peak Warmaster Rank, he felt that if the three decided to fight all these leaders here today, it was not a faraway dream for them to emerge as the victors.

In fact, it was very likely that with their mysterious Domination Arts and with Nash's Ancient Treasure, except him and a few others none of the beings currently standing here would be capable of living to see the following day!

Nash seemed to understand what Flake wished to do thus nodded gently and after taking a deep breath he glanced at the creatures in front of him that now looked at him with raised guards and said, "Unfortunately, that bottle of blood is not for sale.. I hope you can understand that."