Strings Of Domination

"Unfortunately, the bottle of blood is not for sale. I hope you can understand this,"

The words spoken by Nash were like a bucket of ice-cold water poured down on them, immediately bringing the creatures back to their senses.

"What? Is this for real?"

"Argh... This day can't be any worse than this, but really!"

"What a pity. And here I thought I can obtain something real good before going back to the Ancient Dimension!"

Many creatures began to murmur under their breaths with visible disappointment and a hint of bitterness while there were a few that looked at Amy with pair of eyes that were filled with both anger and greed.

Even a fool would understand why those creatures looked the way they did much less Nash who not only has seen all kinds of events during his time as a slave but also had the ability to see the emotions of the beings in front of him thanks to his Domination Art.

'They are up to nothing good.' Nash narrowed his eyes as he made sure to take a mental picture of the faces and builds of each creature that could mean a possible threat to them in the future.

Flake seeing that Nash was still alert around the creatures behind his back sighed and turned around before showing a gentle smile that startled everyone who saw him, "It seems everything has gone back to normal, thus if you have no other business with these three, I would like to invite them to a tea. Hope you don't mind it."

"Huh? You say that as if they have already decided to join you. What if they don't want to drink with you and join me?" a creature with a height over three meters and a well-built body stepped forward, his eyes looking intently at Flake.

His name was Stone and hailed from the Giants Race. He was a being that reached the peak Warmaster Rank, and in contrast to the other creatures present, he was well aware of what Flake wished to do with those words he just said.

"You can fool others, but not me, third prince of the Sargon Family. You definitely plan to get your hands on that bottle of blood with one of your dirty tricks! You are truly a shame for the Slayer Race! No, you are worse than a human!"

The words that Stone spoke seemed to work their own magic on the other creatures beside Stone as they immediately shifted their gazes at Flake, their eyes filled at this moment with nothing but anger and fury.

Flake, naturally, noticed the kind of glares he got from the creatures, and the smile which was on his handsome face immediately vanished turning his complexion into a rather scary one!

As he knew that the Slayer Race and the Giant Race were not in a good relationship with each other, could be said they were on the verge of starting a dimensional fight, it was not a surprise for him that the Giant in front of him would wish to throw dirt in his eye and taint his reputation with falsehoods.

Though, although he kind of expected something like this to happen and prepared his heart to ignore whatever he will hear, when he heard the last words of Stone he felt that was something he could not overlook just with a simple smile as those words not only did disrespect him but his entire family!

However, just as he was about to speak and even use some force to show he was not someone who can be poked around that easily, something neither he nor Stone nor anyone else present on Crimson Mountain expected to happen happened.

Under everyone's stupefied expression the person with the emerald mask behind his back suddenly walked before Stone and once he was before him he raised his head.

At first, everyone thought that the mysterious individual would join Stone after hearing what he said, but to their great shock, he instead pointed at Stone's head with his index finger before slowly moving his finger toward the ground.

"Kneel."

Whoosh!

Bam!

The ground cracked and the earth shook below the knee of Stone as he kneeled down and with widened eyes stared at the emerald mask that now was only a few inches away from his face.

Nash looked straight into Stone's eyes and after thinking for a second he turned his head slightly to the side and asked as he glanced at Flake, "Do you want his head or do you want me to cut out his tongue instead?"

The whole mountain fell into utter silence and right now even if a pin would be dropped to the ground it was pretty much an assurance that every being would hear it as clearly and loudly as thunder!

No one talked nor moved, but stared with widened eyes at the sole figure before Stone whose face was completely hidden behind a simple emerald mask.

Flake's eyes were wide the same way as the rest, but once the words that Nash spoke finally reached his brain his eyes flashed with different emotions before a grin that looked like a fox's appeared on his face.

"Cutting out his tongue would be too cheap of a price to pay for his insults while severing his head from his shoulder would be too much. I think you should slice both his arms off instead."

"I see. Truly a great idea." Nash nodded and without saying anything, under the still stupefied eyes of the creatures, he grabbed Stone's right hand with both hands, and with his Crimson Essence already activated that covered his palms, he yanked with all his strength toward the right!

Swish!

Squelch!

The sound of flesh and bone getting separated from one another resounded in the air before the same sound from the left resounded once again but this time it was followed by a painful scream that sounded as if a pig was tortured!

"AAAARRRGHHHH!!! YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT! I WILL KI-"

"Would you shut up already or do you really want me to cut out your tongue too?" the cold voice that had a hint of annoyance in it resounded in Stone's ear which immediately chilled the blood in Stone's veins and forced him to remain silent despite his complexion as pale as a piece of paper.

"Much better." Nash nodded with satisfaction and after he glanced at the two arms in both his hands, which were almost bigger than him, he threw it to the ground before Stone's feet and said as he watched the huge amount of blood flowing out from Stone's wounds, "You should stop take care of your wounds real quick if you don't wish to bleed to death."

And without caring what will Stone reply or do, Nash walked before Flake and said, "We thought about it and we will accept your offer, but only if you accept a few requests of ours."

Flake raised a brow when he heard what Nash said, but soon his eyes flashed with realization and smiled, "I see, I see. Then shall we go somewhere more quiet to talk? I even know a perfect place not far away from here."

"Sure." Nash nodded and gestured toward Miles and Amy before he began to follow after Flake without giving another glance at Stone or the other creatures on the side.

As a fact, even if he would nothing would happen as right now all the creatures were frozen into one place as they followed Nash's figure with scared complexions and watched how he walked further and further away from them.

However, if one thought about it it was only natural for them to feel the way they were at the moment. After all, they have just witnessed a sight where a being at the Warrior Rank easily crippled another one that was not only at the Warmaster Rank but was also at its peak!

Just what kind of Domination Art or strength did one need to achieve something similar? No, was it even possible for someone to achieve something even remotely close to something like this?

They hardly doubted it.

Naturally, they have already heard about rumors where one being beat another being while being a whole Rank weaker, but that was only with the help of many treasures and Domination Arts and even after a long-fought battle and not after a single gesture!

"Boss!" suddenly, when Nash was no longer in sight as he already walked away with Flake and the Slayer Race, one of the soldiers under Stone's command snapped out of his daze and quickly ran next to Ston and with the help of his Domination Art, he began to heal the wounds on his leader's shoulders.

This immediately forced the rest to get back to reality and quickly the whole place was filled with murmurs and whispers as everyone recalled what they have just seen while also wanting to find out who the person with the emerald mask was.