Strings Of Domination

Standing in front of the King of the Sargon Family and holding his big hand firmly, Nash stared straight into Helio's eyes while bearing and ignoring the piercing pain in his arm which grew by the second!

Helio noticed that Nash was not groaning nor showing any sign of discomfort, and could not help but feel slightly surprised as he didn't expect that not even strength equivalent to that of a peak Warmaster Rank being was enough to force at least a gasp out of Nash!

"I have heard quite a lot about you from my son, Emerald, and to be honest, at first I was quite skeptical about you. However..." as Helio reached that point with his speech, his grasp around Nash's hand tightened even more which immediately caused the silver scales on Nash's skin to crack, and continued, "Now that I have seen with my very own eyes what you are capable of doing, I can't be happier that such a great warrior such as yourself and your friends have joined my family!"

Behind his mask, Nash's face contradicted into a painful grimace as he literally felt how his bones began to crack slightly, however, he still remained silent, acting as if he was feeling nothing.

But unfortunately, Helio was an existence with sharp senses thus he instantly noticed the change in Nash's eyes despite it only happening for a split second, so after keeping his eyes locked with Nash's he smiled and let his hand go.

At the same time, Serio walked before Amy, and bowing slightly he said, "I deeply apologize for what I have done, hope you won't hold a grudge because of it."

Amy stared at Serio coldly and didn't say a single word for quite a while. After all, what should she say? Should she maybe respond with a, 'yeah, I will forgive you for attempting to kill me as what happened in the past will remain just there... in the past.' or something similar?

No, she won't as she knew perfectly well that Serio really wished to claim her life, and if it were not for Nash her head would be on the ground way long ago, rolling into the far distance like a bowling ball!

Serio seemed to understand the thoughts of Amy and after showing a bittersweet smile he sighed helplessly and bowed once again before walking away.

"Please don't take it to heart. Although it must have felt like he wished to spill your blood, it was only because he was raised that way. But in truth, he was only acting that way and if your friend would have not acted he would have definitely stopped his assault in time." Ayanna standing next to both Amy and Miles suddenly spoke, her calm eyes fixed on Serio's back.

Upon hearing the Sargon Family's queen speaking, Amy shifted her gaze at her before shifting her gaze back at Serio, now looking at him in a slightly different light. Though, this did not mean she has completely forgiven him as words and actions were two completely different things.

"Father, then as you have said, will you allow them to complete that mission you have told us yesterday?" standing next to his father, Serio looked at Helio, seemingly curious to hear the answer to his question.

"Mission?" Nash was slightly taken aback as he didn't expect he would be given a mission to accomplish right away when he woke up and arrived at the Slayer Dimension, but still remained silent and looked at the king of the Sargon Family.

Amy and Miles too were silent as they waited for an answer while Flake and Bane looked at each other, their eyes flashing with shock as they had a rough guess of what Serio was talking about, but they were not sure enough.

Helio glanced at his son only to nod and say, "Indeed, I will allow them to do that mission, but before that, let them get familiar with this place a little while longer. Flake, please show them around and lead them to their residence."

Flake hearing his father's words nodded and gestured toward Nash and the other two to follow. Then, Nash, Amy, and Miles bowed toward both Helio and Ayanna before they quickly went after the three brothers.

"Do you really think they have what it takes to acquire that? Even though several brave soldiers of ours failed?" once everyone went away and only the two of them remained in the garden, Ayanna hugged her husband from behind passionately and tenderly, looking completely different from the moment when Nash and the others were still around.

Feeling his wife's soft touch on his chest Helio raised his hand to hold Ayanna's hand and smiled, "Do I think they can? No, I don't, but I am pretty sure they will achieve greater results than before."

"Then should we send our sons to he-"

"No." Helio quickly stopped Ayanna from talking and turning around to face her, with a solemn face he said, "That place is extremely dangerous, and while I won't care if hundreds or thousands of our soldiers lose their lives there, I won't allow neither of our children to go there. Or at least, not until they have surpassed their current Rank."

Ayanna's eyes softened when she heard her husband's words and showed a small smile that at this moment was so charming that it was enough to make any man's blood boil!

Meanwhile, in another location inside the Sargon Family's domain, Flake stood before a single house that seemingly had two levels and was big enough to hold a family with six children with ease!

"From now on, you will be living here," Flake said as he walked inside and showed each and every room to Nash, Amy, and Miles.

"Are these... defensive arrays?" inside a room that was about 30 square meters large and had a huge comfy bed in its center, Miles squatted in one corner as he gazed at a small white symbol on the ground.

"Yeah, it is. Each room is wrapped in a defensive array to prevent any sound from leaking out. Furthermore, it protects from getting peeked at by others from outside in secret while it can also protect the building from ordinary type of attacks to a limited degree." Flake explained as he walked beside Miles.

"I see. No wonder it looked so familiar." Miles nodded as he took out his Domination Art to compare the symbol on the ground with the ones drawn in his book.

After looking around for a while, Flake looked at Nash and asked, "Do you wish me to show you around, or perhaps you want to rest?"

Nash looked at Amy and Miles, waiting to see what their reply will be.

"If I can, then I want to rest," Amy said after a little while of thinking.

"Same." Miles nodded, but still proceeded to walk around the house while comparing each symbol he found with the ones drawn in his book!

"I see, then I will come back later." Flake smiled and after waving his hand he walked out of the house, leaving the three alone.

However, instead of speaking or taking his mask off, Nash walked next to Miles and whispered a few words into his ear. Upon seeing this, Amy seemed to be confused but still decided not to say anything and wait.

"Huh? Sure, I can. Yeah, I will do it right away." Miles nodded and standing motionlessly in one place he raised his hand forward before moving each five of his fingers in different routes, slowly and a little clumsily drawing several and various symbols simultaneously!

"Mystic Restriction of Domain... Seal!" once close to five hundred golden symbols were summoned in front of him Miles opened waved his hand, sending each symbol flying into different points inside the house.

Whoosh!

"Done. As you wanted Brother Nash, I have put a seal on the whole building. Not only will anyone fail to see inside if they try, but they will even sustain minor backlash too! Furthermore, I even enhanced the defensive properties of the house to the point where even an all-out attack from a peak Warrior Rank being would fail to break through it!"

"Great. Good job." Nash nodded with satisfaction and took his mask off, taking a deep fresh air once his face was fully revealed.

"Eh?" Amy was shocked when she saw Nash's face, but not because of him taking off the mask but because his face for some strange reason, became slightly more handsome than the previous time she saw it!

"Hm? You can take off your mask too." Nash misunderstood Amy's shocked gasp and said, "They won't see your face now. Though, make sure to put it back on when you decide to go out."

Amy was silent and stared dumbfoundedly at Nash's handsome face, but her shock only grew deeper when she saw how Miles took his mask off too, revealing a face that was almost completely different from the time she first saw him and was not losing even a bit in charm to Nash!

Nash this time seemed to notice something was wrong and followed Amy's gaze, but when his eyes fell on Miles' face he too froze up and widened his eyes almost as if he was struck by lightning above!

"Huh? Why are you guys looking at me like that?" Miles feeling the stares on his skin frowned and asked.