Strings Of Domination

Under the surface of a beautiful green planet, Nash stood calmly before everyone before the entrance of the Emerald Palace, his handsome face holding a confident smile as his calm but sharp gaze swept through each and everyone's face present.

Shock, happiness, doubt, and excitement; everyone held various emotions on their faces, hardly believing what they have just heard from Nash was the truth or not.

"Are you really telling us the truth? Can our Legacy really be unsealed?" the one asking this question was Dray, a young man with a fit body and slightly above average appearance who was also only four years older than Nash.

He was currently part of the Smithing Branch and although the items he crafted were still primitive because of the materials he could work with, he showed great potential as almost all of the weapon's appearance and structure used during practice were designed by him.

At Dray's question, many looked at Nash curiously, waiting to hear his answer and show some proof to clear his doubt.

Naturally, Nash anticipated such reactions and without saying anything else took out his Sky Sealing Needle and raised it before his face. At first, everyone seemed confused about what Nash wanted to do with a single needle, but what happened next stupefied all of them.

Swish!

Bam!

In a single flash, the needle in Nash's eyes flashed with blue light before reappearing before Dray's face, piercing his forehead with just enough force to make his head tilt backward.

"?!"

As everyone looked at this sight with widened eyes and loosened jaws, Nash calmly flickered his finger, causing the needle that was buried almost completely into Dray's skull to suddenly lit up with a bright azure glow and with slow motion fly back to him!

"Argh... My head... Wh-What did you do t-, huh?" Dray was about to raise his palm to feel his forehead when his arm halted abruptly and his eyes widened like saucers.

"This... It worked... Haha! It really worked! My Legacy has really been unsealed!"

Watching as Dray jumped up and down with a clenched fist that punched empty air before him like an excited little kid who just got his best present for his birthday, everyone else looked dumbstruck before all of their expression brightened and looked at Nash with burning gazes.

"Please, let me be the next! Unseal my Legacy!"

"I beg you, please!"

"Lord Nash!"

Under a mere second, everyone began to beg Nash to unseal their Legacies, some even going so far as to address him as Lord Nash, Savior, or my Lord in the hope to get on his good side and get their Legacies unsealed before the rest. However, despite the fact that they were desperate to get their Legacies unsealed, none of them dared to get close to him more than two meters as they feared causing a ruckus; what's more, the two beings' complexion standing behind him, Erys and Revio looked terrifying grim, giving them an even greater reason why not to attempt to get closer to Nash than they already were.

But what they didn't know was that Erys and Revio looked menacing not because they tried to keep them away from Nash, but because they attempted to suppress their emotions that threatened to break onto the surface.

They couldn't accept the fact that a mere human boy, who was not even 20 years old, not only turned them into his slaves but even succeeded to acquire an item that had the ability to erase the Ancient Seal in their bodies, something that should be impossible!

'Impossible! This is just a bad dream! This is not real!' Revio thought in his heart as his fingers tightened into fists, so tight that blood started to drip from the wounds onto the ground below.

As for Erys, she was bearing slightly better but even she looked to be struggling in her mind as her whole body trembled continuously from different surges of emotions, hardly accepting the fact that humans that were nothing but mere slaves little more than a month ago now were getting their Legacies unsealed, opening them the path to becoming stronger and something more than what they were currently!

She couldn't accept! She couldn't!

Erys opened her eyelids, revealing a pair of hatred-filled eyes, and was ready to risk it all and kill every and each of the human slaves here today before they could grow any further! However, even before she could have moved a single inch, she watched as a needle floated inches away from her, ready to pierce into her right eye and blind her once and for all!

"Don't even try to do anything funny. Although I have spared you until now, don't forget I still have the power to turn your life into a complete and miserable nightmare under a single second." as Nash's cold voice appeared in her ear, the needle moved a millimeter closer to her eye, threatening to reach her ruby eye and carve its way into her brain.

Naturally, Erys wished to move to get further away from the needle, but no matter how hard she struggled to move, her body was frozen in one place, and could only watch the needle stop only a single millimeter away from her pupil!

As for Nash, he was just coldly staring at Erys like he was looking at an insect instead of an intelligent being, and without saying anything else he waved his hand and made the needle fly back into his hand before turning back toward the crowd, giving not even a second glance to Erys.

Even a retard would understand that although Nash let her go this time, it was the final warning for her; if she does anything suspicious from now on, she could definitely say goodbye to her life. As Erys thought about this, she could only clench her teeth in both anger and helplessness, remaining silent and accepting her fate.

"Anyways, I must say that using this treasure cost quite a lot of energy, hence I can only use it eight times before needing the time to recover. I hope you can understand this." Nash said calmly, completely ignoring the confused gazes on his skin.

Upon seeing no one reacted even after ten full seconds, Nash nodded and continued, "Perfect, then let me describe just how we will proceed on with the unsealing process."

After saying those words, Nash began to explain the whole process for everyone to clearly understand. First and foremost, he explained to everyone that at the start only those with a leading position in each Branch will get their Legacy unsealed while everyone else must wait for their turn until then.

After that, everyone else will get their Legacies unsealed, but in an order that will be determined by Nash and the amount of contribution one has given to the community.

This was important because not only could he push everyone to work harder and contribute greater to the community in the future, but also force them to strive for more if they want to gain more, to become stronger by each day!

Once Nash finished explaining the details to everyone, he swept his gaze through the faces of the people in front of him and with his hands crossed before his chest, asked, "Any objections?"

Everyone remained silent upon hearing his voice, no one raising any objection at all no matter just how much they wished to complain. Although there was many that didn't like Nash's idea because they wished to be among the first ones who get their Legacy unsealed, they were not idiots either to cause a ruckus over something so minor like this; like, didn't Nash tell them that they will have their turn sooner or later, it was only a question of a few days? If that was the case they were more than glad to wait a few more days than start a mess, especially with the one to whom they owe their lives!

As everyone thought about this and thought back to how he helped them all the time without a single time disappointing them, they could only remain silent and accept his decision, once again.

"Perfect, then those of you that hear your name, please step forth." Nash nodded and proceeded to call names one after another.

In about a minute, eight figures stood in a line before Nash, each of them the leaders of each Branch such as the Crafting Branch, the Material Harvesting Branch, or the Smithing Branch.

Giving one glance at each person in front of him, Nash nodded and without saying anything else used his Sky Sealing Needle on each individual, breaking the hidden seal in their bodies with lightning speed.

Swish! Swish! Swish! ...

One by one, all the eight individual's foreheads were pierced by the blue needle, forcing their faces to jerk into painful grimaces before slowly turning into utter shock than into unsurpassable joy in an almost incessant manner.

One by one, all of their Legacies had been unsealed, pushing them back onto the almost forgotten path that was meant for them since the very moment the Ancient Path had been opened!

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