Strings Of Domination

Nash watched with a calm expression as the eight individuals before him looked thrilled the moment their Legacies had been unsealed, some even going so far as to throw out several punches one after another, causing the air in front of their fists to shake and vibrate slightly.

"Haha! I can indeed use my Legacy! This is the best!"

"Dimension Refining Physique... What a magnificent name for a Legacy!"

"Indeed, it sounds so cool! But why is it that it has a different name for Rank and even has this thing called Level? Shouldn't our Legacy be on the Infant Rank?"

As that question sounded, everyone that had their Legacy unsealed stopped doing whatever they were doing while their complexion changed in a flash. Meanwhile, the rest that still had their Legacies sealed could only remain silent and listen intently to learn the most they could.

"True, I heard every races' Legacy has the same ranking system such as Infant, Warrior, and Warmaster. Then why is that our Rank is not Infant but named as Mortal instead?" a woman in her early thirties asked the question, her seemingly unfocused gaze looking into thin air.

Her name was Arya, the head of the Chore Branch. She had silk smooth blond hair with a pair of azure eyes together with a tall frame which was not too towering, only about 5'6 feet in total which was equal to 167 in centimeters. However, despite being such a tall woman compared to the rest, the curves and shapes on her body were just as big, giving her a rather mature and tempting appearance that was hard to ignore even if one was a female!

Though, although out of the few Branches that currently existed the Chore Branch was the easiest and least paid work one could choose from, no one really looked down on Arya as in everyone's eyes she was like a mother figure, an angle who helped everyone as much as she could.

Hence, in everyone's eyes, including in Nash's too, she was the best candidate out of all those that wished to become the head of the Chore Branch, no question about that.

"Yeah, I noticed that too. Do you have any idea why it is like that Nash? I mean, your Legacy had been unsealed much longer than ours, so you must have a few ideas." Uncle Ben's voice followed suit after Arya's, making everyone's gaze to fell on Nash in that right instant.

Nash remained silent for a few seconds when he saw and felt the many stares on his skin and after showing a calm smile, just shook his head, "Although it must sound weird, even I do not have a single clue why our Legacy has a different Ranks than the rest."

"And how can we increase our Ranks? What do we need to do to become stronger and reach the next Rank?" this time the one asking the question was Dray, who all this time remained silent as he was just too engrossed with the fact that he gained superhuman powers.

"As for that question, I can answer that with relative ease." Nash's smile widened even more upon saying those words, and without keeping any secrets, he began to explain to everyone how they can increase their Levels and become an Ascender.

He even showed them the scroll he found in his room that day and told them how it helped him gain insight into his growth and how he was able to unlock all the Ancient Veins inside his body.

Once he finished talking, he examined everyone's complexion one by one, watching as different emotions emerged and vanished on everyone's face one after another.

"I will make sure to help all of you as much as I can, but you need to understand that surpassing each Level is solely on you, hence no matter what I say or do, only you can break the shackles on yourself, not me." as Nash said those words, everyone's face turned serious, determined to become stronger.

"Well then, as promised, from this day onward, I will unseal eight people in total per day. Also, because now that you will be not defenseless as you were until now and will have greater strength to protect yourself, I wish to expand the number of Branches in the current Departments by a few."

Immidieatly as Nash said those words, everyone fell into silence, eager to hear what the other Branches will be and what kind of role they will serve.

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After explaining everything to everyone for an hour straight while also deciding on who will be the head of those branches, Nash walked back to the second Jade Door and stood before it.

Behind him, Uncle Ben and even Amy, who choose to follow him after the meeting stood in silence, staring at his back with calm gazes.

"You will challenge it now?" Uncle Ben couldn't hold his question back any longer and asked when he saw Nash standing before the Jade Door for a straight full minute.

Upon hearing his question, Amy shifted her attention onto the beautiful white jade door in front of Nash, and although she didn't wish to ask, she still asked, "Challenge? Challenge what?"

"Behind this door, there is a trial," Nash explained once he noticed his uncle didn't want to and touched the surface of the gate.

[You have the appropriate Rank to challenge the Ancestor's Trial!]

[Do you wish to challenge the Trial?]

When those words appeared in his line of sight, Nash remained silent for a second before taking a deep breath and nodded, 'Yes, I want.'

Whoosh!

"Huh? V-Vanished? Where is he?" both Uncle Ben and Amy look shocked when they saw Nash's figure suddenly getting engulfed in white light before disappearing into thin air, leaving the two behind in the hall alone.

Meanwhile, in a completely separate space, on the very top of a huge rock pillar with nothing but dense white clouds floating around its core, Nash's figure materialized out of thin air before dropping onto the center of the pillar with a gentle 'thud!' sound.

"What is this place?" Nash looked around curiously, wondering if the scenery around him was just a mere illusion or if his soul was teleported into a different space akin to the time when he was teleported into the Forgotten Lands.

While he pondered on this question and glanced around with piqued interest, suddenly a green light that represented a small blaze appeared above him, attracting his attention right away.

'It looks somewhat similar to the Soul Fragment that entered my Soul Breaker after Aruer said his farewell.' as Nash wondered about this, the green flame descended from the sky and under a few seconds appeared before his face.

'Warm... Feels like it is soothing my mind and washing all my troubles away.' Nash felt like closing his eyes and enjoying the pleasant feeling that was currently sweeping through his body, but as he didn't know what the trial he didn't dare to lower his guard by doing something so foolish as to that.

Instead, he grabbed the hilt of his longsword on his back, and after pulling it out of its scabbard he began to scan his surroundings with a sharp pair of eyes.

[Congratulations! You have successfully completed the First Trial, Firm Mind.]

"Eh?" Nash looked stupefied when he heard the notification in his head.

Did he really complete the trial? Just like that?

Wait... First Trial?

When Nash realized that there was the word 'first' in front of the Trial, he raised a brow and looked at the green ball of flame before him that began to vanish from his sight by each fraction of the second.

'Firm Mind... Could have it been that if I let my mind get consumed by the pleasure I would have failed this trial right away?' as such a thought emerged in his head, Nash felt his palm getting slightly sweaty as everything happened just way too fast.

If it weren't for his luck and tense mindset of not letting him enjoy the previous pleasure, he could have failed this trial as easily as that without even knowing what the consequences would be!

'Now that I think about it, is there any consequence if I fail this trial? I still don't know if everything here is an illusion or a real-world such as the Forgotten Lands!'

As Nash thought about the possibility of a hidden threat around him, suddenly the scenery around him darkened, forcing him to raise his head and look above. However, when he did, his pupils immediately shrunk to the size of a needle before his jaw dropped down next to his knee from pure stupefaction.

Right above him, a giant meteorite with a diameter of at least a mile if not two began to fall from the sky with a scalding front, generating crimson flames around its massive body as it descended toward him with a speed that would obviously wipe out an entire country on any planet with ease!

"Are you... Are you fucking kidding me?!"

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