Strings Of Domination

The words appeared one after another in Nash's mind while the rows of texts of his newly advanced Domination Art appeared in his line of sight one by one.

Although Nash had no clue if all Domination Arts worked the same way as his, where he was incapable of using it once it was on the verge of raising its Class, he was more than delighted to see the end results of the Advancement Phase.

'Absolute Domain Domination Class, huh?' Nash read the title of his improved version of his power and shifted his gaze over the newer descriptions that were not there in the past.

The very first thing that Nash noticed was the fact that now the number of Souls he was able to collect finally increased and with ten times at that! Now, he was able to hold and possess 50 Souls which was an insane amount of boost to his total strength!

However, he was not a fool not to understand the disadvantage of this great improvement. He was more than aware that with 50 Souls under his wings his essence would get depleted in greater amounts than ever before.

To say it, it was like a double-edged sword that could turn out to be a burden on him in the long run if he was not careful enough.

'I wonder if there is a way for me to increase my essence.' Nash thought in his heart, realizing that 10,000 units of essence were not that enormous in quantity.

As he thought about ways to increase his essence, he shifted his gaze at the second thing that caught his attention; his new ability, Dominator's Domain.

'To alter a single target's Emotion Levels without reaching the Critical Level?' when Nash read the description a surprising glint flashed in his blue eyes, thinking about something that he could hardly believe.

'If that is true, then doesn't this mean I have an ability to kill anyone with a single word until they are on or below my Rank?' Nash asked himself, but as he knew he soon will get his answer he put the matter aside for the time being and glanced at the passive abilities.

There, he noticed two new changes. The first one was his radius with his indicator increased from a hundred meters. Although he had no clue why that was important or how it gave him an advantage, a change was a change after all.

The second one, and also the greatest change in Nash's opinion, was the Dominator's Gift ability.

'Finally! An ability to allow my Souls to grow and reach higher Ranks!' Nash felt delighted and formed a small smile when he imagined just what kind of terrifying army he will be able to possess in the near future.

While Nash inspected his new Domination Art, Amy walked to the entrance and placing opening it narrowly, she said, "There is no one around. What should we do?"

Upon hearing her question Nash came back from her pondering and said, "Isn't that obvious? We will kill all of them."

Amy raised a brow when she heard Nash's sudden declaration and was ready to ask how, when she saw him taking out a needle from his pocket.

"Isn't that?" Amy's eyes widened when she recognized the tiny needle and the memory of eight individuals getting their Legacies unsealed appeared in her head.

"Yep, it is exactly that." Nash showed a grin and without hesitation pierced it into the middle of his temple!

Swish!

Immidieatly, a blue light engulfed the needle and the place around it before Nash grabbed it and pulled it out slowly.

Whoosh!

Feeling as he was finally able to control the essence in his Ancient Veins, Nash showed a satisfied smile and gestured toward Amy to walk closer.

Amy looked confused when she saw Nash's action but still did as he wanted and walked before him. However, her eyes still held slight fear toward the needle in Nash's hand as it was rather terrifying to think one didn't die even after getting pierced right in the head!

Nash naturally understood her thoughts and showed a gentle smile, "You don't have to worry. It feels just like an injection with literally no pain. You won't even get to feel it."

Amy looked hesitant, but when she saw Nash's warm smile and confident gaze, she nodded and watched as the needle in Nash's hand lit up with gentle blue light before getting pierced in her forehead.

Swish!

Piercing then pulling the Sky Sealing Needle out of Amy's temple, Nash curled his lips and after putting his needle away, he said, "See? I told you it won't hurt."

But although he showed a calm smile, Nash was a little bit shocked, to say the least. It was because after unsealing Amy's Legacy, her presence now leaking out of her body and she was currently a Level 5 Mortal!

Not even his level was so high when his Legacy was unsealed, thus seeing she was only a single Level away from starting to unlock her Ancient Veins, he felt great awe.

"So this my Legacy, huh. Interesting." Amy mumbled under her breath as she stared in front of her, obviously inspecting the description of her Legacy.

Nash waited in silence for her to read everything, but not even a second later the entrance on the side opened ad two creatures, both being Sky Beasts walked inside, chatting with each other merrily.

"I can't believe those humans have escaped again."

"Yeah, and I heard one even annihilated almost the entire searching units! It seems that crimson fellow was not that of a big shot, huh."

"Haha, don't even tell me. Those Thousand Bloods are so proud and full of themselves that they couldn't even deal with a single human! They were all slaughtered in the end, haha!"

"Yeah, but Lord Crimson has died too. That human was strong, I must give that credit to him."

"Yeah, but unfortunately, he was captured and will be executed. The difference between a Warrior and a Warmaster is just too vast. I would have liked to fight with him thoug-, huh?"

As the two talked with each other, the light in the storage room lit up, revealing Nash's and Amy's standing figure between the crates. The two Sky Beasts immidieatly froze still, their words stuck on their throats they wished to say next.

"Oh? So you said you wanted to fight with me?" Nash asked with a small smile and unsheathed his Soul Breaker from his back.

"I think now you will have the chance."

And without waiting for either of the two to react, his body leaned slightly forward before appearing before the two with his long sword already slicing at their necks!

"What?" the Sky Beasts widened their eyes when they saw the approaching weapon, but too bad, they were not quick enough to react and could do nothing but watch as the sight around them began to spin before everything went black.

"Hmm... All bark but no bite, huh?" Nash muttered quietly before looking at the entrance and watching as another duo walked inside, completely oblivious by the fact that their comrades have been killed just now!

'I will take care of the-' Nash was ready to behead the two just as he did now, but was shocked to see that Amy was a step ahead of him. With a fast movement that was neither loud nor stiff, she appeared before the two and threw out two punches seemingly simultaneously.

Swish! Swish!

BAM!

The sound of armor breaking and bones shattering sounded in the room before both Sky Beasts were sent flying outside the entrance where they have just walked in, their eyes showing bewilderment before they lost all light in them!

"Woah! What kind of technique was that?" Nash asked, startled as he knew that was no ordinary punch.

"It is called Two Wind Punch. A basic punching technique of the Sky Beasts that Revio taught us." Amy said as she glanced at the two corpses outside the room and added, "Though Revio told us it was rather hard to master it fully, it doesn't seem like that. I have learned it after a few tries but had no chance to try it."

"I see." Nash nodded understandingly, and watched as a Sky Beast, one at the Warrior Rank walked inside, looking rather angry; it seemed it noticed the ruckus they have caused and was here to put an end to it.

"Too bad, he won't have the chance," Nash said quietly and when his gaze locked with the Sky Beast's he activated his new ability.

[Dominator's Domain activated!]

[Choose an Emotion Level freely to alter!]

Nash showed a cold smile when he heard the voice in his head and without hesitation wished the Sky Beast's Fear Level to increase to the maximum level possible!

• Fear: Chance Level - 1% --> 99%

'That much?!?' Nash almost choked when he saw the sudden increase above the creature's head, but soon his face became delighted and said with a hint of excitement.

"Slit your throat."

[Chance String has been successfully caught!]

[Death Bid has been triggered!]

The Sky Beast felt anger rushing through his veins when he saw his comrades' corpses lying on the ground and was ready to kill the two humans when suddenly an immense dread engulfed his mind.

And even before he could have thought for a single reason why he was trembling so much and feeling so terrified all of a sudden, he watched with widened eyes as his arm grabbed the dagger on his waist without his will and with one smooth motion cut his own throat open, committing suicide even though he wished not to!

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A/N: Hope you liked it! Stay safe!<3