Strings Of Domination

The room where Nash and the other two were currently residing was rather spacious and luxurious. It was about 20 meters with several beds, glass tables, desks, chairs, and many other luxurious things whose quality was top-notch. There was even a shelf full of wines, each seemingly as expensive as an entire royal palace!

'Royal families are truly something else.' Nash thought in his heart as he examined the room which was full of gold, crystals, jewels, and many other shiny things.

Although Nash has spent all his life in dark caves mining ores and crystals non-stop, it did not mean he was not familiar with the lifestyle of royalties and how rich they really were.

He could even remember during his time on Planet Zero how a creature hailing from a royal family spent thousands of Ancient Jade Crystals just because he wished to buy a military technique that was not even a powerful one! He will never forget the hundreds of crates full of shiny crystals at that time, that was for sure.

'I wonder how long will it take for us to reach Planet Rover.' Nash thought in his heart as he sighed and quickly sat into a lotus position, attempting to open the red seal inside his Ancient Vein.

Meanwhile, inside another room, Flake was looking at a video feed on a small panel, his complexion showing not even the slightest hint of human emotion.

After thinking for a while, Flake glanced at a creature with somewhat similar facial features to his but slightly more muscle on his body and asked, "Elder Brother Bane, what do you think?"

The creature whose name was Bane and seemingly was the elder brother of FLake watched the three individuals on the video feed with a serene complexion and remained silent.

Flake didn't hurry his brother to reply and decided to wait patiently, his gaze shifting back onto Nash's and the other two's figures that were seemingly doing their own things.

Seconds passed in silence which gradually turned into minutes, and after three entire minutes later Bane finally touched his chin gently and said in a rather deep tone of voice, "They are interesting individuals, to say the least, especially that fellow called Emerald. Although his aura feels rather young, around the age of twenty, and has great strength his demeanor also shows caution. It is obvious he does not trust us entirely yet."

"Yeah, I figured that out too." Flake nodded and asked, "And what about the other two?"

Bane shifted his gaze at Miles and Amy before saying, "The one named Abyss makes me slightly confused. He is obviously younger than the other two and shows slight anxiety around others, even looking rather clumsy and unmatured, he emits an aura that I have only seen and felt from beings inside the Inner Layer of the Ancient Dimensions."

"Then do you think he is someone from the Inner Dimension?" Flake raised a brow as he glanced at Bane with puzzlement.

"No, I hardly believe that." Bane, however, shook his head and continued, "You know perfectly well that those beings living further inside than the Middle Layer are beings that hardly leave their Layer much less leave the Ancient Dimension into another."

"Then who he is?"

Bane this time remained silent and only when he thought over many things did he say, "To be honest, I do not know. The only thing I can say with assurance thanks to my technique is that he possesses great talent and potential, one that could easily rival even those beings inside the Inner Layer!"

"I see." Flake nodded and glanced at Amy, "And what about her?"

Bane glanced at Amy whose face was covered with a white mask and asked, "Her name was Snow, right? I cannot really feel anything special about her, but for some reason, I feel she has something I do not notice yet."

"Not even with your Golden Iris?" Flake was surprised as he knew just what kind of Domination Art was the Golden Iris his brother was using at the moment.

Golden Iris was a Modified Domination Art of their family which allowed any being with at least a small amount of Slayer blood flowing through their veins to see and determine the amount of strength and potential one had, let it be hidden or awakened.

Hence, hearing that Bane's Golden Iris was incapable of determining if the girl named Snow was strong or not was something that never happened before!

Upon seeing how his younger brother looked at him Bane just showed a smile and said, "Well, whatever. It is not like my eyes can't determine her potential properly because she has a heaven-defying power residing inside her, right?"

"Yeah, Elder Brother is right." Flake sighed and asked, "Then, should I attempt to approach them in the hope they will join our family?"

"Although the chances those three will accept your invitation and join our family is extremely low, it is also a great opportunity to try." Bane nodded and quickly added, "But let's wait first and see what they are capable of on the battlefield. Only then should we choose how seriously we approach them in this matter."

"Understood. Then let's change topics and discuss how we will complete our mission with the lowest casualties possible."

"That is a great idea." Bane smiled and after giving one final glance at the panel that showed Nash and the rest he walked away with Flake following him from the side.

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After traveling through space for close to 8 hours straight, Nash watched as they have finally arrived at Planet Rover which was a small white planet with a little less size than Planet Gaia's moon!

"We have arrived, let's get going," Nash stood up from his cultivation pose, his voice holding a tiny bit of disappointment as he still failed to open the seal in his Ancient Vein open.

On the other hand, Amy seemed energetic and happy, seemingly delighted that she was very close to unlocking all of her Ancient Veins in her body. Currently, she has unlocked 35 Ancient Veins which was more than half of the total amount!

"Don't just keep lying there and move. They must be waiting for us." Nash looked toward Miles who ever since they left Planet Gaia was immersed in that book he has bought.

"Huh? Oh, coming!" Miles quickly jumped up from the bed he was lying on top and with the book in his hold ran to Nash's and Amy's side.

The three walked through hallways and walked to the main hall of the spaceship where Flake, Bane, and many others were talking with each other while waiting. As for Zoar, because he had other things to do, he remained back on Planet Gaia.

"You are here, great." Flake smiled and explained to Nash and the two on his side what their mission was in greater detail and how they will execute it.

"Our mission is to kill 10 Diamond Beasts and collect their cores." Flake began to speak as he waved his hand and a hologram representing a Diamond Beast materialized above his palm.

The Diamond Beast was a rather unique creature, one that Nash has never seen before. It had the appearance of a golem but with the only difference that its body was not made out of rock but seemingly transparent crystals; diamonds!

Furthermore, his head only possessed a single crimson eye while it had four arms, each of its arms having fingers that looked more of long blades than exact fingers!

"As you can see from their physical appearance alone, Diamond Beasts are terrifying creatures to fight against in close combat. However, their most frightening trait are not their size, strength, nor their adamant hard bodies, but their Legacy."

"As you may know, simple beasts let it be ants or birds, each of them obtain their own Legacy once the Ancient Path in their dimensions had been opened. And just like those simple beasts, this kind of beast obtained its Legacy too, called as Ricochet Force!"

After he said that, Flake waved his hand once again and this time began to play a video on his hologram, showing how a creature which seemingly was hailing from the Slayer Race struck the Diamond Beast's body only to get blasted away into the far distance with blood spewing out of his mouth.

"As you could see, Diamond Beasts' Legacy is capable of rebounding any physical attack with at least twice as much force, giving them an extremely terrifying defensive type Legacy!"

Nash, Amy, and Miles looked at each other upon hearing Flake's words and felt puzzled. If a creature with an already massively high defensive capacity possessed such a scary Legacy that further enhanced its defense, then how should they kill it?

Flake seemed to notice their confusion even through their masks and smiled, "I know what you think, but don't worry. Just as everything in existence, this beast has its own weakness too!"

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