Darkness enveloped the entire planet and Nash watched as the only thing he was able to see was only inside a twenty meters radius, while anything outside that range would vanish in the dense, fog-like darkness.
"Hey, what is happening here? Why did everything turn so dark?" a guy from the spaceship walked out with somewhat trembling legs, feeling kind of anxious about the sudden change of events.
Nash turned to look at the guy and was ready to answer, but suddenly his eyes narrowed into a slit while his body moved like a flash.
Whoosh!
"Wha-"
Slice!
"!?"
The guy watched as Nash suddenly appeared before him and pushed him right back onto the spaceship, while the place where he just wanted to step on now had three deep and wide cracks, almost as if a beast swung its claws right there!
Yet, no matter where the guy looked at, except for the dense darkness, he saw nothing at all much less a creature that could have threatened his life just now!
"On the board! Now!" Nash quickly yelled at the still dazed Uncle Ben, who immediately snapped back from his daze and began to run toward the spaceship.
However, just as he took two steps, Nash noticed a slight movement right behind his uncle, causing him to quickly order, "Protect him!"
Whoosh!
And just a second later as his voice fell, a cold glint flashed right above Uncle Ben's head, but just as it could have had the chance to slice him up, Erys appeared from the side, her hand already holding her sword.
Clang!
Like metal hitting against a steel wall, Erys' weapon easily repealed what seemed the end for Uncle Ben, and proceeded to run behind him while continuously deflecting every attempt of the unknown beast that still tried to kill Uncle Ben from somewhere in the darkness.
But luckily, as Erys was two whole ranks above the Infant Rank, it didn't pose her a problem to defend Uncle Ben.
"Are you okay?" asked Nash once Uncle Ben safely reached the board, but his gaze was still firmly fixed on the surroundings he could limitedly see.
"Y-Yeah... I'm fine. But let's close the entrance quickly before anything else could happen." replied Uncle Ben and without hesitation closed the gate once Revio and Nash's Souls were all on the ship.
However, this somewhat made Nash confused as he noticed that except for trying to kill the guy in the beginning and Uncle Ben, the unknown creature didn't attempt to assault them again, almost as if they feared to approach or just simply waited for another chance to come.
Furthermore, the creature only tried to kill those without power, showing that it had a level of intelligence as it seemed to realize it didn't stand a chance against the Souls much less with Erys.
Once the gate closed and everyone was safe, Nash pulled the guy up from the ground before he glanced at Revio with an ice-cold complexion.
"Wish to explain yourself? And don't even dream about telling me a lie as you can go straight to hell then!"
"Eh?" Revio turned shocked, but as he noticed Nash's narrowed eyes that stared daggers at him, his body began to tremble unwittingly, feeling as though he will lose his head if he gives an unsatisfactory answer.
Thus, with an averted gaze, as he dared not to look straight at Nash, Revio forcefully gulped down the saliva in his mouth and shook his head, "I don't know. We never recorded such a phenomenon and also this is my first time seeing it myself."
'...'
Nash stared at Revio for quite a while, but as he knew he told him the truth as his Domination Art forced him to do so, he just sighed and averted his gaze no longer caring about him.
"Go and tell the others that no one is allowed to leave the ship until I say so. We don't know yet what this black sun is, let alone the beast that lurks out there. We will wait and se-"
"Anna? Where is my Anna? Did any of you see her?"
Just as Nash could have finished talking, suddenly, a woman around the age of fifty approached their group, her worried gaze continuously glancing around the place, seemingly looking for someone.
"Anna?" Uncle Ben asked with a slightly raised brow which made the woman nod immediately before saying, "Anna, my daughter. She told me she will go away for a bit, but I can't find her anywhere on this ship even after hours. And now that this black sun appeared... I can't stop feeling this awful uneasiness in my chest."
When Nash heard this, his complexion stiffened in a wink, while Uncle Ben's face didn't seem better at all. Both instantly understood that if Anna was not on this spaceship then the only place she could be was outside!
"Stay here and don't leave the ship no matter what, not even if the black sun vanishes. I will go and find her." Nash said to everyone present and was about to turn around when suddenly his arm was grabbed by Uncle Ben.
"What are you doing? We don't even know if she is truly outside or not! Maybe she just hid somewhere on this ship and we only need to find her."
Hearing Uncle Ben's statement Nash glanced at Revio before asking, "Is there any place where one can hide without getting found?"
Revio surprisingly nodded and said, "In truth, there is one place, the vents. However, if the individual is not a 3 years old kid, it's indeed impossible to hide on this ship without getting caught by others."
"Then we have nothing to discuss here." nodded Nash as he wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Uncle Ben once again.
This caused his brows to lower into a deep frown and say, now in a somewhat annoyed tone, "I hope you know that every second is extremely precious currently. I can't waste time or else she will die!"
"But what about the creature outside? Hell, you don't even know how many are there let alone their full strength! And you want to risk your life? Now?"
He then said, "Remember Nash! If you die, who will protect us? How will we survive if a hord of creatures decide to attack us? You must think before doing something so rush!"
"Yes, I thought over these things already and not only twice, but thrice! So my decision will not change..."
After taking a deep breath, he then continued, "I will go and save Anna. As you said, I am currently the only one capable of protecting you and everyone else here. Then tell me, who will save her if not me? You or any of the rest?"
Pulling his arm off from his uncle's hold, Nash walked before the button on the side and smashed it with his fist somewhat strongly, opening the gate before him right away.
"You stay here and protect the others if anything seems to happen. As for the rest of you, follow me." Nash told Revio with an indifferent tone before pressing the button again and once the gate was ready to close tightly shut he jumped outside with Erys and his five Souls following him closely from behind.