The whole surroundings were shaken by Erys' merciless attack while the beast's body was cleanly sliced in half as if it was tofu before hot knife!
'...'
Nash stared at the place where the once mighty beast stood and couldn't help but admire Erys' strength once again. Just like when he first saw her demolishing an entire mountain back in Azure Planet, the sight as she killed an Evolved Beast that was feared by many as easily as it was nothing more but a mere chicken made him look forward to the future where he reaches her rank and surpasses her!
[Target's body has decayed!]
[Target's {Soul} has been freed!]
[Attaching {Death String} on target now possible!]
[Warning! You have reached your maximum limit! Attachment is currently impossible!]
'...'
Nash remained silent once he heard the voice in his head and soon asked, "Can I replace this Soul with one of my current ones?"
[Yes, you can.]
'How?'
[Just simply grab and sever whichever {Death String} you wish to cut!]
'It's that easy?' Nash was seemingly surprised by the simplicity but still did as he was told and grabbed one of the black strings that were attached to one of the beast Souls in the distance.
As he didn't want to lose this chance and collect a Soul that was so powerful, he didn't even think twice before tightly grabbing the black string and with the desire to cut it off from his finger he ripped it off!
[You have severed your attachment with one of your Souls!]
[Severed Soul now will be obliterated from both the living and dead!]
Swish!
The Soul which was unfortunately chosen by Nash quickly turned into several abyss black particles, while the blacks string that only Nash was capable of seeing, gradually faded away.
Meanwhile, Nash waved his hand and grabbed the floating black string before his face, causing the black smoke to rise from the corpse in the distance and gradually solidify into the previous creature that Erys had killed.
Nash watched the terrifying Soul with a brightened expression, feeling happiness over the fact he was able to collect such an absolutely scary and strong Soul.
After inspecting it for a few more minutes, Nash turned his gaze away and waved his hand before ordering his Souls to look for a human girl.
Whoosh!
Once all the Souls vanished in the darkness in search of the little girl, Nash glanced at Erys who still stood beside the Evolved Beast's corpse, but her gaze was fixed on something on the ground.
"What happened? Did you find something?" Nash walked next to her who shifted her gaze at him before pointing at the ground where nothing seemed to be.
"Underground... There is something below us."
"Below us?" Nash raised his brow and glanced at the ground with no hole or gap that could indicate there was something below them.
"How do you know it? And what is down there?"
Erys looked at Nash with a nonchalant complexion before shaking her head and saying, "Because I am on a higher rank than you it's only obvious my senses are much better than yours. As for what is down there, I can't tell it except something is emitting a powerful aura."
Nash remained silent once Erys stopped talking and glancing at the still five black strings that were attached to his fingers, he pondered for a while before asking, "How can we get down there?"
Although he should search for Anna because of the unknown dangers, Nash knew that except for this Evolved Beast there will be no more threats as he would have been already attacked, just like how he or Uncle Ben got the very moment this Black Sun happened to emerge.
Furthermore, a hunch told him that the Evolved Beast came up from below the surface when the Black Sun appeared as he has checked a twenty miles radius around the ship and he would have met with it, yet, he didn't.
As for the possibility of Anna accidentally getting lost and finding herself down there from where such a terrifying creature emerged... Nash tried not to think about it and hoped she was somewhere above the surface as his Souls can easily find her then.
"There is only a single entrance not far away from here. Do you want me to take you there?" Erys asked Nash, but alas, even without him talking she already knew the answer.
And just as she thought, Nash indeed nodded.
"Yeah, please."
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In the meantime, several thousands of lightyears away from the planet where currently Nash and the others were, a huge spaceship could be seen moving from planet to planet, with hundreds of smaller ones following it from behind.
"Argh... Just how long are we planning on staying inside this low dimension?" a humanoid creature with crimson hair and eyes groaned with a frown, expressing his frustration to the one on his side, who seemed to be exceptionally strong thanks to his bulging muscles on his body.
"As long as Lord Amael does not tell us to stop. You clearly know why we are here and why we do this and so do I, so quit whining and shut your mouth close if you don't want me to help you instead!" said the other creature, its complexion rather annoyed as his companion so far did nothing but complaint for more than three weeks!
"Of course I know the reason but that doesn't mean we shouldn't get at least a bit of rest a few times, right?" asked the creature with a bitter smile, which at his comrade's eye only twitched in obvious annoyance.
"If you have so many complaints why don't you just go and tell them to Lord Amael straight away?" asked the creature, shifting his now narrowed gaze at his comrade.
"Did you go fucking insane? What do you think I am? A fucking clown?"
And just as a slight argument was ready to break out between the two, suddenly the door on the sides opened with a loud sound, and a humanoid creature with a well-built body, deep blood red hair, and with eyes akin to a pair of rubies walked in, several other creatures akin to bodyguards following him closely from behind him.
"Lord Amael!"
Both creatures stood up abruptly, their faces turning rock solid from the mixture of nervousness and seriousness as the one standing before them was their King's most loyal servant, Lord Amael, an existence that had many terrifying rumors that could put fear into many of the outer race's hearts just with his name alone!