The monument carving was strange, to say the least. When Nash stepped nigher and took a closer look, he realized the huge carve was forming several miniature ones, each different from one another.
'It's almost like I am looking at a fairy tale engraved into the wall.' Nash thought as he examined the monument with a curious gaze.
Time ticked slowly, and after going through all the details several times, Nash touched his chin and hummed quietly, seemingly falling into deep thoughts because of what he has just seen.
And precisely after an entire minute, Nash raised his gaze to look at the center of the carving, his eyes showing several emotions such as shock, surprise, and excitement.
'If this is valid, everything that we have known so far and believed in will lose its credibility! Everything will receive a new meaning and everyone will look us in a completely new light!' Nash couldn't help but watch himself getting rather delighted and feel as the blood in his veins began to boil from sheer excitement!
According to the carvings, the past of the human race was not as simple as it seemed, and their time in the Ancient Dimension was rather long, much longer than a few centuries! As a fact, it seemed to be the case that they have opened the Ancient Path not once, but twice already, which was something Nash wouldn't have ever thought before, not even in his wildest dream!
As Nash thought about this with unsurpassable excitement, he extended his arm and put his palm gently atop the carvings. But who would have thought that such a simple act would trigger something unexpected and force him to close his eyes because of the blinding light that broke forth from the wall.
"Huh? Where am I?" the moment Nash opened his eyes, he noticed that he was no longer standing in the same place but instead in the middle of darkness with nothing discernible around him.
"So it seems the time has come, huh?"
"What?" Nash jumped slightly when he heard the deep unfamiliar voice behind him, but when he turned around he still saw nothing and no one but darkness.
"Who are you and what is this place?" Nash asked immediately, his guard raised as he looked around. However, although he asked such a thing which made him look like a nervous chicken, he was not scared at all; instead, he felt calmer than ever before and his mind was as clear as a pond of crystal lake.
"Hmm... You are quite an intriguing individual." the deep indifferent voice talked once again, and after remaining silent for a while it asked, "What is your name?"
Nash lifted a brow when he heard the question but soon replied with the same, indifferent voice, "The name is Nash. But shouldn't you introduce yourself first before asking such a question or were you not taught about such a thing?"
The whole place fell into heavy silence which could easily strike many with a weaker will with fear, but luckily, Nash was not such an individual and stood in one place with composure. He even showed a slight but confident smile, showing he was not intimidated by such a thing at all.
If throughout the years of humiliation and slavery which was literally hell in itself and where he met with a greater threat than this didn't make him lose his mind and confidence, then such a thing as this slight 'dread' coming from this mysterious individual won't frighten him at all.
He needs a little bit more than something like this, but for a try it was a good one.
"Oh? You are quite an arrogant one, aren't you?" the voice exclaimed with slight amusement before asking, "Don't you fear I will take your life from you right here and now because of that?
"Why would I? Do you really think I will believe such a shitty lie after you brought me here?" Nash showed an even wider grin, completely ignoring the ever-increasing pressure on his body.
"Also, I don't feel any hostility coming from you neither think you wish to harm me at all." Nash quickly added as he closed his eyes, which would make anyone assume he lost his mind as he literally lowered his guard!
"You really think I won't hurt you if I wish so? What arrogance!" the pressure on Nash's body exploded as the angered voice thundered throughout the darkness, forcing Nash to slightly bend his knees.
However, that was all, and except for the slightly bent knees, nothing else happened. Nash just stood in one place with a calm smile on his face and his eyes still closed, seemingly giving zero shit about the happenings around him.
Of course, maybe this behavior would seem like arrogance and many would misunderstand it, but in truth, Nash dared to act like this because what he said was indeed the reality!
If the voice brought him here just to kill him he would have done so the very first second, but alas, it didn't do it. Also, him closing his eyes and still standing in one place with his head on his shoulders further indicates his guess was correct.
'Besides, I cannot see any Indicator present, which means this individual is not present and communicates with me through some special method, or simply wishes to hide. But if the latter is the case, then again, if he wanted to see me dead he would have done so quite a while now.' Nash thought to himself as he opened his eyes slowly and gazed up.
"So? Will you keep playing the fool and try to scare me a little more or will you finally quit the crap and tell me why you have brought me here?" Nash asked calmly, his complexion as indifferent as it was before.
The pressure on his body continued to grow for a little while longer before it vanished completely and a burst of loud laughter that caused the surrounding darkness to tremble appeared.
"HAHAHAHA!"
'...'
Nash listened to the wild laughter like he was listening to someone who just heard the greatest joke of all time, and couldn't help but raise a brow in confusion.
'Was that so funny?' thought Nash as he crossed his arms before his chest and waited patiently for the choice to calm down.
And exactly after a minute, the voice seemed to come down from the heights where it was and sighed with relief. As for Nash, if he would need to imagine what the voice was currently doing, he was sure it was wiping the tears off from the corner of its eyes after laughing its ass off for such a long time.
"I apologize for my misbehavior, I just couldn't help myself as it has been such a long time since I have met someone like you. You remind me of a specific someone." as the voice that now was filled with slight warmth talked, Nash watched with surprise as several miniature green light particles appeared out of thin air before they started to form a sole figure exactly a meter away from him.