Nash felt as his body was engulfed with a strange yet warm sensation, washing the pain away inside his body completely as if the previous torture didn't happen at all.
"Wh... What happened?" with a dizzy complexion as though he had just woken up from a deep slumber, Nash subconsciously raised his hand to hold his face, only to touch something he wouldn't have expected.
"Good Lord... What in heaven's name is this?" touching the item that was sticking out of his forehead, giving him an appearance like some kind of unicorn, Nash grabbed its end and began to pull it.
"Ouch!" once pulled the whole thing out, Nash lowered his hand and examined the object.
It was a small item with a similar appearance as an injection needle; a long, hair-thin needle on one of its ends, with a see-through exterior in its middle and a flat surface on its other end.
Staring at the item with a blank gaze, Nash raised his gaze onto the white portal that was still hovering before him in the air ever so gently and frowned.
If it wasn't for these two things, he would have thought he just fell asleep and had a weird dream, but considering everything that he saw and felt it seemed excessively real!
After pondering over the things that transpired with him, Nash stood up to examine the portal in greater detail but who would have thought something would emerge, smashing him right in the head once again!
"Ouch... Tsk, I shouldn't have jumped into the portal like an idiot. Such a reckless move from this goddess."
A girl with otherworldly features massaged her head gently as she felt her head hit something exceptionally hard and huge akin to a huge boulder.
It made her head feel a little dizzy, but luckily nothing dire happened to her.
Swish!
Lowering her palms to support herself before standing up, suddenly her expression changed and her eyes shot wide open abruptly.
"Huh? A human slave? Strange, I'm pretty sure I made sure to teleport onto a deserted planet." mumbling in a low voice, the girl stood up and kicked Nash gently on the side.
"Hey, Slave, wake up! Which planet is this and what are you doing here? This is a d-" realizing something abruptly, the girl's complexion paled and her hands immediately jumped into her pocket.
"No, no, no, this can't be true. I swear I put it here before escaping. Where is it? Don't say it was..." searching her pocket with an ashen expression, suddenly the girl's eyes caught something in Nash's palm, causing her complexion to stiffen in a blink.
"Impossible..." quickly snatching the item away from Nash's hold, the girl glanced at the needle only to cause her complexion to darken even more.
"It's... Empty..."
"Argh... Why does everything love to hit me right in the face nowadays? It hurts for god sake!" groaning with pain, Nash gradually pushed himself up from the ground and opened his eyes.
Though, when he did, his body hardened like sculpture and cold drops of sweat began to appear on his back from nervousness.
Right before him, a little girl in crimson red clothing similar to a wrap style dress was standing motionlessly, her blood-red eyes staring daggers at him like someone who just discovered their parents' murderer!
Her presence and eyes were twice... No! Thrice as scary and intimidating as the Sky Beast outside this cave!
She held a way greater and majestic aura, something he has never seen before!
"Wait... A little girl?" exclaimed out loud Nash as he noticed it was in fact a little girl who stood before him, but soon realized just how big a mistake it was for him to say that out loud.
As his gaze shifted from the girl's outer appearance onto her eyes, his face turned ashen, and subconsciously stepped several meters backward as though he just saw a ghost.
"Out of the many possibilities I had to meet with someone from the Thousand Blood race? Just how terrible could my luck really be today?"
'Little... Girl?'
When the girl heard this her anger skyrocketed above the heavens, her body and eyes emitting suffocating presence and killing intent in a flash!
It was obvious that right now, she didn't want anything more but to kill Nash without a second thought! It seemed his previous statement damaged her pride that she could only heal if she slays him!
"!?"
Noticing as he became a target for the girl, Nash knew he had to escape or he will be sliced up into thousands of pieces!
However, just as he was about to think for a solution, out of nowhere several sentences popped up in his line of right, shocking him quite deeply!
[Target's {Anger} reached Critical Level!]
[Attaching {Life String} on target now possible!]
"Eh? Critical level? Life String? What?"
Confused what that should mean, Nash watched as a long and thin white thread appeared before his eyes, its other end attached to the girl's head seemingly invisibly.
"A thread? Why did this appe-" confusion emerged on Nash's face, but his thoughts were abruptly cut as he noticed the girl summon a sword into her hand and raise it above her head ready to attack.
"Fuck!" not knowing what he should do, Nash extended his arm toward the thread that seemed to be only visible for him, and grabbed it.
And when he did...
Swish!
With white light, the string attached itself onto his finger, causing a strange sensation to sweep through his body formed right at that instant.
It felt like he had grown another limb but couldn't see it; the feeling was weird and mysterious!
[Successful attachment!]
"Huh? That's it? Just a simple sentence and nothing else?" thought Nash with shock and watched as the girl swung her sword toward his neck at a frightening speed.
"STOP!"
Swish!
'...'
Watching as the sword stopped only an inch away from his nose whilst the gust of wind blew his hair backward slightly, Nash stared at the girl with widened eyes, hardly believing she really halted just because he asked her.
"What... What did you do to me?" asked the girl, seemingly confused that she was unable to move.
Then, like throwing her into cold water as the sudden realization hit her, her delicate little face paled, fear flickering in her small eyes right away!
"You... Did you just use the Skill Fluid? You were able to learn the Domination Art?"
"Huh? Domination Art? What are you talking about, I have ne-" halting in his answer as though he remembered something, Nash's gaze shifted to the small capsule in the girl's hold and closed his mouth tightly shut.
So that thing was a Skill Fluid, a liquid that can allow any being to learn any Domination Art in a blink of an eye!
An extremely rare item or it could be said a priceless treasure that could cause war between races and even dimensions!
And he not only obtained it but accidentally consumed and learned it too! This was the worst-case scenario ever!
"Now I'm in trouble..."
"So you really did." hissed the girl with anger and wanted to push her sword forward, but unexpectedly, failed to do so.
Nash watched the girl's struggling figure and his face immediately changed, "Can't you just please calm down and lower your weapon? I can explain it I swear!"
Swish!
And to his surprise, immediately after his voice fell the girl lowered her sword and stood straight with a calm gaze, waiting for him to speak.
However, her eyes didn't seem to be calm as they held an insane amount of tremor that caused her white pupils to tremble like crazy.
She... She did exactly what she was told and even her behavior calmed down as he asked! This was simply impossible, a fact that she couldn't accept!
"I..." shocked to see just how obedient the little girl was, Nash stepped back another few meters and glanced at the string in the air that was still connected with his finger and the girl's head.
"So this power allows me to control her? Can I control others too or do I need to do something special to activate this ability? How can I use it?"
As though the previous voice waited for this exact question, a sentence popped up before his line of sight, making his face change abruptly.
[Opening context of 'Domination Art: Strings Of Domination'!]
Swish!
[Domination Art: Strings Of Domination]
• Description: Absolute power that seeks, collects, and wields the lost strings between all that exists and those that are not!
• Domination Class: Absolute Domination Class
{Abilities}
° Chance String: a string that can have the chance to control any living being for a limited degree once one of their 4 emotions reached the Chance Level! (Does not require attachment to use!)
° Life Strings: A lost string that can be collected and attached to any living being once one of their 4 emotions reached the Critical Level! (Limit: Infinite)
° Death String: A lost string that can be collected and attached to any non-living being! (Limit: 0/5)
{Passive Abilities}
° Indicator: Shows all beings' feelings and emotions in a hundred meters radius. Helps Dominator to use Chance Strings with greater success!
° Reaper: Once a being attached by a Life String dies, their Legacy will be reaped by the Dominator! (Limit: Infinite)
"Oh..." was the only thing Nash could say, as the row of information before his eyes were way more than what he had expected!
It seemed the girl wasn't willing to do whatever he asked but was forced to do it! This newfound power of his forced the girl to follow his orders in an absolute way!
This power... wasn't this a bit too... outrageous?