Silence descended between the two as Nash stared at the line of texts in the air, unknown how he should react.
On the other hand, while he was reading the text that was only visible to him, the girl before him clenched her little palm into a fist as her blood-red eyes began to shake with great tremor.
"He can really see them... Impossible! He is just a slave, a lowlife! No one should remain alive once consumed that Skill Fluid! This must be a terrible joke!"
The girl's thought became chaotic as she couldn't admit the fact that Nash truly learned the Domination Art that other races and beings were incapable of accomplishing!
"How... How did you do it?" asked the girl after a brief moment of silence, seemingly hesitant to ask her question.
She knew exactly just what kind of power did trap her eternally, thus she tried to act as calmly and speak as carefully as much as she could.
If Nash wanted to, he could now easily end her life with a single word or even worse... Humiliate her without her doing anything about it!
That's why she must speak each of her words as much caution as she could. One wrong step and her life could end right there and then!
Nash who was reading the information in the air shifted his gaze at the girl and remained silent. His calm stare caused the girl to flinch slightly and lower her gaze, fearing that she must have asked something she shouldn't.
Nash obviously understood her fear and sighed, "You mean how I was able to survive?"
Raising her head, the girl pondered for a while and nodded, "Un."
Nash guessed this would be the source of her curiosity but before answering her, he glanced toward the way where the cave's exit was and asked, "Before answering you, can you prevent others to detect us from outside? Though, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't notice us several minutes ago thanks to your killing intent."
"Huh? Oh, that. You don't need to worry about it as when I opened the portal I made sure to seal the proximity for about an hour. No one will be able to detect us, not even if you blow this whole place up if you wish."
"Blow... Up..." Nash seemed shocked as he didn't expect her to look at him in such high regard, but whatever.
Instead, after pondering for a while he glanced at the girl again and began to speak, "So..."
"Erys. My name is Erys," said Erys as she knew Nash didn't know how to call her.
Nash upon hearing this nodded and continued, "I see, so it's Erys. Then about the question you just asked, my answer is quite simple- that was nothing but a huge accident."
Explaining to her what happened, Nash told everything to Erys from start to end, obviously leaving out the part where his Legacy was unsealed.
Maybe he could control Erys with commands, but just as she already showed it, he can't stop her from talking and telling others about him. Or at least he didn't test it yet to know he could stop her.
Of course, he can decide to kill her if he sees her about to spill the beans, but that only worsens his situation. So far, only she was influenced by his power, hence only she could help him figure out more about this Domination Art in greater detail.
Thus, until he does not comprehend a better understanding of his newfound power and see what his Legacy could do, he won't tell her. Or at least not until he can trust her enough.
"Now that I think about it, because my Legacy was sealed away I don't even know what it was about. Can I access it or it works on instinct?"
And just like what happened previously, a voice appeared in his head, following several pieces of information that popped up before his face like some kind of hologram screen.
[Opening context of 'Personal Status'!]
Swish!
{Personal Information}
• Name: Nash Skyfield
• Age/Life Span: 19/120
• Race: Human
• Rank: Mortal (Level 3)
• Legacy: Dimension Refining Physique
{Legacy Information}
° Dimension Refining Physique: Power given by The Ancient Path that allows the body to be tempered, consume the Essence of Dimensions willingly, and break beyond the limit.
° Legacy Rank: Level 3 Mortal (Lower-Phase)
"Dimension Refining Physique? Sounds powerful." thought Nash as he read the description, but slowly his face turned into a frown.
"Level 3 Mortal?" Nash understood that each race's Legacy differed and the way they could strengthen varied too but this...
Each Legacy had a sole thing in common and that was their Ranks.
Infant, Warrior, Warmaster, Soul Devourer, Overlord, and Pure Legacy Holder Rank with Infant Rank being the starting point and the weakest whilst Pure Legacy Holder on the end and the strongest.
Reaching each Rank differed by Legacy as some were easy to rank up while some were exceptionally hard. There were even a few Legacy that requested special 'enlightenment' to reach the next Rank which was extremely hard to achive.
However, exactly those types of Legacy were the ones that were the most powerful as once races with such a Legacy reached the top, they will be able to dominate and conquer anything they wanted!
Though, Nash never heard about a Legacy that had different Ranks such as this one, hence glanced at Erys who was still mulling over his previous story, and decided to ask her a question.
"Erys, what Rank are you currently on?"
"Why should I tell y-," suddenly realizing her situation and who she was talking to, Erys coughed awkwardly and said, now in a way sweeter tone than previously, "I'm only on the Warmaster Rank. Why?"
Seeing her curious gaze Nash pondered for a while and shrugged, "I was just curious."
However, deep inside his heart Nash was shocked beyond belief. Warmaster! She was on the Warmaster Rank!
What did that mean? It meant she had the power to demolish a sole planet only by herself! And with her Legacy that was even more feasible!
Beings from the Thousand Blood race had a Legacy that let them copy other's Legacy through drinking other race's blood hence each being from the Thousand Blood race held different powers, making them one of the worst enemies one can wish for!
The only weakness they had was their Legacy's time limit which let them use other's powers only for a few hours at the utmost before becoming defenseless, forcing them to drink blood once again.
However, in their hands, the other being's Legacy was 10 times as disastrous as it originally should be, hence that few hours were more than enough for them to end a battle!
"Thank God I was able to restrict her just in time..." sighed Nash inwardly, thanking his fate he was able to avoid his demise with this miraculous power.
After pondering for a while, Nash averted his gaze from the screen onto Erys and scratched his cheeks, "But in truth, what should I do with her now. Wait, I don't even know why she came onto this planet."
As the suspicion why someone from the Thousand Blood dared to venture to this mining planet all by herself, Nash locked his gaze with Erys and said, "Though, what I don't understand that when you appeared out of that portal you said this planet should have been deserted. But every race knows that this planet in truth is mining the globe in the Human Dimension, hence your statement doesn't make sense at all. It made me confused."
When Erys heard this her eyes lowered, her lips tightly shut against each other, visibly not wanting to say how she got onto Planet Azure.
Nash seeing this remained silent and sighed. Although he doesn't like to stick his nose into things that were not his business unless he had no other choice, this was the perfect time to test out his newfound power.
Hence without hesitation, his eyes turned firm, even flashing with a profound glint, and said, "Tell me. Now."
As soon as his voice fell, Nash was able to feel a strong gush of power pour into the string that connected him to Erys, and a second later watched as her body jerked and began to talk like a disciplined little girl before her scolding parent.
The only thing that didn't seem right was her ashen complexion together with her trembling eyes that shook like crazy, seemingly in great fear that she couldn't stop herself from talking.
"The Skill Fluid you have just consumed would have been originally a gift to my father from the Berserker race and I should have been the one handing it over him. Yet, just before I could have done so and deliver him this exceptionally dangerous Skill Fluid, that not even the strongest beings were able to learn as their bodies would explode right away after injection, we were ambushed."
"Ambushed? By whom?" asked Nash that immediately forced Erys onto speaking even though he didn't order her.
"By the Jade Vampires."