Silence was the only thing between the two at the moment and only after a while later did Uncle Ben ask, "So, what you said about your Legacy was..."
"True."
'...'
Uncle Ben remained silent, his face changing between different kinds of emotions from time to time.
On the other hand, Nash just simply stared at the indicator above his head, watching as his anger level rapidly fell below 5% while his happiness reached the Chance Level, almost reaching 90%!
"It looks like out of the 4 main emotions other feelings can influence the levels too." thought Nash calmly, noticing that Uncle Ben's happiness rose not because of happiness but hope!
Obviously, hopefulness was a part of happiness, but at least Nash's knowledge about this newfound power of his deepened a level more once again.
After thinking over all the things Nash told him again but this time with greater gravity, Uncle Ben nodded, "I'm listening. How do you plan to get out of here?"
Nash smiled as finally his uncle was willing to listen, hence stepped closer and began to tell him his plan.
Time ticked quite fast and after telling his uncle everything he had in mind, Nash crossed his arms and asked, "So? What do you think?"
On the other hand, Uncle Ben didn't look shocked nor stupified but instead was deeply in his thoughts. After several minutes of heavy silence, he raised his gaze and mumbled, "What you just said can be done indeed, but I seem to find a few problems."
"Go on."
"First of all, how do you plan to fight the Sky Beasts? I mean, I don't think you can control all of them without a specific condition. I'm quite sure your ability has its own limits too."
Nash nodded mildly and said, "That is true. This Domination Art has its own borders too but I already thought about this matter. I will increase my Legacy's power and only after that will I begin my plan."
"Yeah, your Legacy. I didn't think about that," muttered Uncle Ben but the next second frowned, as if something troubled his mind, "And you think your Legacy is strong enough to fight with those Sky Beasts once things go awry? I hope you know that the only one capable of fighting will be you."
Nash, however, this time didn't answer right away but glanced at his palm, and only then did he nod.
"Yeah, I am pretty sure I can."
"What makes you say that?"
"Instinct and solid confidence that appears whenever I think about my Legacy." Nash's answer held an indescribable assurance, his eyes flashing with firmness at the same time.
Uncle Ben wanted to ask something else but couldn't as suddenly a Sky Beast in the distance stepped out of the portal, its gaze already fixed on them.
"Hey, trash from Section F! Your rest time is over, get back to work, now!"
Uncle Ben stared at the Sky Beast then at Nash and quickly hugged him before walking back to his Section.
Nash watching this clenched his fingers tightly into a fist, shoving his nails deep into his skin.
"Just wait for me uncle... I will get us out of this hell, I promise!"
After eating stuff that was similar to crap instead of food, Nash was brought back to his area, forcing him to continue mining crystals for the rest of the day.
"I'm back," said Nash, glancing at Erys who glared daggers in his direction from the ground where she was sitting ever since his departure.
"What?" Nash's gaze immediately turned ice-cold, causing Erys to shudder subconsciously.
"I-Its nothing..." muttered Erys, losing all her previous arrogance as though it was just blown outside the cave.
'...' Nash stared firmly at Erys who's gaze was lowered but the hatred in them never left, instead, they became even greater.
But he didn't care, not even in the slightest. She was his slave now and whatever he wanted her to do she will fulfill without objection, like it or not.
But thanks to the fact he was not a monster like the rest and he had at least a bit of moral, he won't do anything unnecessary until he has to, thus Eris was safe... For the time being.
Raising his pickaxe and swinging it as he started to mine, Nash focused his gaze on the crystals while asking, "Did anyone come or tried to come here?"
"No."
"Perfect. Also, from now on make sure to hide your presence as much as you can. I don't wish for needless trouble because of you attracting unwanted attention."
Erys's eyes twitched upon hearing this, but just as every time Nash said something, she couldn't help but watch as her body did exactly what she was told.
Mining crystals in silence, Nash watched the number grow on his pickaxe with each minute, but once he reached 500 after 8 hours of straight mining an unexpected sight popped up in his line of sight.
[Successful Breakthrough!]
[Mortal Rank Legacy has reached Level 4!]
Nash halted his movements and watched as the muscles inside his body began to twitch as if someone moved them from the inside then stopped them the next moment.
"Huh? I leveled up?" thought Nash with surprise and opened the information about his Legacy.
° Legacy Rank: Level 4 Mortal (Middle-Phase)
"Just like that? Swinging my pickaxe for a few hours and I already leveled up? Isn't that a bit fast?"
Nash seemingly surprised but satisfied by this sudden notification before him, proceeded on swinging his pickaxe only to notice that his speed and strength have improved by leaps and bounds!
"Power given by The Ancient Path that allows the body to be tempered, consume the Essence of Dimensions willingly, and break beyond the limit, huh? Now that I think about this, this concept feels kind of familiar."
Nash began to ponder why did his Legacy's description sound so familiar but he didn't have to think for too long as his eyes brightened like stars in the sky.
"That's right! Isn't this similar to cultivation? Temper the body, consume the energy that exists in all universe and break the shackles of the mortal body to become an immortal! Sounds quite the same, right?" thought Nash, his arms slightly accelerating from the excitement.
When he was on another planet, he could remember other races talking about the Legacy and how it was not given randomly. It was said, that once a race opened The Ancient Path in their Dimension, the gate will bestow them the power they craved for the most inside their soul!
And what was humanity's greatest wish before they opened The Ancient Path?
Nash seemed to realize that every human wanted to become stronger thanks to their survival instinct, obtain everything because of their unwavering greed, and become immortal as they feared from death!
And it seemed their Legacy granted this wish of theirs! To become a powerful existence that reached heights no one else could and live as long as they desired!
As Nash thought about this he couldn't help but feel a powerful but pleasant sensation sweep through him, making all hair on his body stand on end!
"So first, I need to temper my body. But it would be foolish to think only by swinging this toy I will be able to level up." thought Nash, and subconsciously a smile formed on his face, "It seems I will have to work out a bit!"
Meanwhile, somewhere on a faraway planet that seemed to be not in the Human Dimension, a humanoid creature seemingly as calm as an ancient pond was standing in the middle of nowhere, thousands of sliced-up corpses surrounding its blood-covered body.
The creature had blood-red hair, while its deep red eyes stared emotionlessly at the body that lied before its feet with a slit open chest and face that still held great terror even after its death.
"My King, we killed all the invaders. None of them had been left alive." a creature with similar features that of the one standing appeared out of thin air, ignoring the fact that it was currently kneeling in a huge pond of blood on the ground.
'...' the creature that was just called as King averted his gaze from the corpse and asked in a terrifyingly low voice, "My daughter... Was she able to escape safely?"
"Yes, my King. I escorted her to the portal personally, but because the enemy has outnumbered us I was only able to send her onto a safe but deserted planet."
"Where?"
"She must be somewhere in the Human Dimension, My King. Let me see, maybe I can pinpoint her exact loc-"
Seeing that the creature's expression suddenly froze up, the King frowned and asked, "What's the matter? Did you found her?"
However, that question only made the creature's face turn ashen while his hands began to tremble like jelly.
"The signal... I can't see Young Miss' signal... It... vanished..." stuttered the creature, his gaze slowly rising to look at the King who's body began to leak a dreadful aura.
BOOOM!
Watching as the King waved his sword with suffocating anger and cut a planet in the clear sky into two as if it was a piece of paper, the creature's body began to tremble in fear and kowtowed right away.
"I did a grave mistake... It was my fault! I will do everything in my power to find and bring back Young Miss! I swear on my life!"
"Hmph!" with a cold snort, the King stared at his servant with a deep glare and hissed, "You have 1 week. If you won't bring my daughter back together with the Skill Fluid, don't even dream about seeing daylight ever again..."
"This lowly servant does not even dare to. I will bring Young Miss back, I pledge it on my life!" said the creature and without saying anything else, flashed away, leaving the King alone once again.
'...'