BAM!
Swish!
BOOM!
Like a football that was kicked away with extraordinary power, Nash's body crashed into the cave's wall on the side, burying his body under debris and crystals.
"Cough... That... really could have killed me just now..." blurted out Nash from below the stones while from the corner of his mouth blood could be seen dripping slowly.
When the Sky Beast outside heard the slight tremor from the cave, its eyes showed great confusion but then it gradually turned into a mocking grin; he believed the interior of the cave has collapsed, killing Nash without him the chance to scream for help.
This only made his mood turn for the better and even close his eyes while the grin on its face became wider.
"Argh... that hurt damn it, but at least it worked!" celebrated Nash merrily, enjoying the warm sensations in his body and muscles that mixed with the sour pain.
Standing up from the debris among painful groans and moans, Nash walked before Erys and said, "Do it again, but this time with a bit less strength."
Erys stared at Nash like he was a complete idiot, but her eyes at least gleamed with happiness again for the first time after a long time ago.
Even if Nash wouldn't have used his power to control her and would have asked the same question, then she would gladly punch him as many times as he wanted!
But unfortunately, she no longer was in charge here and she could obediently follow every order Nash told her. However, this didn't mean she won't enjoy this moment to its fullest!
BAM!
With a powerful swing, Erys punched Nash in the chest again, sending his body the fly away and crash back into the previous debris he just stood up.
"Argh... Is this what 'with a bit less' means to you?!" gasped Nash loudly, but after he thought about it in greater detail, it was.
For a being like her, that could demolish planets with a flick of her finger as she was on the Warmaster Rank, compared to the previous strike this one was truly just a bit.
"But at least this way it works," mumbled Nash as he felt his muscles and even his bones starting to get stronger.
The feelings as his bones got tempered, his muscles bolstered, and his skin hardened made Nash feel pain but ecstasy at the same time. It was quite hard to describe the sensation, but Nash couldn't care less; the most important thing was that he could continue growing stronger!
But before that, he had to rest as just those two punches alone made him feel on the verge of collapsing.
"And I still have to mine crystals thanks to that bastard..." cursed Nash inwardly, his eyes flashing with a hint of coldness right as he thought about the Sky Beast.
But what was so surprising was that things like this were only natural and occasionally. Maybe not exactly with him, but he saw tons of time how other races did similar things, pushing numerous humans onto the edge of death!
As it was said before, if a human didn't hand in their daily dose in time, they won't get rest nor things to eat and even will be forced to do an extra shift! And because of this, hundreds of humans die all around the several Dimensions day after day in either suicide or starvation!
But now that he could finally start his very own path with his Legacy together with this heaven-defying Domination Art, Nash will make sure to change all this.
"Humanity will rule on the top once again soon, just you wait and see!" Nash swore with determined eyes in his heart and picked his mining tool up.
"I still have a few hours before the deadline." thought Nash and glanced at his hand that held the pickaxe, "With my physical strength, I should be done easily."
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Outside the cave, the Sky Beast opened his eyes and stood up, "It's time trashes! If you have finished your dose step forward but those of you that did not continue mining!"
People one by one began to walk toward the creature with hollow gazes, and steps that held no hope whilst some remained where they were. Those eyes became even sunken as it seemed they were unable to finish mining enough crystals in time.
"Just this much?" sneered the Sky Beast as he examined the ones before him.
"A total of 7 out of 38? Pathetic!"
"I'm here too... Sir..."
Suddenly a voice came from the side, surprising the Sky Beast that was about to open the portal.
"You?" the Sky Beast seemed startled upon seeing Nash, but shortly its eyes turned into disgust and said coldly, "Truly a cockroach, annoying and disgusting!"
Spit!
Watching as the creature spit again, which seemed to like doing all the time, Nash stayed silent and stepped into line.
"Hmph!"
Nash watched as the creature snorted and opened the portal whilst its Anger level that was just about to reach below 50% skyrocket back way above 80%!
However, Nash couldn't help but form a hidden smile upon that sight as he knew trapping this creature will be a piece of cake.
Stepping through the portal that was created by the creature while also feeling the sharp stare on his skin, Nash went and handed his mined amount in then got a bit of rest.
After spending his 1 hour in the rest zone he was brought back to his section, but the moment he stepped through the portal he found something strange.
The Sky Beast was nowhere to be seen which was quite confusing as it should be somewhere outside checking and surveying everyone.
This made Nash feel that something was amiss, but soon that feeling turned more solid as a thought came into his mind, causing his eyes to widen.
"Fuck!" without a second thought, Nash ran toward the cave, ignoring the confused stares on his skin from others from the sides.
However, not even running for a few steps, Nash's complexion turned shocked than merry as he found a great change; he became faster!
Before he could hardly run, yet now he runs like lightning. He reached the cave that was about 50 meters away from him in 2 seconds at the utmost, while he felt his speed getting accelerated with each step!
The feeling was amazing and refreshing that Nash never felt before.
"Only on Level 5, yet my physical strength changed this much. I can't wait to see what will happen once I reach Level 10!"
Soon, that was less than 15 seconds or only a bit more than that, Nash arrived where he used to mine, but to his surprise only found Erys in the corner, where she used to sit all this time.
"Did I just overreact?" thought Nash, but soon frowned as Erys before him stared at him with a calm gaze that he didn't see before.
Her eyes even flashed with... Anticipation?
"!?" feeling that something was truly not right Nash was about to turn around but changed his mind as his neck turned slightly numb while a gentle breeze came from behind.
Swish!
BAM!
TREMBLE!!
Smashed debris and dust flew in the next second whilst a huge blade was shoved into the ground where Nash stood a moment ago.
"Tsk... I thought I lowered my presence enough but seems I was wrong. How unfortunate..." mumbled the Sky Beast and tore his blade out of the ground before shifting its gaze at Nash on the side.
"You are truly the worst. I was confused how you were able to mine so many crystals under such a short amount of time, but now I understand..."
Spit!
Spitting onto the ground to show disgust, once again, the Sky Beast raised its sword and pointed it toward Nash, who was staring back at him just about a few meters away.
"Don't you feel any shame at all you made a little girl work instead of you, fucking trash!"
Nash watched as the Sky Beast pierced daggers at him with his cold stare, but couldn't care less as he noticed something even greater than that.
• Anger: Chance Level - 97%
When Nash saw the Indicator above the creature's head couldn't help but smile and even let out a small chuckle which pushed the previous 97% up to 98% right in that instant!
"HUH? What is so funny? Do you think dying is that funny? If so, I am more than glad to send you to the other world right this instant!" snorted the creature, now even leaking a dense amount of killing intent toward Nash.
However, even this was unable to stop Nash from laughing but made his eyes brighten even more, and only when he calmed down did he stay silent, his gaze fixed firmly on the creature.
"Is that so? You want to die this much, huh? Then I will grant your wish right away!" sneered the Sky Beast and swung his sword that seemed to be a cold flash in the eyes of others, but strangely enough not for Nash.
To his surprise, even though the strike just now seemed fast, something told him he will be able to dodge it without losing a limb and this calmed his heart beating down even more than before!
"DIE!!" yelled the creature, its wrath-filled eyes beaming with great anticipation as it couldn't wait to see Nash's guts fell and his blood spill!