Once Nash's voice fell, many began to murmur between each other, but they were still hesitant about what to do.
Nash, however, did not seem to be impatient nor anxious. He knew clearly just what kind of hell these men and women went through, so it was only normal they still felt suspicious and uncertain.
That is why he waited. Waited for them to realize there was indeed hope and they can truly start a fresh new life once they decide to follow him.
One of the men in the front, who had a long grey beard and hair, glanced at Nash and asked in a low voice, "And how do you plan to get out from this place? There are way too many Sections and Stations in the proximity, each having several hundreds of Sky Beasts as guards. We cannot fight as our Legacy had been sealed, who will protect us?"
Nash glanced at the man and understood his thinking was reasonable thus nodded and pointed at the mountain in the distance, "Can you see that mountain in the distance?"
"Eh? Well... yeah. Why?" the man seemed to be confused, just as many of the rest around him.
Nash however just nodded and waved his hand, "Destroy that mountain."
Everyone seemed even more uncertain about what Nash tried to do, but to their surprise, the little girl behind him moved and swung her sword that appeared in her tiny hand out of who knows where.
Swish!
KA-BOOOM!
The silver crescent arc that was visible no longer than a flash, reached the mountain in a blink and like detonating an atom bomb it demolished the whole peak, leaving nothing but dust.
'...' every human seemed speechless by this sight and slowly shifted their gazes at Erys, not daring to imagine she was this powerful.
Nash however just smiled and ask, "If you follow me, I promise as long as you see me alive none of you will lose your life!"
The moment his voice fell, every human felt like they didn't look at a 19-year-old boy, but instead a God that came to their rescue!
"I'm in! I will follow you!"
"Me too! I want to get out of this place now!"
"I'm coming too!"
"Count me in!"
People one after another began to collect their courage and accept Nash's help, soon none of the deciding to remain a slave; they have been humiliated for way too long and they wanted to be free too!
Erys and the Sky Beast seeing this appeared to be alarmed, knowing that chaos will soon emerge and they could do nothing about it!
"Perfect, follow me then. Let's get out of this place finally!" smiled Nash and turned toward the Sky Beast, who could only flinch once seeing the pair of cold eyes glaring at it.
"Show the way to Section F!"
-
-
-
Clang!
"Can't you mine faster, old fart? It's been 9 hours yet you didn't even reach the four digits! Do you even want to rest?"
Somewhere in this long mountain range where thick and huge pillars of blue crystals were towering high above the clouds, a Sky Beast was standing next to Uncle Ben, constantly scanning every his move and mocking him whenever the chance came.
"Your moves are so sluggish and soft, even a sloth could move better than this!"
Uncle Ben just ignored all the toxic comments that came his way, and waited for the moment when his nephew arrived, saving him and everyone else from Section F from this hell pit as fast as he could.
"Just how long do you want this old man to wait? I hope he didn't get busted and he is okay." sighed Uncle Ben inwardly, swinging his pickaxe a bit faster.
And almost like the heavens have just heard his pleading, a huge explosion occurred from the side, sending huge chunks of debris and crystals everywhere into the air.
"What the hell is going on?" the Sky Beast next to Uncle Ben turned around and squinted its eyes.
"Revio? What the fuck are you doing here? Shouldn't you survey Section D?" the Sky Beast yelled at its comrade who was seemingly called Revio.
However, just as he could have anticipated an answer, a figure appeared next to Revio on the hill, saying something to him.
"A... human?" mumbled the Sky Beast, but the following second its eyes widened, and what it was able to see was a cold flash before the world around it began to spin with the only exception that it was able to see its lower body still standing on the ground!
"What... happ...nened..." mumbled the creature before everything turned black, never getting to learn the answer to his question.
"Nash? You here and you brought everyone from your section!" said Uncle Ben merrily once Nash stood before him, with humans and two beings behind his back.
"Uncle Ben!" Nash hugged his uncle with a warm smile and wanted to say something but couldn't as a voice suddenly appeared inside his head.
[Target's body has decayed!]
[Target's {Soul} has been freed!]
[Attaching {Death String} on target is now possible!]
"Hm?" Nash watched with curious eyes as a black string began to grow out from the corpse on his side, its end gently floating before his face.
[Successful attachment!]
Bam!
Once the announcement vanished from his head, Nash and everyone else watched with widened eyes as abyss black mist began to arise from the corpse and slowly solidify, right back into the appearance of the Sky Beast that was just killed a few moments ago!
"This..." Erys' eyes trembled in fear, realizing the power Nash has accidentally obtained was way scarier than she or even her father initially believed at first!
Nash stared at the creature before him and smiled, but soon that smile turned into a frown and asked, "Where are its wings? They vanished?"
[Any being that was killed and got a {Death String} attached to their {Soul} loses their Legacy]
"What?" exclaimed Nash out loud, but immediately after realizing his mistake as everyone glanced at him in confusion, cleared his throat and asked, "Then can it even fight? I mean, how will it be onto my use if it has no powers?"
[Once a {Soul} was attached with a {Death String} its 'physical' strength and Rank remains, this it can still fight!]
"But without its Legacy."
[Yes]
When Nash heard this he nodded and thought, "So basically, I will be able to have super-soldiers without any special powers. Interesting."
After pondering for a while, a question appeared in his mind, and asked, "Wait, these Souls... Can they even die?"
[Yes]
"How?"
[If you die]
'...' now Nash truly felt that whoever created this Domination Art was nuts and this power in the wrong hands could mean the end of all worlds!
"So they are basically immortal? Without any weaknesses or limitations?"
[They have limitations]
"Really? What?" asked Nash, curious to hear the answer.
[Currently, you can only attach 5 {Death Strings} from which you have already used 1]
'...' Nash seemed to be stupified as he wouldn't say that was a big weakness, but even before he could have asked any more questions, Uncle Ben touched his shoulder and asked, "So, what is your plan now?"
Snapping back to reality, Nash glanced around only to see several more people standing before him, their gazes holding curiosity, excitement, faith, and fire as they were staring at him in silence!
It seemed they have already guessed what was transpiring, sparing Nash from explaining them again and proceeding on with his plan without any dilemmas!
Nash seeing this began to ponder, and glanced at his Uncle, "I think we should go to the closest Space Station if we want to escape without any casualties."
"And what about the other Sections? There are also humans we can save you know that right?!" asked a guy from the crowd, but Nash shook his head.
"We can't save them at the time being, it's way too risky," said Nash and proceeded on saying, "Even though we have these three here to protect us, if we decide to save everyone, I can't promise that everyone will leave this planet with their lives still intact."
"And you want to leave them all behind? Don't you feel shameless?" asked the same guy, his face holding great arrogance.
"Tsk... you give them an inch and they immediately want a mile..." sighed Nash helplessly in his heart and talked, but this time with a lower voice, "I neither feel shameless nor do I plan to leave my race behind. However, because of the current situations, and the lack of power I... we have, this is the best choice."
After saying this, Nash looked at everyone and said, "Let's go, we don't have a lot of time. I'm pretty sure the Sky Beasts have already noticed our escape so we should get going."
Turning around, Nash was about to ask Revio to show the way toward the closest Space Station, when suddenly the guy sneered and spit on the ground.
"This is bullshit! You just want to save your own ass! If it weren't for your dogshit uncle there, you wouldn't even have bothered to come here and save us!" hissed the previous guy, making a few around him halt their steps and look at him and his uncle with suspicion.
On the other hand. Nash just simply stopped in his track and slowly turned his face around, revealing an expressionless face.
"Say that again?"