章 20: Domination Points

Nash stared at the text with no words and pondered deeply.

[For each completed Domination Quest, you can obtain Domination Points to further strengthen the Domination Art!]

When Nash heard the voice in his head he raised a brow, but in all honesty, he didn't feel surprised nor shocked as he had kind of foreseen this.

Although he long ago suspected his belief, now that he saw the context before him in the air it seemed his hunch was right; the Skill Fluid that melted into his brain and body was no ordinary Skill Fluid.

Skill Fluids were powerful objects that were extremely valuable, almost priceless items between all dimensions, as they could make any being learn any Domination Art in a blink after consumption as normally, Domination Arts needed to be learned from books, recordings, or ancient scrolls.

Also, the higher Class a Domination Art was categorized, the longer time was needed to master it. For example, while a Dimensional Class Art needed only 1 week at most to comprehend, until then an Absolute Domination Class Art needed years, if not decades to understand, much less use it!

Yet, with a Skill Fluid, no matter if the Domination Art was Dimensional Class or Absolute Domination Class, one could easily learn it under seconds with no struggle at all.

However, Domination Art that was learned, just like any races' Legacy, could be improved and strengthened by different means, but not in ways such as this where one needed to do quests.

Doing so-called quests to obtain Domination Points? Just what exactly is this Domination Art's true origin? Nash knew way too well that Domination Arts had no Character Status much less a 'feature' where one could collect Domination Points to improve the Art.

It was strange and weird indeed...

'How many Domination Points do I need to collect for the next Cla... wait... my Art is categorized as the strongest Class, so how can it get any stronger if there is no further?' Nash appeared a bit troubled, but soon the voice answered his question.

[Your Domination Art can attain a higher Domination Class than it is currently. Absolute Domination Class is not the apex, not even close!]

[As for the amount of Domination Points you need to collect for the next Class is exactly 100!]

'One hundred? That's not a lot considering I can get 65 just from these three quests alone.' Nash mumbled, but soon the voice appeared in his head again.

[Absolute Domination Class is considered the weakest among all existing Domination Classes in the Ancient Dimension and above it.]

'Weakest? And above the Ancient Dimension? What?' Nash looked perplexed, as he didn't expect such a response.

However, no matter how long he waited for the answer, he didn't get any but only sheer silence.

Erys on the other hand watched him in silence from his side, her slender fingers tightly clenched into a firm fist from the frustration. She still couldn't admit that Nash, a trash human, who even she looked at as a useless slave in the past, learned and was able to use one of the strongest and scariest Domination Arts in all existence.

And yet, there she was, standing in one place like a hound, waiting for his command in silence. This made her feel both roaming hatred and deep helplessness in her chest, which couldn't break onto the surface, not until Nash was killed or either she died.

After waiting for several minutes as he maybe would get an answer, Nash sighed before proceeding on his way to start his cleaning plan in this new territory as he was the only one doing so.

Yet, even after walking around with caution, and even sending his remaining 4 Souls to search in the proximity, Nash found no other living creatures which were weird since he met two right off the bat when he stepped off from the spaceship.

'Both creatures my Souls have killed were on the Infant Rank, so they shouldn't have been the strongest ones in this area, right?' Nash thought, but no matter how far away he went, even after walking double the mile he planned originally, he met no beasts much less any living being!

Except for the emerald green scenery that could easily rival the legendary place from one of the human's ancient legends, the Eden, no living or moving being could be seen!

'Even though this place seems gorgeous, the more I look at it, the more it feels terrifying for some reason.' Nash thought and after glancing around for a bit more, he decided to check out the other directions.

But just as before, the scenery didn't change at all even if he went south, east, or west. No living animals, no existing beasts that craved for blood, and nothing. Only greenness together with the gentle breeze that caressed his face and hair ever so slightly.

"Okay... this is weird..." said Nash, somewhat confused as he didn't know if he should feel happy or not.

If there were no creatures it meant he couldn't kill and obtain Domination Points, but at the same time, it also meant his and other humans' lives were in safety and he doesn't have to feel worried, or at least not yet.

Thus, after checking the whole surroundings for a second time and finding nothing, Nash could only sigh and go back to the spaceship with a kind of disappointed complexion.

"You are ba-, huh? You look depressed. Did something happen?" Uncle Ben, who waited outside the spaceship, once saw Nash's approaching figure became extremely happy, even sighed with relief, but his joy was completely washed away the moment he noticed his nephew's complexion.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, sorry I was just deep in thought." waved Nash his hand around, showing he was perfectly fine, then after taking a deep breath he proceeded on explaining what happened.

Once he reached the end of his story, he saw as Uncle Ben beamed with excitement and said quickly, "That is great news, no? Why do you feel depressed because of this? It's only made our plan even easier!"

"I know, but still..." sighed Nash and shook his head helplessly before saying, "I just thought finding and fighting with creatures would help me expand my knowledge over this power of mine, but alas..."

Seeing his bittersweet smile, Uncle Ben quickly patted Nash on the shoulder and said, "Well, I think I know how you feel, but you need to understand that you are currently the only one who we can count on. I already said this but if yo-"

"Eh?"

However, just as Uncle Ben could have finished his sentence, suddenly the crimson sun on the sky turned abyss black, enveloping the entire planet in almost pitch-black darkness!

"What is happening? Why did the sun suddenly turn black?" Nash asked loudly, but he got no answer as no one knew the answer, not even Revio who brought them onto this planet.