章 27: Decision

Uncle Ben stood up from his seat with anger and stared down at Nash with gritted teeth. It was obvious he finally reached his patience and wanted to beat Nash up real good.

"This does not count! I want a rematch! Now!"

Nash just looked at the old man calmly before collecting the cards before him and smiled.

[Target's {Anger} reached Critical Level!]

[Attaching {Life String} on target now possible!]

Seeing as Uncle Ben's anger level reached the critical notch Nash shook his head and sighed, "No matter how many more turns we will play, one or a hundred, the result will be the same. Just admit you have lost."

"YOU!!!" Uncle Ben hissed with a scarily low tone before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, calming himself down.

Nash watched this sight with a slight smile, but deep inside he was wondering with awe.

'So he can't remember I have manipulated on his decision?'

What Nash noticed was that the moment he used his Chance String, his uncle seemed to ignore it even after many minutes. It was a weird and shocking revelation, but if it was true, it made Nash feel excited as in the future he will be able to control anyone indirectly without their suspicion!

'Well, just to make sure my guess is correct...' Nash cleared his throat and glanced at his uncle before gesturing toward the chair.

"Okay, then come. Sit down and let's play one more round."

[Chance String has been successfully caught!]

[Reverse Order has been triggered!]

Just like before, a thin golden string attached itself to Nash's finger from Uncle Ben's head before the voice appeared in his head, indicating the Chance String had been successfully activated.

Uncle Ben stayed in one place as he gazed at the deck in Nash's hand in silence before sneering and waving his hand with a rather annoyed expression.

"You know what? I changed my mind! I don't wanna play with something so trash, so let's forget it!"

'So it's right, huh?' Nash felt joy by his new revelation, but pretended not to be happy and instead raised a brow before asking, "You sure? Then I hope you know that you have to eat Thomas' food for a whole day, right?"

Uncle Ben was silent but when he saw the sole black card on the table he snorted and turned around to leave.

"Fuck Thomas and fuck his food!"

Nash shook his head helplessly as he watched Uncle Ben leaving the room with outrage as if he was a little kid who couldn't accept his defeat.

Meanwhile, somewhere else inside the spaceship, a young man was calmly cleaning an aisle alone when his moments froze still as he felt something cold suddenly sweep through his entire body and couldn't help but look around with a nervous complexion.

After winning his bargain against his uncle, Nash decided to see what his challenges for today were.

{Domination Quests}

/Kill 20 enemies with your Souls!/

• Killed Enemies: 0/20

~Reward~

• 15 Domination Points

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/Kill 3 Infant Rank enemy without help!/

• Killed Enemy: 0/3

~Rewards~

• 25 Domination Points

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/Manipulate successfully a being through a Chance String!/

• Successful manipulation: 1/1

~Rewards~

• 25 Domination Points

'The same again, huh?' Nash sighed inwardly.

Although it was stated that his quests will change every 24 hours, except for the amount he has to do the quests were the same. Kill creatures with and without the help of his soul while using his Chance String on someone.

Of course, Nash kind of figured out why it was like this. Or to be honest, even an idiot would realize after a few days.

'Until I don't increase my strength or my ability's level, no newer quests will appear.' Nash tapped on the table's surface gently while he closed his eyes to ponder.

Tap... Tap... Tap...

Seconds ticked quietly before Nash opened his eyes and stood up with determination shining in his eyes.

'It's decided. I will clear all the creatures from that place and make it our headquarters!'

With that solid decision in mind, Nash gathered everyone in the spaceship to him and explained to them his plan. Of course, when he reached the end of his plan, no one looked happy but worried as just as Uncle Ben told once, Nash was the only one with the strength to protect them from the lurking dangers.

If he dies, it meant their deaths too!

"How sure you are about this? Are you confident in taking down that creature?" one asked the question from the crowd, which at many shifted their curious, but worried gazes at Nash.

Nash felt slightly touched by how much the people worried about his safety and well-being, but hid that emotion deep behind a confident smile and nod.

"Of course as I won't fight alone!"

Although everyone knew that Erys was the strongest among them and even saw how she obligated a whole mountain and an army with a sole swing of her sword, they could never know what the future held for them.

As the saying went, there was always a bigger fish! But alas, as Nash has already decided on what he will do, they could do nothing but pray for the gods to help him.

After discussing a few matters with the people, Nash told Uncle Ben he will be in charge of protecting everyone while he was away as he will take Revio with him too. If for some any unfortunate reason he would be killed, meaning anyone he controlled so far would be freed from his ability, he didn't wish to leave Revio behind as he would definitely kill everyone in the spaceship.

"Well then, wish me the best of luck." Nash smiled when everything was prepared and without further ado left the spaceship with Revio, Erys, and with his five Souls in the tag.

The eight of them ran through the forest while the dark sun was still high up in the sky, enveloping everything almost into complete darkness, but except that, they met with no difficulty on their way at all.

Once they arrived before the cave entrance, they walked inside, and was not long before they found themselves in the spacious underground area with the huge palace in the center.

Nash examined the surroundings with a nonchalant expression and soon nodded.

"Let's clear the outside first before we go inside. Go!"

Revio nodded even though he didn't wish to, and together with the Souls, he began to fight and slaughter the Infant Rank creatures one by one.

In the meantime, Nash began to walk toward the palace's entrance with Erys on his side with a silver sword in his grasp which he got from Erys.

Although it was merely a World-Grade weapon on the 2nd Class, Nash felt no reason to complain as there was no better weapon than this. And even if there would have been, he would have given it to one of his souls as in his hand they would be only a waste as he didn't know how to use any weapon properly.

The only thing he was able to do was swing them around as the only movement he learned to do was swinging the pickaxes from time to time without almost any rest.

That is why, he would rather give a stronger weapon to one of his souls instead of keeping them to himself, to someone who doesn't even know the basic movements of a weapon! Or at least, he would do this until he does not learn how to use weapons to a degree where it does not remain a stick in his hand, but a tool that could at least injure others!

'I should find a proper weapon and technique to master as soon as possible. I can't just keep on depending on my Souls and the rest, I have to learn how to fight too.' Nash thought calmly as he decided on what to do if he succeed in conquering the palace.