15 A New Start

In the vast cosmos where colorful stars and planets were visible almost everywhere where the eye could see, a spaceship with a size no bigger than a soccer stadium was roaming freely, its aim unknown.

"WOOHOOOO!! WE ARE FINALLY FREEE!!"

Loud cries and whistles sounded from the spaceship's interior, all humans hugging each other in joy or crying their eyes out on seats from relief that appeared once the immense weight fell off their shoulders after years of slavery.

"After 37 years of humiliation and detention, I am finally free! I can finally do whatever I want!"

"37? Just that much? I have lived and survived in that shithole for close to 60 years! It seems not giving up was really worth it!"

"Haha! I still can hardly believe we really escaped, it feels like a dream..."

People talked merrily among tears and laughs about their past experiences, feeling indescribable happiness as they were ultimately free from their past shackles.

"It's all thanks to you, kid. If it weren't for you, this couldn't have happened." Uncle Ben stepped next to Nash, his palm gently rested on his shoulder.

Nash nodded, but soon he shook his head, "We are still far away from saying that we are completely free. We still are and will be chased and have to live in the darkness for who knows how long."

After taking a brief moment to appreciate the sight before him, Nash sighed then continued, "Also, we need to find a good place to hide where no one will find us and we can survive. And let's not talk about the fact that your Legacy is still sealed, so we need to do something about that too in the hope to get stronger and free more humans."

Uncle Ben understood what Nash tried to say and agreed with him, "I know, but at least we can finally start our lives with no restraints on us. Without you, this could have been impossible Nash! You saved lives my nephew, you are a hero!"

Nash listened to this and after pondering for a while just shook his head and turned to look at three Souls that stood motionless on his side.

'I did nothing, I just simply acquired a power I shouldn't have through sheer luck.' thought Nash and continued, ' As for these guys... Even though they helped us if I leave them here, because of their appearance as Sky Beasts they will definitely cause a ruckus or at least uneasiness among humans..."

As if knowing what he tried to say or at least wanted to know, the voice inside Nash's head appeared once again and spoke.

[Do you wish to collect and store the {Souls}?]

'I can?'

[Of course, you can.]

Nash turned happy hearing this and didn't hesitate to ask, 'Yeah, I want. But how?'

[Just imagine pulling the {Death Strings} toward you without moving.]

Nash did as he was told, and the moment he did visualize pulling the black strings that were attached to his fingers toward him, the Souls unexpectedly moved!

In a blink, all three Souls turned into black mist and under no time at all, they manifested and solidified around his index finger in the shape of an abyss black ring!

"Woah!" Nash couldn't help but exclaim out with shock, surprised to see he could even do this.

However, to his disappointment, the weapons they held were dropped to the ground as they couldn't have been brought into his ring. How unfortunate...

'Well, I shouldn't complain too much as this power is already too fucking strong. Just imagine summoning tons of Souls, each clad in a full set of armor and weapons. Just that alone would be ridiculously overpowered...'

Uncle Ben seeing Nash staring at mere air just remained silent and turned to look at Revio who was still piloting the spaceship toward who knows where.

"Do you know a planet where we can land without others finding us?"

Revio turned to look at Uncle Ben and sneered coldly, visibly ignoring his question.

"Answer him." Nash's abrupt voice sounded from behind, causing Revio to talk obediently.

"There are indeed a few as we are currently in the Human Dimension where things are still not discovered completely, but there is no planet where you can hide eternally. Sooner or later, they will find you and if they do, you won't be able to escape as easily as this time."

"Then bring us as far away as possible. The further the better" answered Nash and Revio did exactly as he was told.

When Nash saw this nodded mildly but before turning around and discuss the future plans with the rest, he questioned, "Is there any way other races can track us?"

As soon as Revio heard this his eyes widened while several lines of curses appeared in his head while his mouth began to talk the truth.

"Yes, there are. There are several nanochips in the mining tools that can show their positions, while this spaceship has a Stellar Tracking Device installed in them that can also reveal your current location."

"Anything else?" asked Nash, completely calm even though they were tracked right at this moment.

"There is none."

Nash nodded and looked at Uncle Ben, "Can you pilot this thing until we come back?"

"Yeah, it should be fine now that I saw how that bird operated things on the panel."

"Bird!?"

Ignoring Revo's angry yell, Nash nodded before glancing at Erys and Revio, "I will need both of your help to destroy the tools and the tracking device, so follow me."

'Fuck!' both Erys and Revio cursed inside as their final hope for survival and help had been just thrown out right into the space.

Meanwhile, somewhere on a completely different planet than Azure Planet, inside a huge and spacious hall, several Sky Beasts were sitting around a large and circular table, all of them staring at the footage in the air.

On the recording, the sight of 3 black creatures with similar features to a Sky Beast was fighting and killing other Sky Beasts, putting the whole scenery into complete chaos in no time at all!

However, the only difference was that the creatures had no wings, and whenever they were cut or believed to be killed, they regenerated their injuries and continued their massacre without mercy.

After several minutes later, toward the end of the tape, every Sky Beast in the hall watched as the three black creatures stepped before a young human boy, almost as if they were waiting for his command.

But soon, an even greater sight transpired as a little girl with crimson hair appeared with a sword in her grasp, and with a single slash demolished hundreds of Sky Beasts miles away from her from the sky!

After that, both the human boy and the little girl together with the three black creatures boarded the spaceship and vanished into space, ending the video not long after the second wave of Sky Beasts arrived at the scene.

Once the video ended and the hologram vanished from the air, the entire hall turned even more silent, almost as if no one dared to utter a word from either fear or shock.

Only after several minutes of silence later did a Sky Beast in a silver armor lean forward and talk in a terrifyingly calm voice, "How did this happen?"

As if someone just dropped them into the bottom of a cold ocean, every Sky Beast in the hall felt a suffocating presence descend on their body while their body began to form cold sweat on their backs almost subconsciously!

When the Sky Beast in silver armor seem to hear no answer turned to look at the one standing on his side, who appeared to be the leader of the second army from the video, the one wearing the crimson armor!

"Do you wish to tell us in greater detail what we have just witnessed on the footage, Crimson Wing?"

The Sky Beast's calm voice sounded like thunder in Crimson Wing's head and without hesitation as he didn't dare to waste any more time began to tell everything he knew and saw.

Once he reached the end of his story after 1 hour straight of talking that included everything, even minor details that he obtained from his subordinates, Crimson Wing kneeled onto the ground and lowered his head.

"That is everything I know, no less and no more. I do not have any idea how that human obtained that power but I will make sure to catch him even if that is the last thing I have to do! As for my punishment..."

"I will accept any form of punishment from your Majesty!"

'...'

Silence filled the entire hall as everyone stared deeply at Crimson Wing with different gazes, but still none of them daring to talk openly as that would mean the end of their lives!

The Sky Beast stared at Crimson Wings with a glare that could almost pierce a hole into anyone's soul, but soon averted his gaze and lowered his arms.

"Can we locate their position?"

"Yes, your Majesty, we can. I will do it right away!" shouted a small Sky Beast not far away from the table, but as soon as he began to search on his device in the hope to find the escapees, his face paled, and raised his head.

"Your Majesty... the signal... it... it has been lost..."