The Rise of the Winter Wolf - Book 6 - Chapter 37 - Domain

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Wolf

I stare blankly at the System Message floating above the crystal that is above the Pandora’s Box. And part of me just can’t register the possibility of actually getting something good from one of these.

It just won’t register.

So I continue staring blankly for an entire ten seconds. Then I numbly reach out and grab the knowledge crystal before using it.

Mostly because I don’t want this dream to end before I grab it, but also because Sapphire is poking me to do so. Literally.

To my surprise, I actually get all of the knowledge from the crystal. Which finally snaps me out of my stupor enough to turn to Sapphire and ask, “Did we just get something good out of a Pandora’s Box?”

She nods her head with a look on her face that is equal parts shocked and amused at my own reaction. But she doesn’t say anything.

Guess she’s waiting for me to check out the knowledge.

So I do just that.

And quickly figure out that this… may take a while.

A very, very long while.

From what I can tell through the knowledge from the crystal, expanding the domain by even just a tiny inch requires focusing on condensing the elemental energy making up my own body so much that the most energy I’ve ever used at one time in my entire life is barely enough. And that’s not even considering how much energy it takes to make my domain in the first place.

To do that I have to compress all of the energy in my own body so much on top of my heart that I won’t be able to do anything else for weeks on end. And all that will do is turn my body into my domain. Nothing more than that.

As for any sort of new powers I get through doing that? I get an increase in the power of my energy, both in my body and outside of it. Because apparently an element without its own domain is like an empty ocean without a single animal or plant inside of it.

Although the size of the domain doesn’t affect the power of the element outside of the domain. It only affects the power of the elemental energy I use.

Most importantly, the process of creating a domain is painful.

Very painful.

I’ll probably be okay with that though. I made it through being bitten by a werewolf after all, so hopefully this won’t be too much worse.

And if it is? That’s a future me problem.

I glance at Sapphire before telling her through our bond, ‘We’ll need a safe place for me to create my domain. So we likely won’t be able to make it for a little while.’

She nods her head with rather clear disappointment visible on her face. So I go ahead and pat her head before the two of us appear within the arena again. And while we wait for the rest of the contestants of the quinzel to finish their Pandora’s Boxes, I go ahead and begin researching something that’s been bothering me for a while now.

Why my lunar ice element works on devourers. Since my previous assumptions aren’t good enough for my curiosity.

I prefer concrete answers to this question in case I run into another devourer.

After all, the devourers in the Beta Dungeon aren’t the only devourers in the multiverse. Even if I don’t think I’ve heard of many devourers in the Reaper’s universe in particular.

I’ll probably be going to other universes throughout my life after getting out of the dungeon, so the Reaper’s universe isn’t the only one that matters.

Just considering the floor theme I’m on right now alone means it’s important. What with this floor theme being based on some competition within Beelzebub’s universe.

I spend the next few minutes after summoning my portable system home within the stadium browsing through the System Forums. Then after failing to find anything important there – and briefly glancing at Sapphire to find her playing some video game now on the other couch – I move on to sending messages to people.

Specifically to Fenrir. Because I noticed a new icon in the corner of my interface at some point.

One made out of ice element. Not void element.

Almost like Fenrir hacked my interface or something.

To my surprise though, he answers right away. With the Progenitor of Ice telling me that devourers can devour every single element that is currently in existence within the multiverse the moment they are born. So they can’t devour any new elements that may form after they are born.

Hence why this old devourer who has been locked away here for who knows how long couldn’t devour my brand new element.

Which I would say is a big weakness, but it’s not like new elements are forming every day or anything.

Instead it’s just a weakness for me to exploit. And anyone else with my element, I guess.

I send Fenrir a quick ‘thank you’ message before closing out of the menu and leaning back on my couch while staring up at the ceiling. Just wondering what the next fifth will be.

Because these fifths have been all over the place, and I’m not particularly happy about that.

I frown for a few seconds, then I let out a yawn and close my eyes to get some quick shut-eye. Only for the house to suddenly vanish and the commentator to begin blabbing his mouth off again. Not giving me even a moment to sleep.

Damnit.

Whatever. My body doesn’t need sleep anymore anyways. That was more for my mind than anything else.

I listen to the commentator blab on a bit before he finally pauses as the notification for the next fifth appears in my vision.

Time to continue moving forward.

Because that’s all I can do in this damned dungeon.

That thought briefly makes me wonder just what the annoying reaper that put me in here is doing right now. But that thought fades to the back of my mind when the next fifth begins.

Whatever he’s doing, it doesn’t matter to me anymore. Not after he was banned from messing with the Beta Dungeon.

For now I just have to survive with Sapphire.