Burning Soul

“This is getting interesting; how come he picks up such bizarre skills!” Aeneas was looking at the scene in awe. A truly eye-catching scene was unfolding in front of him.

‘Let’s see how you deal with this!’ After activating the Domain Theo stepped into Shadow Realm!

As for Domains,

These were personal affinities, tied to one’s soul. With it came great power but at greater costs. It was never seen as an advantageous trait by anyone as anyone could truly master it. By activating one Theo was stepping into uncharted waters. His shadow domain allowed the user greater control over their movements in the Shadow Realm and the freedom to switch in between shadows which were not even connected but at the cost of great stamina. Activating the domain also gave tenfold attribute bonuses as long as one has the stamina to use it. It was far superior though not all domains had similar effects, this one was rather special and equally difficult!

After activating the domain, Theo jumped into the shadow realm using Shadow Step, it was rather quickly that the warlock followed in blindly.

Inside the shadow realm,

A place that no one knew much about, It was a twisted place full of dangers, shadow vortexes, and planar cracks. It was said that there were many ways to hells leading through the shadow realm and if anyone got caught in the shadow vortex, that’d be the end of it.

After walking in behind, Warlock was inside the realm but what he didn’t expect was that Theo wasn’t there!

He tried looking around for him but could only feel gazes all over the place and no one around.

Just as he was looking around with his guard down a sudden gust of wind passed by followed by a sudden rise in pain.

Lateral Collision

He looked in the direction only to find nothing,

“Are you looking for me?” Theo’s tone was rather teasing, making warlock pissed, he started throwing spells blindly!

Overdrive Pounce – Striking Lance – Lateral Collision

Another deadly hit,

With that, Theo didn’t stop but rather continued using the shadow realm as his playground and started throwing Lateral Collisions one after another at a frightening speed.

To make matters worse he was completely invisible to later, his movements were more than just nimble, they were rather quick and deadly.

“Umm-hmm, is that all you got!” Theo was rather in good mood as of now, he was holding the upper hand,

“It’s time we end this nonsense” Saying this he moved past the Warlock startling him and frightening him at the same time.

The next few minutes were a true terror.

Accel – Overdrive Pounce – Striking Lance – Lateral Collision

One final blow and warlock was rendered lifeless.

Aeneas was waiting for the results outside of the Shadow Realm, as expected by him he saw lifeless warlock thrown out of the shadow realm, it was a rather spectacular view.

‘As expected but…’ Something worried Aeneas as he saw Theo walking out behind him,

“How was that?” He had this proud look

“Not bad, But why did you drag him to the shadow realm?” Aeneas had this question lingering on his mind.

“Why, to be fair, I don’t know for sure but at that moment I thought I’d be able to wrap it up for good in there, You see I have an affinity to Shadow Movements!”

Hearing his explanation Aeneas had a questioned look, “Hmm that is good to hear but let me tell you something!

This time your enemy wasn’t smart enough, you can call him dumb to follow you.

You need to gain absolute control over your domain to be able to use its advantage in the Mortal Realm, which’s a lot more beneficial.

“Do you know how to?” Theo asked out of curiosity

“Unfortunately, I have no affinity to Shadow Movements so I can’t be so sure, but I’ve heard that Duvrion’s younger son knows a lot about it! We should check it out once we are out of here.

Till then try to tame this new power, how’re you doing?”

Just as Aeneas asked Theo felt a sudden realization of tiredness.

‘Crap I forgot to deactivate the domain!’ He cursed before falling to sleep right there!

“Ah! With such a weak body, how can you imagine taking much stress!” Aeneas rubbed his temples as he felt a bit of pain building up.

“I hope you are doing fine out there…” He thought, looking at the shining roof above his head.

…

“Even faster! Is that all you got!” Outside the painting, Dimitri was pressing on to his pupils

“Damn it, what do you expect? We can’t keep this up too long!” Vivian replied with wet eyes!

“You don’t need to push yourself, Vivi! It’s alright!” Catherine tried to comfort her.

Unlike her Vivian had no blessings from any deity, her attributes were rather normal compared to others and were not exceptional, though she was trying her hard to keep up with everyone else so as to not get left behind and become a dragging weight

“Hmm, well I think you should join in with Milot for now, you at least now understand how spells work! In the future when you’ll be able to use it with more ease, you can make better use of the knowledge!

One must understand and evolve their true abilities,

As for our discussion, I hope we can continue that at dinner!”

Hearing Dimitri say this she felt a bit sad, “Am I that incompatible? Am I useless?”

“It’s not like that Vivi.” Catherine felt guilty.

“It’s not your time yet dear, you’ll have your time in the near future!” Dimitri patted Vivian’s head, cheering her.

“I hope so too!” She replied with her wet eyes.

“Why not let’s take a break and check on them, it’s getting late as well!” Dimitri said so while walking out with a pleasing smile.