The Extra Wants Control

"That dimension, dear, it\'s a place most powerful beings avoid. It\'s a void, devoid of any energy one could draw upon. They go there for a specific purpose - to unleash their domain." Clara paused, searching for the right words.

"A domain... well think of it as an area of absolute control. You become a god within those boundaries, your power unhindered. I\'m sure you\'ve read about it..."

Lara frowned. "So it\'s just for domain fights?"

"It can also be a death trap, a prison" Clara added.

"A place to hide something... Lara, during a fight, emotions run high. It\'s easy to forget about the environment when people aren\'t very rational because of different emotions...But there are some who know the dangers of something and prevent it like the Vampire Queen who made portals to prevent damages and possibly casualties...

Besides a fight of this scale once in a while is good for the planet to grow stronger and sturdier."

"What do you mean?" Lara asked, curiosity burning bright.

Clara\'s gaze drifted to the horizon, a knowing glint in her eyes. She shook her head, a slight smile playing on her lips. "You\'ll understand soon enough, Lara. Just know, the next time 10 stars of that caliber clash, the impact won\'t be as catastrophic."

A sigh escaped her lips. "I forgot there\'s also another reason, of course, some might avoid the battle dimension simply for the lack of effort. Or maybe," she added with a playful laugh, "it just slipped their mind."

Clara\'s gaze hardened as she looked at Lara and spoke with a serious tone ..."Now, Lara, if you ever unlock a domain, remember these golden rules: First, never unleash it in this world. Elnova is the Goddesses\' domain, their territory... just don\'t.

Second, don\'t be so eager to jump into a fight with the domain. Power can be intoxicating but without control especially self-control its useless."

Lara nodded, her brow furrowed. "And third?"

"Third," Clara continued, her voice turning serious, "be wary of the battle dimension. It\'s vast and unexplored, who knows what dangers lurk within. If you have to you can just fight out of this world probably out of space..."

"I understand," Lara said solemnly.

A new question came in her mind..."How rare are domains, exactly?"

"Ah," Clara chuckled, a knowing glint in her eyes.

" Lara. Reaching the 10-11 star stage is a feat in itself. It\'s a whole different world compared to the 8-star stage where you earn your law. At this level, it\'s possible to advance without a domain unlike 8 star where you can\'t advance without a law, but…" she trailed off becoming serious again.

"But?" Lara prompted, leaning forward in anticipation.

"But," Clara continued, "you\'d be incomplete. You will never be comparable to a person of the same stage or even lower without a domain..."

"So not all 10-star and above beings have domains?" Lara asked, surprised.

Clara shook her head.

"By my estimation, there maybe less than thirty domain wielders in the entire world. Maybe there a few more hidden monsters out there, but I doubt it. Still, that doesn\'t make a 10-11 star without a domain weak. Just look at the destruction they caused without using domains... Remember that.

People like those focus on their law instead making them stronger by raising their proficiency but there are those who chose to remain lazy."

" But to be fair those two are stronger than any regular 10 star." Thought Clara as she momentarily placed her senses on Valeriana\'s fight then her daughter spoke...

"Is the Vampire Queen\'s law advanced?" Lara asked her eyes glinting in admiration.

"Yup! It covered the whole world... but it\'s concentrated at the point where she is... it\'s like we are in the \'lighter\' parts of the darkness... Still yes theoretically you can reach such a level."

Clara thought. "Unfortunately that doesn\'t apply to everyone, just monsters.... besides The Vampire Queen\'s law… we still don\'t know what it does... The darkness and especially those two eyes." Her eyes glowed green as she looked at the two eyes which were mistaken as moons by everyone in the world.

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As for the vampires and their tournament....

Well they were confused and pissed... At one moment they were fighting each other for tokens... The next they were in darkness that was then illuminated by some faint red-violet light.

It was the strangest phenomenon ever... It was dark but at the same time they could see? They even felt comfortable in the darkness and out of all the races they were the only ones okay with this situation.... But that didn\'t mean they weren\'t confused.

Then...

"WE DEMONS DECLARE WAR!" A booming voice echoed in the continent. They were already annoyed and angry that they couldn\'t understand what was happening and the demons again decided to declare war? (They thought the demons declared war on just them...)

The tournament was forgotten. Here, in the face of an unexpected foe, and this comfortable darkness they naturally prepared for war and their scleras like Verona\'s turned black only their red pupils showed. And so they attacked the demons who dared step in their continent and dared disrupt their shot at being a noble...

The demons, initially baffled by the sudden reversal of roles they were the attackers but they were being jumped but they quickly regained their composure.

To them their conquest had begun, and the vampires were just the first hurdle. They were fscattered across the continent, each city, each village, facing a different contingent of demons. Varied in strength and numbers and they aimed to overwhelm and subjugate.

But they underestimated the vampires. Despite the surprise attack, the vampires mobilized with shocking speed.

Across the continent, similar scenes unfolded. Vampires, known for their solitary nature united in a fierce show of force. They descended upon the demons.

The battles were brutal and swift. While some demons, particularly the more powerful ones, inflicted heavy casualties and went on a rampage but the vampires\' coordinated attacks and merciless efficiency proved too much for most.

But one thing they hadn\'t noticed was that the vampires weren\'t fighting solely because of their will... They were being influenced.

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"Two minutes," he chanted internally, a mantra against the gnawing fear. Two minutes until whatever he was waiting for came, just two more minutes....

With a deep roar, he unleashed the Warmonger Law.

His body surged, muscles rippling beneath his strained clothes. Bone creaked and stretched, his height doubling in a terrifying display of unnatural growth. His skin hardening into thick purple armour.

" Ohh... A thief?!" Said Memphis as he looked at Xavier who was using demonic energy.

Xavier now towered over Verona, who herself stood at an imposing six feet. Xavier was a colossus, easily four times her size, his broad chest casting a hulking shadow over the battlefield.

He was also taller than Memphis who was about seven foot tall.

Memphis raised an eyebrow, with amusement. "Whipping out the Laws, are we?" he boomed, his voice echoing with dark power.

"Excellent! Then let us see which reigns supreme."

He threw his head back and roared.

The air crackled with a sinister energy as his robes ripped to shreds and his body revealing a canvas of grotesque tattoos that pulsed with infernal light.

Jagged horns, as black as midnight, sprouted from his forehead, their tips glowing with an ominous red.

But the most change was his arms. With a sickening snap from his back, his form contorted splitting at the shoulders. Two more fully formed arms, identical to the first pair, burst forth, each hand tipped with razor-sharp claws.

"Abyssal Law: Devil\'s Advocate." He said im a deep voice...

Valeriana didn\'t waste time with theatrics. With a flick of her wrist, dark-red energy materialized, solidifying and morphing into a black scythe.

Their clash was immediate, a three-way fight.

Xavier, his form monstrous after unleashing the Warmonger Law, traded blows with Memphis, the Devil\'s Advocate. While also dodging attacks from Verona. No one noticed but she seemed to be holding back and stalling...

But in their defense even her holding back was a lot for them.

Also a dome materialized in the darkness where they currently were and they were enclosed in with the two eyes...

Xavier was punched by Memphis who was punched by Xavier\'s left arm as they both tried to block Verona\'s scythe but they decided against it as it was coated with the space element... She could cut through anything... So they retreated back.

Soon Memphis\' body disappeared and appeared on Verona\'s left side wanting to punch jer with his two right hands but two beautiful ice shields that looked like snow flakes materialized and blocked them and Verona slapped him and sent him flying back but a portal formed behind him and he didn\'t want to find out where it led... So he blasted some energy from his left hand and it propelled him away...

At the same time Verona had appeared infront of the Warmonger and hit his chest so hard it started to crack... And she followed it up with a heavy uppercut that made his head snap back and she swiped her scythe to cut his neck but the Warmonger used an artefact to teleport a little back but it was as if he didn\'t know what he was facing...

The scythe was still infront of his face...

" War shield." He said as a shield appeared to block but the moment the scythe was about to touch the shield it disappeared and it slashed his throat but it was was too narrow to decapitate his head and even that won\'t be enough to kill him.

The Warmonger\'s throat was Gooey black and started to heal at the same time Tge Devil\'s Advocate roared and shot a beam towards the two but a portal formed and the beam entered it. Memphis went for an attack but a small portal appeared in his face and his attack was directed right at him... The same happened to Xavier as the beam appeared right before his chest and \'boom\'.

Memphis raised his hands to form an X-shield, his arm\'s skin was burnt that even bone was slightly visible... but he survived.

And Warmonger\'s body shifted into a goo and made a hole in his chest where the energy went straight through... But again the portals appeared and it was repeated until the energy died.

Honestly it seemed like it was Verona vs the two of them.