A Mental Test!

Damon walked to the exit of this floor of the Domain, alongside Feyola and Elanore. Feyola quietly walked behind Damon, her eyes now wiped of any tears but still incredibly red, signaling that she was crying recently. Her body occasionally trembled with her steps but she powered through. Elanore walked alongside Feyola, deep in thought about the way the situation had panned out, yet she knew that there was no chance she could leave Feyola alongside Damon at this moment.

The duo finally appeared at the entrance to the next floor, spotting a artificial star-scape. The artiificial star-scape looked immensely beautiful, however, a terrifying pressure had descended on the trio when they stepped near the star-scape. Even Damon, the strongest of the three ( 3 ) felt that the person who created this aura could effortlessly slap him to death.

Damon walked closer and channeled his mana to open the floor's entrance, and suddenly, a black hole manifested, sucking up a massive amount of mana in the room. Tyrannical flames erupted from the black hole alongside jet-black lightning after a while, the black hole exploded, sending immense shockwaves through the entire arena.

The remenant aura of the black hole combined and a pair of golden doors appeared, releasing an enchanting aura. The golden aura released from the doors swiftly surrounded Damon, Feyola and Elanore.

The aura poured into their bodies, healing any hidden wounds present and refilling all of their Mana and Spirit Power and calming their minds.

Once Damon checked on Feyola and Elanore and made sure they were okay, he walked into the portal, knowing they would follow him. Damon's original goal was to conquer the Southern Obsidian Moon Domain and leave his name on the Obsidian Roll, immortalizing himself and he would not let anyone stop that goal.

Inside the Golden Doors that were transporting the trio to the Domain's next challenge, the surroundings remained dark and gloomy, not at all similar to the bright and heartwarming atmosphere the Golden Doors created.

After 30 seconds, a massive blinding light erupted around Damon and the girls, completely blinding their eyes and when Damon reopened his eyes, he had arrived at his target location.

"Where are we?" Elanore said, looking around with a confused look on her face, her hand automatically gripping onto Damon's arm, pressing her body against his.

Damon frowned at the touch as he didn't expect Elanore to be so uncharacteristically scared and he spoke it," Can't you look around?"

"What do you mean, I can't even see you, we're in complete darkness." Feyola, who was on Damon's left pitched in, also holding onto Damon's body.

Damon immediately recognized the situation. There was some sort of Magic Array, Spirit Formation or Illusion created which shrouded the trio in complete darkness, ridding Elanore and Feyola of their ability to see.

However, due to his , Damon was not at all affected and could effortlessly see around his surroundings. Damon could notice gigantic mountains surrounding the entire area, with very little defined walkways. There were also rivers with many sea beasts swimming in them alongside floating mini-islands with many flying beasts laying on them, their gazes occasionally moving onto Damon's group.

Also, Damon could spot an immense amount of dead bodies directly surrounding the area Elanore, Feyola and him were standing, as if many others had died directly at this spot when they entered.

Before Damon could more deeply investigate the situation that was occuring, various majestic voices filled with terrifying and immensely powerful auras echoed out into the surronding area and assaulted Damon and the other two ladies present.

"Submit to me! I can give you unparalleled strength and make you the most powerful man in this world! Even Gods will tremble before your might!"

"Submit to me! I can kill anyone who stands in your way."

" I can give you eternal life and eternal power, I can make you a God-King!"

Various immensely powerful and terrifying voices rang out in the surroundings area, tempting Damon greatly. Damon could feel mental attacks striking into his mind with every single word those beings spoke. However, thanks to his , he was immune to these mental attacks.

Damon had already figured out how so many people died in this spot. This entire surrounding area was an illusion trapped in reality, it wasn't real, and was a manifestation of the desires of many of the persons who had challenged this Domain. This manifestation would grow stronger with every single person who gave into it and couldn't be 'killed.'

This manifestation of the desires of the challengers was a test of a person's heart. If Damon had submitted to these voices and taken the easy way out in an attempt to obtain power easily, his mind would be captured and his body would slowly decay to death. The only way to pass this challenge was to successfully reject the voices requests.

"Ignore the voices and DO NOT GIVE IN!" Damon said to Elanore and Feyola. Damon definitely didn't want to hurt his conscience knowing those two had died on his watch, and he immediately warned the duo,who had both swiftly attempted to do what he said.

As they did that, an even more terrifying and powerful voice appeared and spoke, " Don't you three want absolute power? Power to kill and defeat anyone who stands in your way? I can give you that, any and everything you could've wanted."

Damon immediately went to refuse but first looked towards Feyola. He knew she was dissatisfied with the situation and might've taken the deal,unintentionally killing herself. However thankfully, she had not done that.

Relieved at this, Damon spoke towards the terrifying voices," All Bark and No Bite! I'd NEVER accept such offers!"

"BASTARD HOW DARE YOU REJECT A GOD?"

"SUCH INSOLENCE!"

"YOU WILL PAY DEMON!"

"DIE!"

Seeing Damon had rejected, the various voices grew angry, and the tyrannical auras filled the entire surrounding area, pressuring Damon in particular. Suddenly, the thousands of monsters both flying and swimming leapt out of their current habitats and flashed towards Damon, swinging their claws in an attempt to kill him.

Damon however, remained calm and switched BloodReaper into a sythe form, before slashing fiercly.

~SHATTER~SHATTER~

The surrounding area shattered like glass, alongside all of the attacking monsters, who disappeared alongside the dark manifestation of desires. Now, Damon had actually finally arrived at the next floor, passing the test needed to continue on.

Damon looked around, spotting a black stone monument directly in front of him with instructions on how to clear the floor and reach the next floor.

Damon walked closer to the stone monument and read it, finally understanding what he needed to do. The stone monument read:

'Kill Eternal King Vayne and Get The Key to the Next Floor from his Corpse!"