The Deadly Domain

Astaroth felt a powerful ring of Aether expand outward, but it was too fast for him to react. As it passed through him, he heard a notification.

*Condition detected: sleep. Mind Over Body activated. Success. Error. Domain detected. Calculating player's willpower versus domain creator. Player is too weak to resist the domain. Mind Over Body overridden.*

At first, Astaroth was about to grin since he resisted it. But the second part of the notification made him frown.

'A domain? What is that?'

He felt his body become like lead as his mind went black. And when he woke up, he was back in the real world.

He was in his kitchen, at the kitchen island, enjoying breakfast. Kary was next to him, and they were talking.

But the words spoken were all unclear, like spoken through a closed door. It was strange.

Then someone entered his penthouse, stepping off the elevator. Their face was blurred out.

'What in the hell is happening?' he wondered.