The Beneath One's grip tightened, and I felt my Magicore flicker violently, as if it was being drained straight from my core.
Fafnir struggled, his claws twitching in mid-air, unable to break free.
The Beneath One tilted his head slightly, almost in amusement. "You still resist?" His voice was eerily calm. "Do you not understand? The only way to break my domain is to forcefully break it. But as what I can see now, you both are unable to do that. The second option to break my domain is to lay down your own."
His fingers dug deeper into my essence, and pain flashed through me like white-hot fire.
"Theoretically," he continued, almost like a lecturer, "one could destroy a domain through brute force. But that would require overwhelming the domain's caster—a feat impossible when the caster is already stronger than those trapped within."
His abyssal flames surged, licking at my skin, burning even my regeneration.