The creature stood at attention, awaiting commands with empty eyes that reflected no will of its own.
"Incredible," Arthur murmured, dismissing the rabbit with a thought.
He tried again, this ti reaching for multiple targets simultaneously. Five goblins he’d killed in his early days appeared in formation. Then he summoned twenty demons from his recent hunts. Then fifty. A hundred.
The domain filled rapidly with summoned creatures, each one a perfect copy of sothing Arthur had personally slain. They stood in organized ranks, ready to fight, to die, to serve whatever purpose their summoner commanded.
And Arthur felt no strain whatsoever.
No limits, he realized with growing awe. Within my domain, I can summon to my heart’s content. The only restriction is the domain’s range, my mana to maintain it and the number of beasts I’ve killed.
He pushed further, testing the absolute boundaries of this ability. Arthur reached deep into his combat history, calling forth every significant creature he’d killed over the past months. The Gullfaxi pack he’d slaughtered. Dozens of superior-rank demons. Countless lesser beasts.
They manifested by the hundreds, filling every available space within his domain. A small army materialized from nothing, sustained by Arthur’s authority over summoning itself.
"I could summon thousands," Arthur said aloud, his voice carrying genuine disbelief. "Literally thousands of creatures. Every kill I’ve ever made, available on demand within my domain."
The Winter Beast watched this display with obvious respect. "Master’s domain embodies the fundantal principle you comprehended during the trial. Summoning as connection, as partnership. Your authority allows you to recreate those connections temporarily, bringing forth echoes of every creature you’ve ever bonded with through the act of combat."
Arthur nodded slowly, dismissing most of the summoned army to clear space. He kept perhaps fifty creatures manifested, studying how they moved, how they responded to ntal commands.
They weren’t as powerful as his properly contracted summons. These temporary manifestations lacked the enhancents his Primordial Summoner talent provided, operating at whatever strength they’d possessed in life. But they were still legitimate combatants, capable of fighting and dying to serve their summoner’s tactical needs.
Quality versus quantity, Arthur analyzed. My contracted summons are individually superior, but within my domain, I can supplent them with unlimited disposable forces. Create at shields, overwhelm enemies with numbers, sacrifice temporary summons to protect valuable permanent ones.
He tested the attribute buffs next, checking the Winter Beast’s status while it stood within Origin Sanctuary. The legendary creature’s already impressive attributes had increased by exactly 25%—a substantial boost that pushed it even further beyond typical legendary-rank capabilities.
"Your strength within my domain exceeds what the Tidal Flamingo possessed outside it," Arthur observed. "And Flamingo receives the sa boost, making it even more formidable than when we fought it."
The strategic possibilities multiplied exponentially in Arthur’s mind. He could deploy his domain, summon hundreds of disposable creatures to serve as initial assault waves to weaken the enemy, then send in his buffed legendary summons to capitalise on the chaos. Enemy forces would be debuffed while his army received comprehensive enhancents.
It was a force multiplier that transford his power into an army-level threat.
"Aether," Arthur called to his void dragon companion. "Enter the domain. Let’s see how the buffs affect you."
The small dragon flew into the sphere of influence, and Arthur imdiately felt the change through their bond. Aether’s already formidable attributes jumped by a quarter, his spatial manipulation becoming even more precise, his combat capabilities enhanced to near-mythical levels.
"Ooh! Master’s special space makes Aether feel super strong!" the void dragon chirped excitedly. "Like Aether ate a whole bunch of power-up foods!"
Arthur smiled despite the gravity of what he was discovering. His domain didn’t just make him stronger—it transford the entire battlefield into his personal territory where every advantage tilted in his favor and every disadvantage afflicted his enemies.
He looked at the fallen Wind Hawk’s corpse, still lying where it had crashed. An idea occurred to him.
Arthur focused his domain’s summoning ability on the legendary creature he’d just killed. Reality rippled, and suddenly a ghostly echo of the Wind Hawk materialized, as a temporary manifestation sustained by his domain’s power.
The summoned Wind Hawk was as strong as it had been in its previous life.
"I can summon legendary-rank creatures," Arthur said quietly, the implications stunning even him. "Anything I’ve killed, regardless of power level, I can temporarily recreate within my domain."
He dismissed the Wind Hawk echo, his mind already racing through tactical applications. Every powerful enemy he defeated would beco a tool he could deploy later. His army would grow with every victory, accumulating an arsenal of temporary summons that spanned the entire spectrum from fodder to legendary combatants.
This is what 10% comprehension grants, Arthur thought with satisfaction. Just the foundation of domain authority, and it’s already this overwhelming. What happens when I reach 20%? 50%? Full mastery?
The possibilities seed endless.
Arthur maintained his domain for several more minutes, experinting with different combinations of summoned creatures, testing the buff effects on various summons, exploring the boundaries of what Origin Sanctuary could accomplish.
Finally, he released it, allowing the domain to collapse back into potential within his core. The summoned army dissolved instantly, returning to non-existence as his authority over the space ended.
"Now I understand why second-order beings are considered completely different from first-order," Arthur said to the Winter Beast and Flamingo. "This isn’t just a power increase. It’s qualitative transformation. Within my domain, I’m not just strong—I’m effectively unstoppable against anything that isn’t also second-order."
The realization carried weight. He’d crossed a threshold that separated him from 99% of existence. First-order beings, no matter how powerful, would struggle to overco the comprehensive advantages his domain provided.
Only other domain wielders could match him now.
And Arthur had every intention of making sure his domain grew stronger than theirs.
With his domain awakened, and his powerful summons’s domain awakened, Arthur felt incredibly satisfied with the result of his practising.
He was no longer afraid of the demons, nor their numbers. No matter how many they had, he would kill them, then summon them to kill more.
"The more the rrier." Arthur smiled.
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