NOVEL NEXT Chapter 157 Skeletal Dragon, have you seen the sky fall? Have you seen the pouring waters of the Milky Way?
Amelia's eyes revealed a shimmer of uncertainty.
"Is it a Domain?"
She had seen Hero Reg's "Domain." Hero Reg's "Domain" wasn't like this, but Hero Reg had talked to her about "Domains."
He had said... a perfected Domain... is like a real world, with complete laws, order, day and night, morning and dusk, sun and moon...
Animals, plants, trees, houses, cities, and even people...
Spring, summer, autumn, winter, the cycle of seasons.
In Reg's words, a Domain is the embryonic form of a small world.
The more perfected the Domain, the deeper the insight into order and laws.
Reg also said that a Domain has no fixed form; every strong being who opens up a Domain has a unique one.
A newly established Domain might reflect the character of the strong being.
For example, when some strong being unfolds their Domain, the surroundings might become a world of seas of fire erupting with magma.
Or it might turn into a landscape of ice and snow.
Or a world where thunderstorms rage.
About "Domains," Hero Reg had only given her a cursory explanation because at that time, Hero Reg had also just established his Domain not long ago and didn't understand much about Domains.
Now... hundreds of years have passed, and Hero Reg's understanding of "Domains" must be much more comprehensive than before.
In this situation, which seems like an illusion but not quite an illusion, if he were here, he would most likely be able to easily distinguish whether it's a "Domain" or an illusion.
If it's a Domain, then Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance's Domain... is just too realistic, almost as if a corner of the world was directly moved here.
She could smell the fragrance of flowers and grass, the scent of the earth mixed with decaying leaves, and the unique smell that poplar trees along the road give off.
The 'rustling' sound made by the poplar leaves when the night breeze blows also seems very natural and harmonious.
The night sky dotted with stars, and that cold, bright full moon, both seem so real.
So real that she almost couldn't believe this is Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance's "Domain."
To be able to display such a perfect and realistic "Domain," just how powerful must Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance be?
Amelia clenched her teeth, knowing that Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance had hidden his strength very deep, but she had not expected him to hide it this profoundly.
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"Domain, I suspect this is Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance's Domain."
"???"
Venus took off the hat on her head, looked around at the scenery, then looked up at the night sky.
"Is this a Domain?"
She knew about Domains.
But she had never seen such a realistic "Domain."
Could someone really perfect their "Domain" to such an extent?
Didn't Amelia say Lance was the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor?
The Domain of the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor... shouldn't it be related to swords?
This peaceful and life-filled Domain before her eyes... it resembles more a world within a painting rather than a "Domain."
"Is such a Domain... normal?"
Amelia shook her head: "It's not normal, at least the Domain of the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor... shouldn't look like this.
As the Domain of the Evil Dragon Sword Ancestor, this Domain is abnormal, but if this Domain belongs to Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance... then it makes sense.
Sometimes a Domain reflects the owner's character and lifestyle. When Lance was in our team, what he enjoyed most wasn't mixing solutions or refining Magic Potions... it was enjoying life, appreciating landscapes, savoring peaceful everyday life.
This peaceful and life-filled Domain... if you imagine it to be the Domain of Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance... then it seems much more reasonable."
Venus recalled the time she spent with Lance a thousand years ago and nodded her head.
Indeed, that was the case.
Such a Domain... fits very well with the peace-loving nature of Sorcerer-pharmacist Lance from a thousand years ago.
Does Lance really plan to fight Skeletal Dragon Garcia in such a serene and peaceful Domain?
If this Domain were to be torn apart, destroyed by the Skeletal Dragon...
Would Lance be heartbroken... She didn't know, but she, as an apprentice Grim Reaper, would be.
Legend has it that when a "Domain" evolves into a "Small World," one can live temporarily within that small world. If the laws and order of the "Small World" are perfected to a certain degree, living there for years or even decades poses no problem.
If this truly is Lance's Domain, then Lance's Domain... might be in the process of evolving into a "Small World."
Give Lance a few hundred more years, and his Domain might become a real "Small World."
Venus flew to a nearby poplar, picked some leaves, then flew back to Turtle's back and handed one of the leaves to Amelia.
"The texture is clear; the veins of the leaves are exactly like those we see in reality. Most importantly, if you put two leaves together, their veins, their patterns, are not identical. Amelia, do you understand what this signifies?"
"I understand a bit, it signifies that Lance's Domain... already possesses the essence of 'life' in its nascent form."
A newly established "Domain" is filled with an air of death, and even if it has skies and lands, they are indistinct. When using a Domain for the first time against a formidable enemy, the powers displayed within the Domain are singular.
Hero Reg has said, after a Domain evolves... it becomes a small world.
Before it evolves into a small world, a Domain is just a Domain.
A strong being who commands the power of ice and snow establishes a Domain called the "Ice and Snow Domain." Within that strong being's "Ice and Snow Domain," they can freely enhance the power of ice and snow, cutting off sensing of the main world by other strong beings.
For a strong being inside the "Ice and Snow Domain," there are only two outcomes, defeat the master of the Domain with one's own strength, or shatter the Domain.