Chapter 27: Domain Reconstruction
Ragnar Vhagar, Demon King of a newly and awkwardly merged territory, sat on his spiky obsidian throne and surveyed the absolute mess that was now his life.
One moment, he was the master of a grim, functional stone dungeon. The next, a hostile corporate takeover, except he was the one doing the taking over, had smashed his fortress together with a university library.
The result was an architectural nightmare. Long, gloomy stone corridors would abruptly open into cozy reading nooks with comfortable-looking chairs. Ominous purple magic crystals in the ceiling cast their light on cheerful shelves of children’s picture books. It was deeply, profoundly weird.
His minions were just as confused. Smashy the Orc was standing in a corner, repeatedly and gently poking a large, leather-bound encyclopedia with one huge finger, seemingly baffled by its refusal to either fight back or break. Gary the kobold had discovered the poetry section and was sniffing a book of sonnets with an expression of intense, scholarly focus.
"This is a disaster," Ragnar announced to the room. He pulled up his phone, his one constant comfort in this chaotic new world. His gamer instincts took over. After any big event, you check your loot and your stats.
A wave of pure, unadulterated greed washed over him as he saw the numbers.
[Domain Unification Complete!]
[New True Core Acquired: The Seed of Knowledge (F-Rank)]
[Your Maximum Creation Points (CP) have increased by +100!]