[Bonus] Domain Part 1

"Where am I?" Reign asked himself, his voice echoing faintly in the darkness. 

He felt as though his entire body was enveloped in an invisible force, like being submerged in thick, gooey water. 

Every movement felt sluggish and heavy, like he was struggling against an unseen current that pulled him in all directions at once. 

But despite the sensation, there was a strange reassurance in the fact that at least he wasn't drowning. 

Dying by drowning might be one, if not the worst, ways for humans to die. 

The sensation of struggling for air, the desperate gasps for breath as water fills the lungs, the overwhelming sense of panic and helplessness—all contribute to an agonizing and slow demise. 

So, in a way, this situation was not so bad.

'I just increased my intelligence, and this happens? I don't even feel smarter,' he muttered to himself, the confusion evident in his voice. 

[Ding!]