"ERO! ERO ERO ERO ERO ERO ERO ERO!" Goddamit! These fake copies of Corolla are incredibly overpowered! It doesn't matter how many of them I shatter with the magic of my fists. They just multiply and keep coming at me while I get incredibly damaged in the process.

What can I do to beat these guys? Their strategy is one in which I lose no matter what, but I refuse to surrender! "ERO! UGH! DAMN IT!" One of Corolla's clones hits me right in the jaw, almost knocking me out, but I survive it by mere luck. still, what could I do? I think while noticing the yellow blobs forming more Corollas after punching a few of them out of commission.

I don't think that creating more and more clones of Corolla is a good idea, yet I cannot go after the domain creator without getting rid of that annoying bastard. What exactly is a domain expansion anyway? Do you have any idea crown?

[Domain Expansion: A field of compressed magical power that transports the affected users to the domain's owner's dimension; in this new dimension, the domain expansion owner sets all the rules. This technique usually burns through an insane amount of MP]

So, I am in another dimension? Talk about an overpowered skill. Are these guys complaining that my Full Counter is overpowered when they have techniques like these? How hypocritical. Not only am I trapped here, but I also have to break free from another dimension. How am I supposed to do that?

As I think of a strategy to win while dodging Corolla's constant attacks, I notice how the blobs that form the fake Corollas look a lot like the blob of dark power my child self used to play with as a kid that blob of dark power was the answer to winning, wasn't it? They behave similarly, the only difference being that Ana's blobs are yellow.

The thing was that I didn't remember how to do that very well since it was all in the memories of a former soul that's now merged within me, so tracing specific memories was more complicated than it seemed. "Come back here, you little runt!" The Corolla's scream while chasing me through the fake dimension.

I know I shouldn't gamble so much like this, but at this point, I didn't really have an option. I would have to place all my bets into a bluf for a while so that my dark power could slowly overrun all of Corolla's copies without him even noticing I had no option but to take damage.

"AHHHHH FALLEN DOWN!" With a quick turn and a deceitful tactic, I turn around against the fake Corolla, unleashing Hope's unique ability, 'fallen down,' which does eliminate all of the fake Corollas for about five seconds before they all reconstruct, but that was all part of the plan.

"How many times have I got to tell you!? You can't win now bitch! Surrender, and I will only torture you for half an hour instead of a day!" All the Corollas say this in unison while surrounding me, and to their credit, once they have me surrounded, I can't do much but brace as I feel the punches and kicks coming from all angles.

"SHUT UP! UUUUUGH! CORROSION!" I try to distract as much as I can while getting absolutely pummeled by all the fake Corollas, who quickly break a couple of my ribs and hit internal organs with deadly blows, all while the dark blob I threw against one of the fake Corollas is now inside them slowly taking over one of them so it can overrule that yellow power from Ana.

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"Corrosion!? What the hell!? My MP! You bitch! Ana! I need some MP! This bitch has been chunking away at mine!" Ana stands up as soon as Corolla says that to her, but she quickly comes flying after me instead of giving it to Corolla MP. "I've got it now! She is already tired, so this will be my kill! Master Julius will love me again!"

{ 拮抗する戦い - Yugo Kanno}

In my hurt state, I can hardly dodge out of the way, so I try to use my left hand to stop Ana, but she quickly goes through my hand like paper; what did I expect? I didn't have my protective layer of dark power anymore. Of course, I can be easily damaged, but that cloak is what will end up costing them their lives.

My left arm bleeds out a lot as some part of it still dangles in the air, all while I try to distract even more from the now two fake Corollas under my dark power's control. "AHHHHHHHG! Please! I lament going against your one true leader! I plead for mercy! Please let me live in servitude!"

Both Corolla and Ana laugh when I start pleading for fake mercy, slowly letting my dark power blob do its thing in secret as neither of them seems to notice my plan, thanks to my A-plus acting performance. Yet even though I had a plan, I couldn't help but feel real fear as it was still just a gamble.

"You want to serve Master Julius now? How pathetic, you have no convictions! You wouldn't make a good servant with such a lack of commitment!" Ana screams at me, followed by a strong kick to my side, which sends me flying a couple hundred feet until my body crashes against the ground.

My strenght and my resolution fade a little, but even though I struggle to stand up, I do so slowly while slowing the bleeding as much as I can with the little breathing room they both give me. "Why wouldn't he want me to work for him? Have you ever asked him? What if your precious master is open to the idea? What would he do if he knew you declined an offer he might like?"

Ana Lu looks at me for a couple of seconds and then at Corolla, who shrugs their shoulders, giving the perfect window to jump into another one of his copies while he is still distracted. "I know my master better than anyone! I know he wouldn't want such a thing! Now die!"

Ana strikes he hand against the ground, quickly dispersing some sort of attack against me that hits me, revealing a bunch of spikes from the ground that pin me in mid-air without any chance to run away. "Are you willing to take that bet? What if he did, and you just killed me? Wouldn't that displease him? Don't you want him to love you?"

"Maybe she is right, Ana; it sounds like she is just trying to buy a few more seconds, but what can she do now? She's about to bleed out and has almost no MP left!" Corolla says while Ana thinks about it for a couple more seconds while holding a weird device shaped like a square in her hands.

"Fine, I'll call him, but only because we can no longer lose." Ana takes her sweet time calling Julius while Corolla comes my way so he can punch me just a few more times while slowly injecting me with healing magic so I don't die. "This is because you said Master Julius was a coward! How dare you! How dare you!?"

"AHH! AHHHG! AHHHG!" Son of a bitch, his punches did sting like hell, but I would just have to wait a little longer just let my blob take over more and more copies while they're both distracted. Goddamit, gambling sucks ass, I think, as my ribs keep getting healed and then break seconds later when Corolla shatters them again.

This pain is bad, but I've endured worse with that bitch underground. I can take some more of this without fainting. It's just a bit too much when I know I will beat the shit out of the two of them as soon as I have over half of the fake copies under my control.

"I know, right? But she said she wanted to work for you now, would you even want that? You would!? Oh shit! Corolla, stop doing that!" Ana screams at Corolla while he keeps punching me over and over like a punching bag at a boxing gym, yet she seems confused when she tries to stop him manually while I slowly grin at her.