FVN Chapter 52 Domain Aura
Chapter 52 Domain Aura
"Did you sleep well?" He said.
"Yes. At least it feels like I did," I said.
"Good. Are you ready to finish your training for the day?" He said.
"Yes," I said.
"Ok, now all you have to do is manifest your soul beast physically outside of your domain," he said.
"I have a question. Since my domain is less battle focused, it feels like I should have it up during everyday interactions, but if I did that, wouldn't people assume I'm trying to attack them? How do I get around that?" I said.
"Yes, most people would assume a domain activation means battle. So there is a more advanced technique called a domain aura that you can use that will still have most of the benefits of a domain activation, except you can't prevent other people from activating their domain and you don't have the walls to contain people in, so you can't prevent them from leaving," he said.
"I don't care about those things. I just want to be able to use my advanced social skills powers in everyday life," I said.
"Advanced social skills powers?" He said, with confused look on his face.
"Oh, that's right. I didn't tell you the domain's powers before passing out," I said.
"So my domain's extra features all have to do with social interactions or money. I can see money through objects and barriers and it increases my charisma and gives me other advantages when interacting with people," I said.
"What kinds of other advantages?" He said, crossing his arms.
"Like it tells me about a person. What they value, some of the things they like, and little snippets about the person. Like I know you have a lucky penny that Bader gave to you. It told me that," I said.
"It told you that? That is powerful. Especially if it can tell you people's secrets or things they don't want you to know about them. I can see why you'd want to use a domain aura in everyday interactions with those abilities. I'll tell you how domain aura's work after you manifest your soul beast," he said.
"Can you see that?" I asked.
"I don't see anything different than normal other than the domain in your hand," he said.
"Good," I said as I put the domain in my pocket like it was a large rock. It made a small bulge in my jacket but nothing that would make anyone think twice about it.
I looked around at all the distracting effects in my vision and listened to the mouths talking and said, "Excellent."
I walked to the front door of Ravenkin's mansion and said back to him, "Good luck on your date!"
"Thanks!" He said and waved bye to me.
I waved back and closed the door. Ok, I knew what I wanted to do next and it wasn't going to another portal dungeon. I was going to meet foreman Blackhammer.
I opened the system menu and selected Quests. There was a long list of tasks or "objectives" as the system liked to call them, most of which were related to adding more tabs to the system menu.
There was another objective that seemed like it would end up being a forever task.
[Objective: Gain favor with Shikasa and access higher tiers of blessings]
That wasn't what I was in the Quest menu for though. I highlighted the objective, "Meet foreman Blackhammer." Then I tried to click it. It clicked in and permanently highlighted.
When I pulled out of the system menu the objective was in the upper center of my vision or heads up display also known as a HUD in games. There was a translucent arrow pointing me in the direction I needed to go to get to my objective.
This was what I was looking for when I opened the Quests menu. A directional heading. At first when I saw this objective in the System section of the Shop menu, I thought how am I supposed to meet him? It's not like I can look him up on the internet.
But then I remembered the mechanic in games that showed you where to go to complete your objective. And now I was set. I hopped down two floors in the elevator and caught a ride on the train.
I wished I had a fast travel mechanic in this system. The ability to choose where I wanted to go and then just appearing there without having to wait to get there. Maybe I would get it later, but since this would be my first time visiting this Blackhammer fellow, I had to take the long way to get there.