Dormammu had lived so long that very few could break through his guard.
But the one who truly pierced his defenses and left an indelible mark was only Alaric.
From the very first time he, out of sheer curiosity, approached Alaric that day, Dormammu felt that his misfortune began from that moment.
If only he had turned a blind eye to that mage who suddenly appeared in the Dark Dimension, Dormammu was convinced that things wouldn't have been this uncomfortable for him, nor would he have been humiliated this much!!
Dormammu said that Alaric was definitely his doom!
You fight him – you can't kill him, you chase him – you can't drive him away, you avoid him – you still can't avoid him!!
He finally went out to relax a bit, and his home got robbed!
Can you even believe that!?
In any case, Dormammu had encountered something this ridiculous for the first time in his life!
He never would've dreamed it!!
"Alaric!!"
An extremely furious roar suddenly echoed through the dark world, forcing Alaric to open his eyes.
Alaric sat in front of his Eternal Night World, watching the immense, surging dark energy rushing toward him from afar, and couldn't help but laugh.
Dormammu had returned.
This was a bit earlier than Alaric had expected.
Thanks to Dormammu, Alaric had reached a new level of power and began to sense and comprehend the wonders of the universe.
Unfortunately, if Dormammu hadn't returned, he could've devoured even more space and power belonging to the Dark Dimension.
In fact, if Alaric fully opened his Eternal Night World and merged it with the Dark Dimension, he could have become the lord of the Dark Dimension, embodied as its ruler, and completely seized Dormammu's authority!
And then kicked him out of this world!!
But unfortunately, Dormammu came back.
However, Alaric said that this feeling of rapid progress through dimensional invasions and devouring other worlds was seriously addicting!
No wonder Dormammu loved conquest so much.
If possible, Alaric would also like to find those uninhabited dimensional worlds and turn them into part of the Eternal Night World.
Isn't that faster than painstakingly absorbing energy on your own!?
...
"Alaric!! What did you do!? You bastard!!"
Dormammu appeared before Alaric, and upon seeing how the dimension behind him kept expanding and assimilating his dark world, he became furious!
The look in his eyes toward Alaric was full of killing intent!
At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to crush Alaric's body into tens of thousands of pieces!
Even if Alaric still had time magic at hand, Dormammu wanted to kill him a thousand, ten thousand times before even talking!!
"Dormammu, you're back."
Alaric looked at Dormammu without the slightest smile.
"You did this! You damn bastard!!" Dormammu gritted his teeth.
"Well, I'm just house-sitting." Alaric murmured seriously and nodded.
"House-sitting? You're stealing my house! You bastard!!"
Dormammu was furious.
"What stealing? Dormammu, don't slander me."
Alaric shook his head in displeasure.
"Slander you!?" Dormammu felt like he had just heard the biggest joke of his life!
"Yeah, I saw you weren't home, so I came especially to watch it for you. How can you say I'm slandering you?"
"You!!" Dormammu looked at Alaric in disbelief.
How can you speak such shameless words!?
"Stop this!" Dormammu roared.
"No." Alaric firmly shook his head.
Alaric said, even if you came back, if you want me to stop, only if you defeat me.
Otherwise, every little bit I devour, I'm keeping.
"You bastard! Die!!"
Dormammu erupted in fury, controlled the power of the dark world, and launched an attack at Alaric!
Upon seeing this, Alaric also raised his hand, and the dark power around him quickly condensed, blocking Dormammu's attack.
"You?!"
Dormammu was stunned.
"That's you! You stole the authority that belongs to me!?"
Dormammu immediately felt the waves bursting from Alaric's body, the same as his own.
Moreover, the way Alaric had just blocked wasn't done with his own power.
Instead, by relying on the power of dominion, he launched an attack equal to Dormammu's through control over the dark world.
In other words, Dormammu was now fighting a part of himself!
Unless Dormammu could retrieve the authority on Alaric's body!
Otherwise, the dark world might be split in two!
"Yes, I didn't expect such a harvest."
Alaric nodded, also somewhat disbelieving.
His initial idea was just to obtain a portion of territorial space belonging to the Dark Dimension, but he didn't expect that, because his Eternal Night World and the Dark Dimension originated from the same source, it would be recognized as "one of its own."
Because of that, Alaric gained part of the control over the Dark Dimension.
"That's impossible!? How did you do it!?"
Dormammu stared at Alaric in shock.
First of all, it should be impossible for Alaric to become the lord of the Dark Dimension because he wasn't absent.
Secondly, Alaric's power hadn't reached or surpassed his level, otherwise, he would've kicked him out long ago.
Finally, Dormammu discovered the cause through observation.
It was the dimensional world behind Alaric, which looked extremely familiar to him.
If it weren't for the obvious spatial rift and the massive dimensional gateway behind Alaric, Dormammu would've almost thought he was looking at the Dark Dimension.
"This is your dimension? But why does it…" Dormammu paused.
"Look familiar?"
"What are you trying to say?" Dormammu was uneasy.
"That's right. You could call my dimension a little dark world, because its source comes exactly from those mysterious energies you gave me at the beginning."
Alaric no longer hid the truth and directly told Dormammu.
"That's impossible!? It's impossible for there to be two identical dimensions in this world! Even if I gave you the same dimensional energy, you couldn't create it like this!?"
As a multiversal boss, Dormammu could easily create dimensional worlds, but he said he had never created a dimension with the same origin and attributes as the Dark Dimension.
"Maybe others can't, but I did and you saw it with your own eyes."
"..."
Dormammu fell silent. Yes, he saw it with his own eyes, and the truth was right before him.
"Wait! Does that mean you can also obtain those mysterious energies from your dimension!?"
Dormammu's jaw dropped.
"Yes, not only can I obtain them, but even if they appear from the Dark Dimension, I can use them too."
Alaric nodded.
"You can use them too?"
Dormammu furrowed his brows.
You know, those mysterious energies were the source of Dormammu's power!
Without them, Dormammu wouldn't have become this powerful so quickly!
These mysterious energies, like Odin's power, allowed Dormammu to use various types of powerful magic.
Even though losing access to them wouldn't directly weaken his current strength, in his heart, that was his personal property, something he couldn't allow anyone else to have!!
Then Dormammu instinctively tried to absorb the mysterious energies that had formed during his absence, but suddenly discovered they were actually gone!!
"How much energy did I have!?"
"Where did it go!?"