He floated within utter darkness.
A system screen appeared before him.
[Player Alex, You are being awakened.]
Golden light suddenly flooded his vision. He threw an arm over his eyes to block the blinding glare.
As the light slowly dimmed, he lowered his arm. His gaze fell on the Origin Dominion for the first time.
"Damn…"
It resembled an enormous pyramid with countless ethereal, glowing strings extending outward from it.
He blinked, and the shape shifted into a perfect sphere.
Another blink, and it changed again.
With every blink, it transformed, yet the glowing strings remained constant.
It was truly ever-changing.
'I've never seen anything like this…' Even though he was so close, he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he could never reach it.
His gaze shifted towards the strings coming out of it, just;by glancing at them he felt his mind split and his eyes turned unfocused as if, he had entered a safe mode on himwithinlf.
One of the bright ethereal strings shot out from the Origin Dominion and pierced straight into him.
A surreal sensation filled every cell of his body — Mana was flowing through him, rebuilding him stronger than ever before.
A new screen materialized.
[Congratulations! Player Alex, you have awakened a talent.]
Golden sparks swirled around him and converged toward the center of his forehead.
[SSS-Rank: Hall of Great Evils.]
"Great!" A smile spread across his lips. Even though he had known he would obtain this, part of him hadn't been sure — he was no longer the original Alex, after all. But everything had worked out exactly as he hoped.
Suddenly the string began to glow even brighter.
"What's going on?" he muttered in utter confusion, he didn't remember something like this happening in Evil Protagonist's Viewpoint.
[Error! Error! Error!]
"Huh?!"
Multiple screens flooded his vision.
[Player Alex, you have been assigned as an (Anomaly).]
"Anomaly? Is it because I am not the real Alex?" he mumbled with a dumbfounded expression.
[Your Origin Spark has formed a stronger connection with Origin Dominion.]
[Ding!]
[Player Alex, you have been chosen as the host of the Dominion System.]
"W-What?! A system?!"
[You are being sent to Zyandra.]
Before he could even understand what had just happened, his vision twisted violently.
The next moment he stood inside a simple wooden cottage nestled deep within a dense forest. The cottage contained only the bare essentials one would need for daily life — a bed, a table, a chair, and basic cooking utensils.
As it came to his mind, he immediately called out, "Status."
A status screen appeared before him.
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Name: Alex Voss (Anomaly)
Talent: Hall of Great Evils (SSS)
Level: 0 (F)
Experience: [0 / 1000]
Combat Power: 1.1
Skills: None.
Affinity: None.
Artifact: None.
Summon: None.
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"How am I supposed to call out to my system?" he whispered.
[Dominion System is being initialized.]
[Initialization complete.]
[Host Alex, with the help of the Dominion System, you can copy skills and attributes of your opponents.]
[Each quest and kill awards you with Dominion Points which can be used to upgrade skills, affinities, and purchase items from the Shop.]
[Those who have been defeated by you cannot go against your command.]
He called out again, this time with much more expectation "Status."
The screen refreshed instantly, now showing new lines.
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Name: Alex Voss (Anomaly)
Talent: Hall of Great Evils (SSS)
Level: 0 (F)
Experience: [0 / 1000]
Combat Power: 3.1
Dominion Points: 0
Skills: [Dominion Mark (S)], [Eye of Dominion (S)]
Affinity: None.
Artifact: None.
Summon: None.
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He focused on his talent. A new window unfolded before his eyes.
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Hall of Great Evils
Rank: SSS
Description: A separate dimension created by the Mother Beyond The Veil to trap the beings with immensely negative karma.
Effects:
• You can enter the Hall whenever you wish to.
• You cannot be physically harmed in the Hall.
• You can turn any of the evil into a summon upon their approval.
• 
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He focused on the skills.
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Dominion Mark
Rank: S
Description: A mark which thats the victor to command the defeated opponent.
Restriction: You cannot command the opponent to harm themself unless they agree to it.
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Eye of Dominion
Rank: S
Description: Upon defeating a person, you can copy their skill or affinity.
Restriction: If the opponent is greatly weaker than you, instead of skill or affinity, you would obtain extra Dominion Points.
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"Sheesh…" Alex whistled. "Isn't that too broken?"
He chuckled, the sound low and genuinely amused.
Just then a new screen appeared before him.
[You have obtained a minor quest.]
[Quest: Hunter I — Kill 150 F rank monsters.]
[Reward: Common Artifact loot box x1, 100 Dominion Points.]
[Time Limit: 1 week.]
[Death upon failure.]
[Good luck.]
"..."
"Good luck it says…"
He sat in the chair placed a few steps away from him and mumbled in thought, "Should I enter the Hall?"
As of right now, he didn't even know how to throw a punch and if he wanted to survive, he needed to know way more than that.
There was a reason why he was thinking so much about it and that was how the Hall functioned.
He couldn't just go and command the villains there as he felt like doing. He had to either defeat them or make them follow him on their own.
And to enter the deeper parts of the Hall, he needed strength.
"If I go to her I may not need to meet anyone else for some good amount of time… but would she agree?"
Alex rubbed his palms against his face and let out a sigh. "I have to give it a try."
He closed his eyes and mumbled, "Hall of All Evils… Heed my call."
A bright ethereal octahedron appeared in the dark world of his consciousness.
It was his Origin Spark and it had two orbs inside it.
The first one was dark, absorbing light around it — it was his talent.
The second one was glowing bright golden — it was the Dominion System.
Darkness covered his body and a cold breeze hit him.