" Welcome to my playground. "
Says Principal Yaga sitting on a pile of cursed dolls looking down at Mute who is glaring at him confused. A smirk appears on Yaga's face as he speaks to Mute once again.
" You seem to be quite knowledgeable about cursed energy seeing how refined your energy is. So, let me ask you a question. If hundreds of cursed dolls are placed inside the room what will happen? "
Mute looks around at the cursed dolls trying to figure out what Yaga is hinting at. However, before he could make the realization, Yaga spoke.
" You seem not to be getting it. So let me give you a hint. I have to place cores inside these dolls to make them able to move, and if hundreds of cores are in the same room. What will happen if a core is destroyed next to another? "
After hearing this Mute's eyes widen finally realizing what Yaga was hinting at. Mute looked back seeing that the hole he created by his body slamming through the wall was now patched up with concrete. Mute looked back at Yaga before smacking his lips.
Yaga had essentially led Mute into one massive trap. Every time Mute destroys the core of a cursed doll instead of being destroyed, the core would instead fly into another cursed doll causing the dolls to grow stronger. Mute would eventually tire, and be defeated by the horde of cursed dolls.
Mute could stop the horde using his cursed technique, however, eventually, he would run out of energy and lose. Yaga's plan was near perfect but he didn't expect one thing. Yaga was observing Mute's strength the entire time he battled Todo and the other first grades. And he based the number of cursed dolls he created on that battle.
However, unbeknownst to Yaga, Mute had been actively limiting himself throughout the entire fight to achieve one simple goal. Mute knew he was classified as a special grade, yet he still felt like there was a massive gap between himself and the other special grades he battled with.
To make up for this fact, Mute decided to battle all of the first grades like he had done in the past to see how much improvement he made. But during his battle, he noticed that he wasn't doing much better, so he decided to stop holding back and try to his fullest, yet he still didn't win as easily as he expected.
Mute now, in his head is doubting his strength. But unbeknownst to Mute the reason for his struggles wasn't because he was holding back it was his hesitation to action. Throughout Mute's time in this cursed world, he has always been under someone. He doesn't know what it means to have true strength.
Mute always doubted himself which in turn made his strength weaker. Mute was worried about what would happen in the future instead of focusing on what was happening in the present.
Yaga looked at Mute staring at his face until suddenly a chill ran through his spine making sweat pour down his face. Yaga felt like something had changed in Mute. The cursed energy surrounding his body had stopped. Mute let out a cruel chuckle as he ran his hand through his black hair. Until he squatted down.
Like the first time using his innate technique, a formula had appeared in Mute's brain. Mute tried to process this formula while he squatted, hanging his head down and looking at the bright green grass. Seeing that something strange was happening, Yaga quickly waved his hands ordering the cursed dolls to lunge at Mute.
The sound of hundreds of footsteps rippled out as the cursed dolls dashed and leaped toward the squatting Mute. The dolls inched closer as Mute slowly raised his head and grinned while locking eyes with Prinpical Yaga.
The act of locking eyes with Mute made Yaga's heart beat rapidly. Yaga now knew something bad was happening as he watched as Mute's mouth latched open and he spoke two words.
" Domain Expansion... "