Dimensional Descent

When Leonel reappeared within the cave, several eyes looked toward him at once. Their reactions were so quick that Leonel could practically here the wind their spinning heads caused.

Toward such a reaction, he could only smile bitterly. It seemed that they really had been waiting for him. Not a single person was missing from the time he had left to now. What else could they be doing if not waiting for him?

"Have you all come to a decision?" Leonel asked.

The youths looked at one another, but it seemed that the answer to the question was no. They had likely just gotten tired of arguing and let the matter rest for now. At least… that was what Leonel had thought before he realized that many of them were even avoiding his gaze as though being embarrassed by something.

"What about you all?" Leonel asked with narrowed eyes.

Though it was the same question, this time, Leonel very obviously aimed it toward the six others who could be considered near his level of strength.

Pisces stood upon hearing these words, walking toward Leonel with a confident expression. Though there didn't seem to be disdain in her gaze, this was only because she knew that Leonel was much more powerful than she was. However, there seemed to be something that had greatly boosted her boldness regardless.

"While you were away, we came to a consensus as a group."

"Oh? Did you?"

Leonel looked past Pisces, sending a questioning gaze toward the others.

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his gaze as though he too was embarrassed. As for Chasing Wind, though she met his gaze, there was a tinge of guilt within her eyes. But, for some reason, she would feel even more guilty not meeting Leonel's gaze, so she put in effort to not look away. As for Flowing Wind, she was observing the situation as though she was a

faces, making it difficult to tell their true intentions, he

Lion didn't seem to care about what was going on. He only shrugged to show that he had nothing to do with what was happening, but he couldn't do much to

what was happening, but he too couldn't move the needle. He seemed to take this much harder than Roaring Black Lion, something that made Leonel smile beside himself. He found this Thunderous Clap to be quite

seemed to make it seem like she had made the most logical decision for herself. As such, though she felt

'Interesting, interesting…'

look in his eyes as though he was losing out even more than Leonel. After seeing

"I don't agree!"

could even explain what was going on,

"I don't agree either."

affirmed Seer's

of them had been saved by Leonel at a critical moment. Had it not been for Leonel, they would be dead. How could they

that had been saved. Even setting aside the fact that Leonel taking the vanguard had kept

I'm sure

toward Leonel

over the SS-grade Beast Crystal to me. As long as I ingest it, there is a high chance my ability will mutate

dictionary. So, they knew well the importance of approaching as closely to the Force geyser as possible

of a reaction to this. Instead, he looked toward King of

everyone choose you

seemed that he now hated Pisces just as much as he hated Leonel. But, there was nothing he could

opinion, the big obstacle had been King of Seas, not Leonel. It wasn't because the former was more powerful than the latter, but because only the former could sway public opinion away