Dimensional Descent

Leonel's eyes were blinded for a moment. All he felt was that he had landed upon a soft patch of land. It was only after his sight finally came back to him that he realized he was standing atop just one of a series of rolling hills.

There didn't seem to be anything particularly special about this place other than the fact the air felt particularly fresh in an earthy kind of way. The Earth of Leonel's time had already put a lot of resources into developing clean energy and had saved the planet long ago. But, its air still felt somewhat artificial compared to this place.

Leonel found it hard to explain, but he could only say that the air of his Earth felt almost too clean while this place carried just the right amount of impurity, It made people feel at ease.

Not long after Leonel regained his bearings, a silver boat appeared in the skies. And, not long after that, Monet rushed in with Mayfly, Violet Rain, Big Buddha and Mountain.

Upon entry, it was no surprise that 11 pairs of eyes fell upon Leonel. Some were of curiosity, some of disdain, and some of rage. The rage and disdain was mostly seen on the Slayer Legion side while the curiosity came from the Adurna side. Though, the latter seemed to carry a hint of disdain as well.

This only made sense, after all, Leonel was the only one here without a supporting cast. He was all alone and seen as an easy target.

They all knew the rules of this place. The rewards of a Zone were already set in stone in terms of their quantity. In that case, if they killed Leonel, it meant that there would be one more set of rewards for them.

At this point, Leonel was also feeling a bit tired. It had taken quite a bit of effort to obscure the little girl's vision with his Light Elemental Force. He hadn't thought that such a simple action would take so much out of him. He would definitely have to interrogate the dictionary about a better method.

Still, he wasn't feeling anxious. Actually, he smiled toward the little girl.

"You sure caused me a lot of trouble."

There didn't seem to be any anger in his voice. He sounded like a big brother speaking to his little sister. In fact, he wasn't angry at all. He found it difficult to be angry at such an adorable little girl. She couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 years old.

The little girl who went by Nana seemed scared of Leonel's gaze as she hurriedly hid behind another young woman who was closer to Leonel's age.

The young lady glared at Leonel as though to give him a warning to not bully her little sister, but Leonel only laughed. He had always been an only child, but seeing such a scene, he felt that having such an adorable little sister wouldn't be so bad.

"Young man, you go by Leonel, correct? What say you to becoming a retainer of my Adurna family?" Matteus suddenly spoke.

Leonel's strength. Plus… From what he overheard from Monet's conversation with

Leonel, suddenly paused, her brows furrowing slightly. They were already outnumbered by one. If Leonel joined them, it would be

Matteus. If she didn't, their side wouldn't have anyone who could stand up

It was very likely that the Adurna family would just snatch his treasure and not

Matteus was

Are you sure you want to accept

raised an eyebrow. After

Slayer Legion. In fact, Monet's

embarrassed. They had been so enraged by Leonel's comments that it seemed they forgot they

his

a light smile. "I'm already aware of certain things. Old Hutch has a

mean to say is that I once almost destroyed a Fort of The Empire, are you still certain you

wasn't just him,

a thing? She had to admit that she didn't investigate Leonel much past knowing he was affiliated

a while,

some strings,

he said so much. He wanted to know more about the relationship between The Empire and these hidden families. Matteus'

to be relieved. "I also killed a few members of the Brazinger family, is that alright

might have thought he was lying for some fame, but didn't they

lip twitched. But in the end,

families weren't so simple. They couldn't be considered to be allies, but they couldn't be

exchange for a favor. If he brought Leonel in, gained that treasure of his, and gained a debt of gratitude from the Brazinger family… Just how many

Leonel to start sinking into the ground right before his eyes, leaving him stunned once

said with what seemed like a genuine

stepped forward to try and stop