Dimensional Descent

Big Buddha frowned when he entered the castle. He immediately realized that there wasn't a single other soul. But, by his estimations, this didn't make sense. He most definitely wasn't the most powerful of those who had chosen to participate. By all rights, he logically shouldn't have been the first to reach this point.

He suddenly felt like something was wrong. The cold stone beneath his feet, the eerie works of art that hung from the tall walls and windows, the knight statues decorated with immaculate armor… It all felt too quiet, too disconcerting.

Little did Big Buddha know that there were several individuals feeling the exact way he did.

They all stood in the very same hall Big Buddha did, staring at the same eerie walls, feeling the same stifling weight on their chests, but none of them sensed the other. It was as though they were on different planes of existence, viewing the same things from a completely different perspective.

Leonel sat within the throne room, coldly watching these events. He was both surprised and disappointed to see Big Buddha taking part. Others might not be aware, but weren't they both here to complete the same mission? What did he gain by targeting him like this?

Leonel sighed and shook his head. He looked off blankly into the distance for a moment.

This world… why was it like this?

Something faint budded within Leonel's heart, but he wasn't in the mood to grasp it. He simply wanted this to end.

"Let's go, Little Blackstar."

Leonel took a step forward and was suddenly shrouded by shadows.

…

Zyllee was a Demon Lord ranked #19. He could be considered to have made a name for himself a long time ago.

sharp hawk-like eyes. What was most surprising about him, though, was the fact he was one of the

crossed over one step at a time, leaving his body in a ready position to fire his

could learn many things. It was clear that while Leonel's talent was several

by the fact he was the only one here. He was confident in

that though he seemed cautious, he was the one with his guard the most lowered. In fact, he could even spare thoughts toward the kind of rewards he would gain

if he just killed his only opponent? Why waste ten

in bumps and sinkholes. It looked more like a piece of aged

tip of his tongue swung past his nose, picking at

can

suddenly spoke, his head whipping around in the direction he had sensed movement. But, all he found was a corpse falling

he hardly registered an arrow aimed through the body and

the end, Zyllee was still a veteran of the battlefield. While it was clever to use a body to cover an attack, it was also inevitable that said attack would be slowed

dove out of the way of the corpse, rolling along the ground before propping himself up on a knee. Without even standing up, he was already prepared to

Unfortunately…

BANG!

metallic shrapnel barraged the #19 Demon

his entire being on aiming his first shot. He had thought that Leonel's attack was finished the moment the corpse fell and didn't even bother to move away from it. Little did he know that the corpse

shrapnel, causing his already

He could already feel his consciousness

never even got the chance to hit the ground when an arrow shot through his

You couldn't have at least… checked if I

had been hurt by the initial strike, it hadn't been to the point of dying so soon. He was severely injured, but as a