Dimensional Descent

Reynred stepped forward, the crowd of Kings splitting for him.

He wore the same black robes accented with deep blue soft armor. He was a young man of charming looks and a somewhat dark gaze. And, unlike in the past, he wasn't followed by either Jilniya nor Wilas of World's End Falls and Mirage Pavilion respectively. That said, he hadn't come alone either.

He was followed by another pair of woman and man. Though, unlike Wilas and Jilniya who couldn't have been more different from one another, this pair looked strikingly similar. At a glance, it was easy to make out that they were siblings, fraternal twins, in fact.

This pair of twins walked side by side, their shoulders practically rubbing against one another. And, judging by their demeanor, they most definitely weren't subordinated to Reynred either.

At the end of the first phase, there had been seven Emperors total. Leonel, Anred, Reynred, Jilniya, Wilas and… these twins.

'The Moon siblings…'

For two Emperor level talents to appear in just one family, one could imagine the luck it would take. And most could only do exactly that: imagine.

The Moon family, however, didn't have to do this. They birthed a brother-sister pair just forty or so years ago that carried the hope of their future.

Since this was a family, it was no surprise that they were a part of the City Lord power structure and founded their strength upon governance and commerce. However, Anared and the rest of the Keafir family had known for a long time that the Moon family had been leaning toward the Powers for a long time already.

Still, this situation likely had little to do with their affiliations. They were most likely just as curious as everyone else who this mysterious person who managed to claim the Dream Abode was.

The truth was that even Anared only had a good idea of who it was. After all, as far as he was aware, there was only one other Emperor. However, he had yet to confirm it, mostly because he too didn't dare to casually approach that Abode.

That said, that appearance of this person coincided with that young man's disappearance.

"Fine. If it's only you three, I can accept it." Anared replied calmly. "However, if any others try to take advantage of the situation, don't blame me for being rude."

Anared's back vibrated wildly as though thirsting for blood. Beneath his might, several

smiled. Her lips were such a bright shade of red that it seemed she had just been sipping blood

"Lead the way."

was so sweet it almost made one forget the tension in

It was obvious that if Anared had a choice, he wouldn't allow any of them through no matter whether the number was small

trial before, so they knew what kind of advantages a successful invasion could give. Under normal circumstances, no one would ever give an enemy even an inkling of

his

Abodes. But, before he could get

need to insult our intelligence like this, right? You're going in

light and airy. It somehow both made

step paused. "Since you know where he is, point me in

where Leonel was. But, the three Emperors who followed him shared a 'knowing'

it wasn't a surprise that they didn't take long to

atop yet another stone monument, completely lost in his own world. Compared to other, his Emperor brand seemed particularly dazzling, obscuring the black monitoring mark that was

sudden appearance of four more Emperors, Leonel was unmoved. Or, rather, it was more accurate to say that he didn't spare any of his thoughts toward them. Though he knew four

were

"Third Dimension?"

Moon sibling's words were just as gentle on the ears as usual. However, this time, rather than just being calming and cold, it felt as though a bomb had erupted amidst the

he is?" Reynred looked toward the Keafir

sent a noncommittal glance over. "He's the seeded participant of my Keafir family. He is courting

The three Emperors froze.

they remembered. There was an Emperor that entered the Eastern Sector during the first phase. The commotion that

no one had heard from the young man at all. And, this young man had also ignored the unspoken rules and had yet to visit