Dimensional Descent

"… Valiant Hall uses 20% of resources allocated for students without ever participating in resource competitions…"

"… Valiant Hall has exactly 793 cases of corruption in just this past half year alone since we began to track…"

"… Case 1: Student Aderil, guilty of embezzling merit points…"

"… Case 2: Student Xiron, guilty of embezzling merit points…"

"… Case 3: Student Faeynore, guilty of embezzling merit points…"

"… Case 7: Student Ren, guilty of exchanging merit points for favors..."

"… Case 8: Student Engkas, guilty of exchanging merit points for favors…"

"… Case 11: Student Morgo, guilty of exchanging merit points in exchange for sexual favors…"

Like a monotonous drone, Raylion began to list all the instances of the past half year. The stories were packed with such detail that one found it difficult to believe that they were fake. Things were only made worse by the fact these individuals of Valiant Hall weren't presence to defend themselves.

Things only continued to become more and more oppressive the more time Raylion spent speaking. It seemed that he had done thing on purpose, placing the most benign crimes ahead of the quickly worsening ones.

Explanations of exploitation, theft, and even sexual assault and violence were described in vivid detail, leaving many sitting in a state of half being at a loss and another half truly uncomfortable.

"… Case 22: Student Salor, guilty of …"

"… Case 31: Student Kirs, guilty of …"

"… Case 47: Teacher…"

The moment Raylion said the word teacher, the entire arena seemed to have deflated. It wasn't the kind of deflation one might experience from a waning balloon, but rather the kind that one would experience the second after a bomb dropped… The kind of deflation where the world lost its sound, color and feel before a blinding light and a cacophonic boom assaulted the senses.

students. Though these matters were serious, especially since many of them were in high positions, it felt as though this

said otherwise, it felt as though the whole world came to a grinding

of skipping out on private tutoring and stealing the merit points of

48: Student Nige,

Case 49: Student

50: Teacher Ven, guilty

It was a relentless onslaught of detailed stories spoken in a voice that couldn't have been less lively. But, that only made it all the more

Teacher Lujor,

were endless. By the time he reached higher into the triple digits, many began to realize that some names were appearing more and more often. Whereas in the beginning one might appear just a single time, the worse the crimes became,

Case 239: Student Lanceryn, guilty of posting fraudulent missions for enriching

243: Student Lanceryn, guilty of

using disciples for labor without

Teacher Dryn,

549:

Case 561:

inventory to the merchants. His actions were learned of by one of his students, resulting in

Ingsan, guilty of gross negligence. In a Campaign against our sworn enemy, the Oryx Tribe, his decisions led to the death of 14 geniuses of our Valiant Heart Mountain. The only survivor has been bribed into

was boring holes into Raylion. This only became worse after he heard Sael's name. He didn't care for the woman, but

the names of

scroll, taking his time as though he didn't have

had stormed into the arena. But, without a place for them to sit, they could only stand on the dueling platforms,

was so heavy that a wide space had been carved out around her. Everyone knew that if there was going to be a battle, she would be the one to fight.

they've likely become jumbled in your minds to the point that their crimes are meaningless. Honestly, I never wanted to reveal the trials and tribulations of victims in this way, but there was one matter that pushed me over the edge. It was this exact matter that

continued to

on a small

we all have been through, however that isn't

disciples, only one actually went through the necessary trials and earned a right to stand by our sides. As

but

this third disciple, a man who should have become one of our brothers, was killed by one of these two disciples before ever getting the chance to step foot onto our Mountain. The name of our lost brother is Anared Keafir, may we mourn his