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 matter could still be dealt with easily. At the very least, if

it felt as though the whole world came

guilty of skipping out on private tutoring and stealing the merit points of students for nothing

48: Student Nige, guilty

49: Student

Teacher Ven, guilty of

relentless onslaught of detailed stories spoken in a voice that couldn't have been less lively. But, that

Case 102: Teacher Lujor, guilty of

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

Student Lanceryn, guilty of posting fraudulent

Student Lanceryn, guilty of

331: Teacher Dryn, guilty of using disciples for

Case 334: Teacher

549: Teacher

561:

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

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 silence and has

Sael's name. He didn't care for the woman, but that didn't mean he

what Raylion said was true, weaponizing the names of victims in this way, was

as though he didn't have

But, without a place for them to sit, they could only stand on the dueling

had been carved out around her. Everyone knew that if there was going to be

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 made me understand that Valiant Hall had no right to be the arbiter of justice

to

a Brave City on a small Fourth

through, however that isn't the case. There is nothing about this story

earned a right to stand by our sides. As

went through the crowd, but Raylion seemed to have

disciple, a man who should have become one of our brothers, was killed by one of these two disciples before ever getting the