Dimensional Descent

BANG!

The first hit left Halgo in a complete daze. But, the second made his vision go black. The last thing he felt was a rush of heat to his nose before he collapsed to the ground.

As for everyone else? All they saw was a flash of light denoting the start of the duel, only for it to quickly end in a fountain of blood spraying out from Halgo's nose.

Yet, not only did the blood not touch Leonel, it didn't even touch the catalogue either. By some mysterious force, it shot back, splattering all over the falling Halgo's face.

Leonel blinked, looking toward Aina.

"Is that another cool vampire ability?"

Aina pouted slightly beneath her mask. "I'm not a vampire."

"Are you sure about that?" Leonel grinned.

Aina turned away and ignored him. How could she be a vampire? Wasn't she walking around in the sun just fine? Garlic was probably her favorite flavor to add to food. Plus, she never really craved blood… unless you counted that one instance.

Leonel was just teasing her.

As though the couple couldn't sense all the eyes around them, they bantered as Leonel flipped through the selection of missions.

"… A shame."

A while later, Leonel shook his head.

allowed

penalty and time constraints placed on these missions, but he decided to hold back a bit.

ten, they have relatively good rewards. Once we accumulate enough, it'll be easier to promote to white belt and open up more

easier

exactly wrong. Nibbling at these easy missions was

them. For example, the duel Leonel just initiated. This duel had always been a part of Valliant Heart Mountain's culture, but

City. That way, one

to the rule changes, it had essentially become a court system, not much unlike the Valiant Hall Meeting that was called just three days ago, except on a smaller

used to battle

policing these duels was that those of higher belts couldn't challenge

while this was a benefit, there were still many other hindrances. Black belts, while receiving these protections, were also restricted in

certain kinds of resources that black belts couldn't touch, certain establishments within the city they couldn't enter, and, as seen

to raise their status first even if things might

Leonel smiled. "No rush."

mysterious. I can be

said these words without much oddity in her tone, but she

that supposed to

Leonel as they began to

does it

nuzzling up against Aina.

don't need him right? He can go act mysterious by himself." Aina smiled sweetly beneath her mask, stroking Little

little mink nodded in

opened his mouth to say something, but he already felt as though he

laws as well. The fact that higher ranked belts can't challenge lower ranked ones is just the first. For example… black belts might not be able to own ore mines or stores or even form