Dimensional Descent

Leonel smiled. "Luck?"

Though Leonel had said this lightly, the elders didn't seem to find it very funny. Even Elder Tobis, one of the few Leonel had seen that weren't so uptight, wasn't very moved.

But, this only made sense. Valiant Heart Mountain was already in a terrible situation even long before the Oryx made such a move. Now they felt as though they were being pincered from all sides.

For these elders, it must have felt like watching their legacies crumble before them all in real time. How could they be in the mood for jokes?

As much as these elders wanted to believe that so many freshmen could survive, they had already prepared themselves to be wiped out completely. But now, instead of being pleasantly surprised, they were just skeptical. And, after interrogating all of the freshmen about what happened, it all seemed to revolve around this one young man.

Leonel sighed when he saw such a scene.

"I'm a Force Crafter who has a high affinity for metal and whose ability happens to be a sensory type. Finding mines and navigating them is probably what I'm best at."

Leonel's reply was straight to the point.

The elders looked toward one another. This matched up with pretty much everything they knew.

The elder who sat to Tobis' right scanned Leonel up and down, his eyes blazing with a peculiar light.

"Your explanation sounds perfect, but I still have some questions."

"Mm?" Leonel met this elder's gaze.

"What happened with your seniors?"

directly responsible for several deaths and separated from us after we entered the mine tunnels. In

you in a crisis, yet you were still able to leave before them? Despite having to protect more than 70 other freshmen? Does that make sense even to

do you

The Elder replied plainly. "It also wouldn't be the first time some with less than optimal motives used outside

be up to you, then, to prove that I colluded with the Oryx to leave safely. If that's all, I'll be leaving

and stretched his back, feeling a satisfying

say

"Nope, you didn't."

and walked

brat!" Heinla grit his

the elder before he could blow his top. "We have certain rules

that Leonel lost patience almost as soon as the line of

order to hide this truth, he often asked questions he didn't need to. Somehow, Leonel had seen

and two that it was even powerful enough to see through elders on

him like a traitor when they mostly confirmed that he wasn't also rude? Especially since Leonel had to put his life

and worse every generation. I can't stand any of

seem intent on going to make trouble

that we just let the younger

He didn't even care for the opinions of any of us old

doing missions? If it wasn't for the rule changes, they

interrogate that Raylion little brat too and see if he's the one colluding

third elder, who had remained silent until

that he cut things short, there's something far