Dimensional Descent

Jac observed the shop with a smile, his eyes scanning it from top to bottom. The youths who were standing around, some of whom had already been banned, could only watch on. In all their time on Valiant Heart, this was the first time they had ever heard of an elder taking the initiative to come to a student's shop like this.

Those who recognized Jac as the top Force Crafter of their organization, though, were even more shocked. Someone of Jac's status was only a step below the true powerhouses of the organization.

In truth, a Crafter would usually have even more power than Jac did. The only issue was that Jac couldn't Craft Bronze weapons. As such, most of the strongest warriors of Valiant Heart went to outside sources to get what they needed. This meant that Beinala's power wasn't as great as it could otherwise be had he been a Bronze Crafter.

That said, Jac still had quite a bit of power within the lower echelon of elders and among the elite students. It was he who created their weapons and did maintenance for them. As such, he had a great hold on the middle tier of Valiant Heart.

Still, Jac's greatest aspiration in life was to breakthrough and enter the Bronze ranks. In order to succeed, he needed resources, more than even he could gain by normal means.

He needed special natural treasures to temper his fingers and help them reach a higher Designation. He needed more materials so that he could practice creating Bronze treasures to stabilize his realm. And, most importantly, he needed the astronomical funds that would be required to buy Bronze Force Arts.

No matter which it was, it all required an impossible mountain of resources.

When faced with such an impossible to complete task, for the sake of his ambitions, which man wouldn't bend a little…? Even if it meant listening to some of the 'suggestions' of those he deemed to be his juniors.

Though all of these things were flowing through Jac's mind, his smile never faded.

"Let's go." He said to his wives. With that, they walked into the range of teleportation.

boxy, fabricated voice faded away to reveal a recorded message

you would come to my little shop, however it should be noted that BLACKSTAR only has weapons

would still like to take a look around, feel free. Unfortunately, due to my inadequate skill, only one of your level of status can enter at

still choose to

was actually quite soothing to listen to and gave many the illusion of a junior dutifully

when it registered to Jac, he felt it was particularly grating on the ears… as though there was a hidden mocking tone he couldn't quite pick up on

his two wives. They had a slight frown on their faces as well. But, when they thought about it, did any of this really make a

then there was nothing they could do other than

a brat in the Third Dimension wouldn't be

a smile. "With such a courteous junior, I

looking

…

complete loss. Watching Leonel work felt like he was watching a deity gingerly constructing

this was actually a product of Leonel's fingers blasting through the sound barrier

go so far for a mere Tier 6 weapon. It was just that he just