Dimensional Descent

In the face of such overwhelming pressure, Leonel and Aina were unmoved. If before it had been difficult for Aina to climb this mountain pass, at this current instant, she felt like she was walking through field of fragrant breeze.

Hand in hand, the couple glided forward, a number of the other twelve following along with them.

Counting the number of individuals who took this pressure in stride, there was Aphestus, Raylion, Sael, and two others that Leonel did not recognize. But, from what it seemed like, one of them was from Bear Rose and the other was from Severed Heart.

Among those struggling, there was the remaining member of the former Valiant Hall, a member of Bear Rose and Severed Heart, along with Radlis.

Of all these, there was just one person Leonel didn't account for, and he was the fourth individual to gain a spot of entry alongside, Leonel, Aina and Radlis.

And that person was King of Ores, Sarrieth.

Sarrieth seemed to be at the very center of the pack. He didn't seem to be mightily struggling, but he also didn't seem to be having an easy time either.

Even to Leonel, this in between state seemed genuine. If Sarrieth was faking it, he'd have to be on a completely different level entirely.

However, after this thought, Leonel didn't pay any more attention to Sarrieth. In his opinion, he didn't have any life or death struggles with Sarrieth.

The King of Ores Faction targeted him so that Sarrieth would have an easier path toward blue belt promotion, and they had succeeded in that regard.

In retaliation, though, they had to face Leonel's wrath. They lost their prestige and their hold on the Ore market in one sweep. It could be said that Leonel felt that he had dealt them a devastating enough blow.

hands, but he had also

by now Leonel should know that things like logic and fairness didn't exactly work this

a step forward, Leonel and Aina crossed into the swirling Gate first. Almost

vision cleared. When he got a look around, his brows raised in

Aina stood in a hall of massive proportion. The walls were lined with bronze statues standing at 50 meters tall and there was a large dome of glass overhead that sparkled with rays of sunshine. The dome alone was at least 70 meters above the ground. To stand in

was several times more obscene. Leonel couldn't quite see to the end of it despite the fact there was nothing

another pair of outrageously tall bronze statues facing each other with backs against the wall. Somehow, each of these warriors had a different air to them

of different weapons, wore all sorts of different armors and gear, they even seemed to come

was shocked.

just two statues displaced from his current location, there was

Wasn't this supposed to be Valiant Heart's Variant Zone? Why

world was on the brink of destruction. This particular Zone had appeared thousands of years ago when Valiant Heart was about to collapse. It was only thanks to a treasure they gained from the

one to peer into the future and gain some benefits from it. Aina, for example, gained the Abyss Panther bloodline that

by the Oryx, maybe this Variant Zone was never Valiant Heart's

he shook his head. Things weren't

the air of Valiant Heart Mountain. This was definitely their Variant Zone. But, these

more Leonel observed them, the more shocked

weren't 'different' races at all. All the statues that depicted a species other than human was actually a variation on what

Leonel made this connection in his

human. The other 30% were

longer a Zone was held open, the more variables that