Dimensional Descent

"Elders." Leonel smiled as though he hadn't just been talking about destroying them all. It seemed he had already gained the two face nature of a politician.

Leonel didn't see it this way, though. As long as Valiant Heart didn't get in his way, there wouldn't be any need for them to lock horns.

Of course… He was planning on aiding their mortal enemies for what must have been several millennia already. So, maybe his thinking was still a bit green, albeit more forceful than it had been in the past. Even Aina couldn't help but give him a side eye.

"I see that the shop is still going strong even after so long." Magnaril tried to open the conversation up with some small talk.

Leonel nodded in return. "My partners from the former Polished Glass Faction have improved greatly in my absence. I'm quite proud of them."

Leonel had left Kaela and the others without much guidance or instruction, not expecting his departure to actually be for so long. He had never thought that they would end up grasping the opportunity and growing so much in his absence, especially Kaela.

Long before he left and before even building BLACKSTAR, Leonel had given the group material and information they needed to greatly improve their Crafting. However, in the end, an opportunity was just an opportunity. Often times, people even took such things for granted to the point of squandering their chance entirely.

But Kaela, Rum, Madia and the others most definitely hadn't. In fact, their improvement even impressed Leonel.

strength to achieve his goals. But, his foundation couldn't be built without

had more than proven to him just what kind of people they were. And to Leonel, this was far more rare than just an individual with talent

had already given them even more resources and knowledge. As far as he was concerned, they were his

more pleasantries, something that would have been weird to any outside observer. It seemed as though they were having a talk of equals rather than a talk between seniors and juniors.

seen from Aina in the past couple years, Valiant Heart had practically been turned upside

become more and more enraged with each passing day. As the pressure from outside sources also increased,

such talks, Leonel could only rub his nose lightly, pretending to be completely oblivious despite knowing that he probably had the largest hand in all of this. But, was it really his fault? Who asked Raylion to piss him

that speech, Leonel had laid down the ground work to cause the collapse of his system. Unfortunately for Valiant Heart, though, before he could rein things back in short of their collapse, he became trapped in another world for two years. The result was seeds he had lay years ago growing and festering to the point

a thing, causing an uprising amongst the freshmen against their seniors, were Leonel and Aina. So, feigning ignorance was quite easy despite

things are better this way. The weaker they are, the less inclination they'll have to get in my way… It's either that or they'll react like cornered beasts. Hopefully it's the former and not

open, they eventually chose to go to a nearby restaurant. Leonel still had a rule up that only a single Fifth Dimensional entity could enter his shop at once and he didn't feel like changing

with Aina would help, she seemed to always be the one who headed their talks. As for the others, they were clearly

the point." Magnaril spoke after a deep breath. "Valiant Heart is in trouble and we've reached a point where the