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.

his foundation couldn't be built without a layer

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

more resources and knowledge. As far as he was concerned, they

seemed as though they were having a talk of equals rather than a talk between seniors

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

away, the more and more backlash his system received. The Freshmen seemed to only become more and more enraged with each

rub his nose lightly, pretending to be completely oblivious despite knowing that he probably had the largest hand in all

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

freshmen against their seniors, were Leonel and Aina. So, feigning ignorance was quite easy despite

are better this way. The weaker they are, the less inclination they'll have to get in my way… It's either

have such a talk out in the open, they eventually chose to go to a nearby restaurant. Leonel still had a rule up that

later, the group sat down. Once again, Magnaril took the lead. Maybe because they believed her familiarity with Aina would help, she

is in trouble and we've reached a point where the