Dimensional Descent

Chapter 903: Genius Deductions

Valiant Heart Mountain instantly found itself to be under a lot of pressure. Gretta hadn't moved to attack in several days, and yet she also hadn't tried to hide her presence. Whether it was the lowest worker in the organization up to the highest standing elder, there wasn't a single soul that didn't know that Valiant Heart Mountain had finally reached the end of its rope.

What was especially odd was that the Oryx Tribe had been quiet for several months already. This alone had made many feel like something was fishy. But, before they could learn what was happening, they landed in this situation.

…

Within BLACKSTAR, Keira, the twins and Rum were present. If the rest of Valiant Heart Mountain could be described to be in a panic, these four were tranquil. Even the usually reserved and panicky Litia managed to exude the same confidence as her more boisterous younger sister, Madia.

"Do you think they will really attack?" Madia asked Keira.

"I … I don't think so." Keira said after a moment of thought, her gaze still focused on the Craft she was working on.

Those familiar with training Crafters would immediately recognize that Keira might have been drawing Force Arts with her quill, but she wasn't actually Crafting. Rather, her target was what looked like a solid piece of wood. And yet, beads of sweat fell from her forehead with every stroke she made.

substance with an irregular pattern of grain. This combination of characteristics made it especially difficult to control a Crafting Quill. The substance being dense and tough made things difficult enough, but the irregular grain patterns made it so that

for those

"Oh? Why not?"

Way Guild would eventually attack. Still, she wasn't very worried about it. Worst case scenario, they would just flash the badges they had earned from the Force Crafting Guild. Unless the

put their lives in the hands of others, there were all sorts of other things they could do. For example, hiring a body guard from the Guild was possible. They could also simply leave Planet

precisely because the optics would be poor. Whether they liked it or not, they were still representing Leonel even

one wanted to work with to the most important Crafters of the organization in just

was impossible to tell if their resolve would hold firm even to the point of death, at least for now when their lives weren't in immediate path of harm, they had no reason to betray

reason why we can't just leave," Keira replied, "the optics would be terrible. The Milky Way Guild is a Guild of Merchants. What is most

back on Planet Vincero, it would have been fine. After all, that was their territory being encroached upon. They had the right to defend it. But now, they're baring their teeth toward others. Whether they want it to or not, this action suddenly reminds everyone that this 'friendly' group of Merchants they've allowed into every corner

bares their fangs completely, nothing might change initially, but soon they'd find themselves

a demand for higher taxes from the territories they operate in, and then it might become their operations having to be 'overseen' in case of illegal activity, then it might become smaller merchant Guilds eating up contracts they had held on to for

so smart!" Litia's innocent, child-like eyes

her Crafting Quill deviating from the

yes. Of course." She said, hiding the tinge of red that colored