Dimensional Descent

Leonel's fist dripped with blood that wasn't his own, his forehead flickering with the light of a golden spear.

In that moment, he had activated his Duality Domain and . Let alone harming Leonel, Alfin had had all his strength sucked away in an instant. Their exchange had become akin to a toddler throwing a fist at an adult.

With the difference in the toughness of their bodies, Alfin was crushed near instantaneously. However, the smoldering abyss of Leonel's gaze didn't seem to calm in the slightest.

He slowly rose to his full height as the loose soil fell back down to the earth and the true state of things was revealed to those beyond Riah.

In that moment, the snide sneers of the two who had followed Alfin froze, their expressions warping.

"You…"

Leonel's gaze didn't spare them a glance. He simply turned and walked away.

Riah was stunned. Why was he still acting like nothing had happened?

"Wai—Wait!" Riah called out, but she found Noah instead of her true target.

"I'm not sure if you want to be so eager to talk to him right now, honestly. He's not the biggest fan of you either."

Riah choked on air. What the hell did she do?

was doing, but that was all. Maybe, on a deeper level, she felt that this was more of an opportunity for these branch

like her were the worst kind of people. They had enough sympathy to understand, but ultimately their own goals superseded whatever inner moral compass they

thought so deeply, so while she was off put by Noah's words in the beginning, a slight resentment and an unwillingness to accept them came soon after. Her lips downturned into a frown

have any idea

had seemingly long taken

silencing them, but this was obviously not for Leonel's sake, but rather her own. The

was because this soil was rich in nutrients and loose, its structural integrity was inherently not very high to begin with. That was to say that in

had seen Riah go over to ask for help. And, on top of that, these weren't nameless youths. They weren't anywhere near the topline

before it blew up in her face. And,

the fall for it. I have to inform grandmother so she can deal with the aftermath. If things aren't properly handled, grandma's enemies could use this to deal with

current Leonel seem

…

room and entered

What are you doing here?

They had all been preparing a large feast for the youths who were coming today, so they had already been working all day. All of them were Force Pill Crafters

clearly still apprentice Force Pill Crafters. Why would Fluttering Star Order truly go all out for a bunch of branch family

though, completely ignored them. His hand reached into an open oven with billowing flames and took out and