Dimensional Descent

The WHOOSH sound of a formed portal caught everyone's attention. It swirled about with a radiant dark violet and looked like a rotating nebula.

Alienor cast a glance and released her hold on Leonel's forearm.

"It seems it is time to go."

Somewhat reluctantly, Leonel released his grip on Rychard's throat. The latter fell to the ground heavily, coughing and wheezing. It took several moments for the color to return to his face and several more for his light headedness to vanish.

Rychard grit his teeth hard but he restrained himself, relaxing his body in the next instant. If it wasn't for the somewhat vacant look in his eyes, one would have never guessed that something had happened. Well, that and the fact there was already a clear bruise in the shape of a hand around his throat.

He rose from the ground slowly, but steadily.

"Follow me." Alienor said lightly.

There was a certain heaviness in Alienor's tone right this moment. It wasn't because she feared for herself, but rather because she wasn't naïve enough to believe that her actions would have no effect on her son. In fact, she was certain that it would be the direct opposite.

husband had been watching Leonel like a hawk right this moment, and even knowing the kind of strength he had, she would

around them and they could only be enforced within its

was a different matter entirely, but there were several more ways for them to make things difficult.

the reality was that she had only gone so far because she needed to give her Little Lion every advantage he could get,

already lagging far

than his transportation to the Dimensional Cleanse Trial World and felt a lot like his body was being

feet beneath him once again, the world

had made it feel like his horizons had been broadened beyond

world, no planet, no moon… The Void Palace was just an enormous

The distance from its base to its lowest peak was taller than the diameter of three planets stacked on top of one another, and

his brain around just how such a construct could even have

mountain range itself. Of course, this was partly due to the fact that the obsidian mountain that made up the Void Palace's territory seemed to be covered

Note: A Paifang is a Chinese

piece of each one of their archways containing what looked like a miniature blazing white star, providing the only sort of contrast

too close. They bore down with a