Dimensional Descent

"Leonel, you…"

Aina didn't know what to say.

The transition into Chaos Demon wasn't something she could control. The moment she reached a certain stage of comprehension in her Blood Sovereinty and took out the heirloom of the Silver Empire, everything happened so fast she couldn't' stop it even if she wanted to. It also didn't help that she didn't even know what kind of changes were occurring to begin with.

Then, when it came to killing those three women, she was blinded by rage because the life and death of Leonel was unknown. And just by virtue of the state Leonel had returned in, their deaths were more than warranted.

Still, even before then, it was already past the point of no return.

She had thought that everything would be fine since Leonel had a method to leave this place and he wouldn't lie to her about such a thing.

But now that she knew about this, she felt as though there was a lump in her throat that she couldn't quite deal with. She didn't want such a choice to be contingent on her. Just how many of the Human Domain would die because Leonel said such a thing?

Leonel smiled, looking into Aina's eyes despite the closeness of their faces.

Despite that smile and the twinkle in his eye, Aina knew the kind of weight Leonel felt on his shoulders making this decision, she knew how he felt about taking the lives of others and the kind of responsibility he felt toward protecting as many people as he could.

He tried not to see any life as more valuable than another because even with his analytical mind, he couldn't find a logical progression toward the worth of a human life.

But now, this very same Leonel was deciding that the life of one Aina was worth more than the life of countless others.

just

frankly, right this

life of Aina, he would deign

can do this impossible. Without me, everyone would be stuck here regardless. Since I'm the only one who can bring everyone out, this can be considered a small price for thanks. There's a limit to my selflessness and this

almost as though a voice in

anywhere. Aina would forever be his bottomline, his reverse scale. If it meant protecting her, if he was honest with himself,

about that? Alright, then. Find a method to leave this

than usual exuded from Leonel, his irises dancing

leave this place. We'll return to the Human

began to bring out the items he had collected through the Sectors one by one

preparations in one go. Once he stepped out, it would

to continue "shopping". He had everything he needed and he would make certain that whoever put them in here and made him make such a choice

that it was the Three Finger Cult. Only they could have such means. And, if it truly was them, then there was definitely

everyone out, and in the future, he would

even the air became frigid despite the fact he hadn't

exit this Zone. In fact,

name of a Zone… It was a Sub-Dimensional. Meaning, it was a pocket of space separate from reality that,

a similar history, but also a somewhat separate timeline. This was why when you failed a Zone, you would live out your life until you died

a lifetime had passed upon failure, to those of the outside world, the Zone would open up immediately, sending the next group that entered to the beginning