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 a

And quite frankly, right

it came to the life of Aina, he would deign to play with it even once no matter how many opportunities he was given. Nothing would

already, I 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

his feet. Right now, he almost felt angry, almost as though a voice in his head was telling him that he

be his bottomline, his reverse scale. If it meant protecting

angry about that? Alright, then. Find a method to

usual exuded from Leonel, his

leave this place. We'll return to

away. Then he began to bring out the items he had collected through the Sectors

of these preparations in one go. Once he stepped out, it would only take a moment to fuse

in the mood to continue "shopping". He had everything he needed and he would make certain that whoever

And, if it

future, he would make certain that they

colder, even the air became frigid despite the

long time about exactly how to exit this Zone.

lay in the full name of a Zone… It was a Sub-Dimensional. Meaning, it was a pocket of space separate from reality that, under normal circumstances, couldn't be

had been described to Leonel as points in history that met the present, almost like time loops that formed small pockets of space that shared a similar history, but also a somewhat separate timeline. This was why when you failed a Zone, you would

failure, to those of the outside world, the Zone would open up immediately, sending the next