Dimensional Descent

A silence fell over the group as the report settled in.

They were first and foremost an information network; it could be said that they were definitely among the very first to get this information; And yet; rather than information trickling in one at a time; they actually got it all at once; they didn't even get any information about any armies setting in;

"What the hell happened?!"

Tiny stood to his feet, his shock making his heart palpitate; This was the kind of information they should have gotten even before it happened; How could a force hide from them for so long? It made their hearts run cold;

Raylion. who had been completely silent all the while. suddenly narrowed his eyes; But at the moment. his gaze was actually focused on Tiny. not the messenger; It was hard to tell what was going on in his mind. his expression just as cold and indifferent as usual;

At the same time. Aphestus. who had likewise been silent. slowly released his grip on the dagger by his side; Tiny seemed to have no idea just how close Aphestus was from exploding. it could even be said that the messenger stopped things from getting overblown;

"There… There…" The attendant took heaving breaths. trying to calm themselves; In order to get this information here. they had really gone all out; "… There was little information about the first three. but according to our informants near Earth. a Prince Leonel of the Ascension Empire appeared with a flagship of Shield Cross Stars and wiped them out single handedly;"

At this point, even Raylion's expression changed somewhat.

Was this a coincidence? Prince Leonel?

into place one

the Ascension Empire. things would make much more sense; In fact. had they known this beforehand. a lot of the trouble their organization had gone through would have never festered to

to focus their attention on Earth's Empire. the information they had on the

four families and the Ascension Empire. in addition to certain other families and faiths.

had known that Leonel was from Earth. but they hadn't known what kind of status he had on Earth; If

"Prince Leonel?"

three who weren't very familiar with Leonel to begin with didn't immediately make the connection; The Human Domain was too vast, how could some people not share names? Plus, the Leonel Emna and the others were referring to had the Morales last name, not Fawkes which they associated with

when

son of Princess Alienor Morales; There is news from the wider Human Domain that the reason for the sudden activity of the underground networks of Shield Cross Stars is because Princess Alienor was infuriated by SCS labeling her son

toward Emna and the others; Was this attendant trying to say that the Tier 1 Sixth Dimensional existence he had just been lambasting wiped out four families

to be such a good person, and then he turns around and wipes out four families; It was his fault Valiant Heart Mountain fell

long time, Sael felt guilty because it was she who invited Leonel to Valiant Heart Mountain to begin with. If not for what happened back then, they could have survived a few more centuries at least, they could have even used Earth's evolution as a method of turning their fate around, after all, they had been in Earth's quadrant to begin with so they would

the end, things

most shocked among them all because she knew exactly what had caused this, she could still remember Leonel's rage when she informed him of what happened to his brothers, she even remembered hoping that he didn't do anything

in just a few days, so quickly that even they were late

Tiny, Robin, and the other two finally calmed, looking toward one another. Tiny eventually took a seat as well, his expression flickering intermittently. He couldn't seem to decide