Dimensional Descent

The silence was palpable, no one knew what to say.

How correct were Leonel's words? 100%. How much did saying it aloud change? Practically next to nothing. In fact, they could take their chances by using the fact that Leonel had "exposed" them as a method he was trying to use to absolve himself and his father of wrongdoing.

But something about Leonel's smile made them feel uneasy, uncomfortable and shaken. And it only became worse when his smile vanished.

Tommie suddenly stepped forward and his glare looked down on them all. "Didn't you hear what Patriarch Morales said?-SCRAM!"

His words, as though they carried mysterious powers of their own, blew the envoys out of the large double doors. They rolled along the ground, their clothing being wrinkled and dust kicking up in their wakes.

Interesting enough, the smaller families were spared the same fate. However, they got the message well enough as they rushed out, not wanting to be implicated in the same way.

Micarth's expression was black as a pot as he rose to his feet as quickly as he could while pretending not to be in a sorry state, but even this wouldn't last for very long as he looked up into the skies.

Their ships. They were gone!

noticed that no matter how he strained his voice, no sound seemed to come out at all. It was as though the laws of the world were restricting him,

just them. The Sixth Dimensional families still had their warships very much intact

they understood that this was Leonel giving them a chance to turn to his side, and they even had the "offerings" prepared for their youth, but now they didn't dare to complete the exchange. The implications were very much different now and soon they might be forced to pick a side... but they preferred to

a chance to survive this

never changed their fates. Their best couldn't compare to the likes of Amery, or Simona, or Armand, or any

not without the consent

families that had come to pressure Leonel grit their teeth. They had been robbed in broad daylight and they couldn't even voice their complaints. They tried to send messages to their families, but they realized that even this was blocked. It seemed that without Morales territory, there would

go the long way, leaving by foot and

like an all-seeing eye was bearing down on them from above, observing each and every one

kept bottled up, the leader of which was Elder Aria. Leonel could already read her

You've put the entire

who had just been in exceptionally high spirits, looked

Aria realized that there were still third parties here and that she had exploded too soon. She made a move to dismiss the two children, but before

would you suggest

a breath and regained her composure, her eyes becoming