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!

wanted to roar out and demand an explanation, but he 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, suffocating his voice and muting him for

The Sixth Dimensional families still had their warships very much intact and

didn't dare to complete the exchange. The implications

their families a chance to survive this coming storm, the cost of a single genius or even many was a worthy price for these small

compare to the likes of Amery, or Simona, or Armand, or any number of the other members of the Cataclysm Zone. It wasn't worth it

least not without the consent of their own

Dimensional 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

go the long way, leaving by foot and through air under their

to, they felt like an all-seeing eye was bearing down on them from above, observing each and every one of their actions. And even if it wasn't there, what chance did the small handful of them stand against so many Morales? The elders wouldn't even have

of the emotions that they had kept bottled up, the leader of which was Elder Aria. Leonel could already read her impression of

was highly inappropriate! You've put the entire family on

spirits, looked around in confusion. Wasn't this

move to dismiss the two children, but before she could Leonel held up a hand. His smile had returned and she met

would you

and regained her composure, her