Dimensional Descent

Elder Aria was stunned silent, and then her expression twisted. "You-!"

Leonel held up a hand. "Do not misunderstand. I respect my elders and your experience. I am not casually dismissing your plans out of malice or anger, nor am I acting out of emotion."

'Though, even if I was, it really wouldn't make much of a difference,' Leonel thought to himself with a smile. Whether he was being emotional or not, he didn't believe there were many, if any, who could outmaneuver him in this world. Victory would be certain one way or another, but since he had his wits about him, he might as well be calm and calculated, taking the best and most perfect course of action.

Aria grit her teeth, but since Leonel had spoken so clearly, it was her duty to calm down and listen to him. She really wanted to hear what he could possibly say that was better than her plan.

"First, you all need to understand something. If we cannot get on the same page, we will never be in harmony, and if we lack harmony, you all will fight me every step of the way.

"You need to understand that these choices I'm making aren't only because they will benefit the Morales family the most, but also because there is no other choice."

Leonel looked through them one by one. "I know you heard my words, I know you feel that they are reasonable, and I know that in your thoughts, you believe that the only thing we can do against such allegations is to stall. But do you know what these families fear the most right now?"

Aria's jaw tightened.

"That's right. You're all very experienced. What they fear the most is us having time; they fear us unearthing the potential of our new Lineage Factor, of birthing more talents that have acclimated to it from birth, of me potentially sharing whatever illusory and mysterious plan my father has to help others improve greatly in a short period of time.

the time they needed to prepare, to line all

opened up, and Auran appeared. He was slightly confused at

of the best in the

suit him. If anything, it would just annoy him. He had his own

would you say the odds the

obvious considering the sudden invasion by the other Domains?

and his

was a completely different matter. If information was enough to understand every and all things, then who would ever fail to answer a mathematics problem? Who would ever mistakenly answer a reading comprehension question? It was

Auran, too, had

they were doing for war, and to him, and the rest of

suffered a devastating attack, why wouldn't the most powerful families be

neglected was the fact that this was also the perfect shroud, the perfect wool

invasion? How had the Morales prepared? They called all their citizens, huddling them up in their capital solar system and deployed sentries to scout and make sure

Nothing of the sort... they gathered resources, called back their warriors, tightened control over various Human Domain organizations, and then... they sent out envoys to pressure the Morales family? A family that

fool could see it, Auran almost felt like an idiot for not seeing it sooner. Looking at Leonel, he felt that he understood why he had lost so handily. Of course, he had never entered the Heir Wars for victory, his only goal

took a deep breath. "They