Dimensional Descent

Leonel frowned, waiting for the other shoe to drop. But the more he observed the situation, the more uncomfortable he felt. Not only did he finally notice that there were only humans present, but there was a distinct lack of Noah as well.

His grandfather had said that he would make Noah participate in this as well, could it be that Noah had died? Leonel's relationship with Noah could be said to be close, and they had also started said relationship off on the wrong foot. However, Noah was still family and he didn't believe that his grandfather had spoken those words without reason. In all likelihood, Emperor Fawkes wanted Leonel to do what he could to help Noah if the opportunity was given, or else he might not have mentioned it at all.

Leonel hadn't run into Noah during the first round, and now he wasn't here even during this gathering. It made him feel that maybe he had to prepare for the worst. His dislike of the situation grew, but the tranquility in his eyes remained.

Finally, there was some movement above. Clarence stepped forward once again.

"Congratulations to those of you that have survived and regained your bearings. You have made it through the first cleansing."

Leonel's gaze narrowed. He might have been out of it, but he could pick up some fluctuations from the outside world. Or, at least he could now that his Dream Force had seemed to change again.

This was a round they definitely hadn't planned for. That old woman, Mo-something, she was called, had acted on her own and now they were pretending that this was the plan all along.

But why should he be surprised? This was always what these people did.

"Now that you have made it to this stage, I will give you your task-"

Leonel's frown deepened. That was it? No more fighting? Or was this just the start of the battles?

gaze on him. After noticing that it was Alpha Clown, he shook his head and turned away.

will enter a battlefield and your performance will decide how

and forth between a focused

to be under the tutelage of right now. Step

the tablet once again, his mind trembling. A huge arc of lightning

their main goal not even be support from them, but rather from what Ability Indexes and Lineage

threatened to give

you okay?" Leonel asked

it was, and definitely not because of who was asking it, but rather because Leonel had already asked

suddenly realized that the words were reverberating in her mind, not her ears, and it all clicked into

"I'm fine." Aina thought.

expect this answer. Aina was the only one that could sense his movement in the Dream Plane. If something had been done to her, she would definitely know. But her answer effectively meant that no one had done anything to her mind, so it was impossible for them to have gained her Ability Index

his way into the realms of a practitioner. The more he learned about this situation, the more he felt

as the Seeded Participants were forced to pick leaders without knowing anything about them.

of those that had managed to survive, and the three standouts were the youth from the Dimensional Eyes Verse that Leonel had seen, Alpha Clown, and

was interesting was that he made a concerted effort to choose a different leader than Alpha Clown despite the latter's gaze. At least, that was an intention that Leonel could feel coming from him. But whether he would get

there were the non-Seeded

carriers. Seeded Participants will have a certain level of protection, but Non-Seeded Participants will have their lives and deaths decided by their leaders. Keep that in mind, lest you die