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?

shook his head and turned away. He didn't have the time or care to

all be assigned to leaders and placed under your commanders. You will enter a battlefield and your performance will decide how much care and attention you

jumped back and forth between a focused and unfocused state, his mind speeding along with numerous

may choose a leader to be under the tutelage of right now.

his mind trembling. A huge arc of lightning connected several

can't be...' Could their main goal not even be support from them, but rather from what Ability Indexes and

tranquility threatened to give way to rage, but he maintained

okay?"

of what it was, and definitely not because of who was

she suddenly realized that the words were reverberating in her mind, not her ears, and

"I'm fine." Aina thought.

to her, she would definitely know. But her answer effectively meant that no one

into the realms of a practitioner. The more

to pick leaders without knowing anything about them. And these "Gods", who were pretending to be lofty, obviously

and the three standouts were the youth from the Dimensional Eyes Verse that Leonel had seen, Alpha Clown, and a woman who carried around that little pink-eyed woman like she was some sort of pet and called herself "Mama

for the non-Seeded Participants that caught Leonel's attention, there was only Alpha Bluestar whose expression was just as placid as elsewhere. What was interesting was that he made a concerted effort to choose a different leader than Alpha Clown despite the latter's gaze.

there were the

to be full members. You will be messengers and 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