Dimensional Descent

The two powerhouses looked toward one another. Of them, Mo''Lexi was the only one confused as to why the other would speak for her, and Vivak was already prepared to explain. What Vivak didn't expect, though, was that Mo''Lexi's gaze would turn almost fiery when he spoke.

"Sent him into the in-between world? I mean, I did do that, but he had already exited by the time the incident was triggered. He was actually quite close to the center of the explosions, so when I didn't find him afterward, I thought he had died."

Vivak's gaze narrowed. That was definitely not how Leonel had described it. Leonel had said he had been in the in-between world at the time and was lucky enough to escape. But if what Mo''Lexi said was true, didn't that mean that Leonel had lied to him?

It wasn't that Leonel hadn't thought of the possibility of Mo''Lexi and Vivak exchanging information, but he had chosen to lie anyway for a couple of reasons.

First, Vivak knew that he was Mo''Lexi's subordinate and still chose to take him in. That means he was already fine with lying to her and the odds that this would slip out was slim to none as a result. After all, Vivak would be doing his best to gloss over the matter so that Mo''Lexi couldn't demand to have him back.

Second, it was impossible for him to tell the truth anyway. Even if he cut out the part where he broke through Mo''Lexi's restrictions and made it into the portal, just surviving those spatial tears would be unbelievable.

It had to be understood that the spatial tears resulting from the Bubble Worlds fusing and the stable spatial portal that connected them to the in-between world were two completely different things.

If a normal person entered the latter they would be fine. However, if a normal person tried to enter a spatial tear they would be shredded to pieces, the sections of their body being flung across space and time. The only exception would be if you were powerful enough.

This was to say that if Leonel admitted he hadn't been in the in-between world at the time, he would be admitting to one of two things. Either he would be admitting that he had been able to decipher Mo''Lexi's restrictions, or he would be admitting that he could survive in a spatial tear.

was obviously not true, but either one would put far more eyes on him. In fact, the latter would be so unbelievable that most intelligent people would assume the first even though

obviously lied. But even he

Hadn't Simona's words caused Vivak to

laughed her familiar, hearty

"That little brat."

savage, but then she remembered

mean he's dead? If he

too eager to speak. If he had just remained silent and let Mo''Lexi speak, the end result would have been the same. After all, one way or another, Leonel was dead. But now he had to admit to what he had

to come out of our own portal, and I caught him while he was trying to survive in the carnage. I couldn't save him as I was focused on trying

mixed fact with fiction. There was no need to let Mo''Lexi get a leg up on him, and lying completely to a Dream Force master

lying," Mo''Lexi growled.

almost rolled his eyes. Whatever, was he scared of this old

you some face, but since you exist. I recruited him for a time, my daughter said he was dangerous, so I took her advice to see what his bottom line was.

dared to steal my people from me?" Mo''Lexi looked like her eyes might spit

you wanted to take