Dimensional Descent

The location was quite a grand hall. Compared to the places of the Godlen family compound that Leonel had been in, this looked much more like the location of a truly powerful family. The rest of the Godlen family compound looked more like a school, with plain tile, walls, and even long, blinking lights. It felt like Leonel had been transported back to 21st Century Earth.

Leonel guessed that this was because Liana had taken over the region and had co-opted much of the compound for the sake of her research. This seemed stupid considering Vivak was doing his best to keep these matters a secret, but Leonel didn't agree with this. He actually felt it was quite smart. Keeping everything a secret was almost impossible, but pretending your secret was part of the norm could make others easily overlook it all.

Regardless, this grand hall wasn't like what Leonel had seen previously and looked much more regal and ancient. It had tall pillars, floors of heavy, polished stone, each ten meters wide, tall, and thick, and seemed to be capable of fitting the ambiance of a throne room or a dining hall depending on the situation.

In this case, the grand hall wasn't prepared at all due to Anselma's abrupt arrival, but it wasn't untidy either. Instead, the large and mostly empty room gave it an imposing feeling, making it easy for one to feel small and insignificant.

It was in this room that Anselma and Vivak met, both the former and the latter looking exceptionally serious.

"What is the meaning of this, Anselma?" Vivak asked calmly. "Are the Brazingers fond of being uninvited guests?"

"I was in the area," Anselma responded calmly.

"Were you?" Vivak sneered. "Six Bubble Worlds are in the process of fusing right now. In order to cross from the Vast Bubble to my Codex Bubble, you would have had to surf through at least two cataclysmic-level regions. But you were 'in the area', huh?"

Anselma seemed unmoved by Vivak's words.

"It's a simple matter. I just want to see the corpse. Just allow me this and we can leave on good terms."

your beck and call. I said tomorrow,

Anselma fell into silence.

than a little rude. It wasn't smart to try and antagonize an important member of their alliance in this critical situation. She was also surprised that the three Branch Heads of the Godlen family had actually

also couldn't put down her

that she, nor the other three, never had a chance at harming Velasco. He was toying with them.

consequences if he actually came

to appear right in their territories? How could she not feel uneasy? She simply didn't believe that Velasco would leave nothing behind

In truth, he had been hoping she would. That way, he would have an excuse to kick her out by force, something that would be relatively easy considering she was clearly injured and

of the alliance. Things are already spiraling out of control, and as crazy as it sounds, my gut tells me that it's related to that kid. I have to make sure that he is

Vivak hesitated.

all. The idea that she would speak so

how could Vivak admit that she was right to be so worried? That Leonel's corpse had suddenly and

that maybe he had jumped to some conclusions. Could Leonel

to

We've found a corpse in the family halls,

eyes widened. "A

heart leapt into

he was a regular security guard