Dimensional Descent

"We demand answers!"

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"Give me my babies back!"

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"Where is the Patriarch! We demand to speak to him! Why has he said nothing!?"

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The roars of protest outside the Godlen family estate quickly grew into a fever pitch. The Blood Clones that Leonel was controlling didn't even need to stir up the crowd for much, and they quickly slipped away after their damage was done.

The Godlens weren't used to having to deal with public relations much. Their city was mostly harmonious, but rather than this being due to their excellent governance, it was mostly because of the power disparity.

In a world where everyone carried explosive power in their hands, it was harder to find concepts like democracy. Usually, the powerful ruled, and the weak accepted it.

When that was the sort of dynamic at play, even if things weren't perfect, or even if they were practically in a state of perpetual war, the discontent of the people wasn't often a factor that was weighed in unless it was a matter of face.

Vivak was hesitant to take action personally precisely because of this. The more of an ethereal god he was in the eyes of the people, the easier it was to maintain his air of indomitability, and the less he had to worry about such things.

a lot like an empire that had

was because assimilating a land that didn't properly fear

territory was already integrated, the power needed to maintain that state was

suddenly revolted, it would take quite some effort for the

Vivak was feeling pressure from all sides. Quite frankly, he was

seemed that he had a calming voice by his side as well. Rather than it

handle it," Matriarch Pyius

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her as she had spent so long in the Incomplete World. But that wasn't

handled and that this was just a desperate

the demons as weak cowards that would target the most vulnerable populations without scruples,

hope of victory possibly use such methods? Wasn't it too

she ended by saying that there might very well be more casualties, but they were taking this into account, starting a city-wide retreat

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than a little bruised, but he

allow his wife to do this, then when the next

up any more explosive formations. He had already guessed that this would

was only to

Removing them from the equation was just one less problem that he would have to deal with. Plus, he had managed to

best part was that because these Blood Clones had been formed with the blood of different people, creating a Blood Compass was useless. Anselma would have to literally scan these billions of people one by one if she wanted

in the city were Leonel, the task force, and the guards tasked with