Dimensional Descent

[Bonus chappy thanks to Mr. Ham <3 (5/6)

"Clarence!"

The roar came from an old man with a beard that draped down to his waist. He didn't look far off from a wizened old wizard that had just stepped out of a fairytale in all but the furious expression.

Clarence looked back calmly, having already expected this sort of result.

The Dream Pavilion had a solid position amongst the human alliance despite their small numbers because it had by far the largest number of Ninth Dimensional existences. In fact, they had almost three dozen such experts, a number that could match up against almost the whole Human Alliance on their own.

Due to that, though, despite the fact Clarence was, indeed, technically their head, and he also definitely had the authority to do what he had just done, he was also in a far worse off position because he had done so.

Just now, Clarence activated what was probably the last hope of the Vast Dream Pavilion, but in return, he had essentially given up all the glory it had once held.

Their Dream Pavilion was currently ranked 123rd, or maybe, by now, it had already fallen to the bottom... but that previous rank had little to do with the current Pavilion.

In the past, they were ranked number one without a doubt. Their sheer number of Wise Star Orders alone was enough to suppress all the other Pavilions, even if they combined their might. In fact, the Dream Pavilion system was created by the humans to begin with. Or, more accurately, the Envoys of the God Beasts of Creation.

Unsurprisingly, back then, their merits placed them in first place. Over the years, due to various matters, and exchanging merits to help them endure through various situations, they fell to the 123rd position.

recent iteration, they were forced to exchange a large amount of merits for the sake of the seal that had protected

The result of the change was that all

was such a simple scheme, and yet it was one that left them helpless to fight back again. They couldn't even exchange for another seal of that caliber even if

that six worlds had been fused into one? There

was the only option they

The Challenge Sequence.

could only be activated by sacrificing all of your merits. Regardless of the number you had, it would

Sequence would be triggered once one or many Pavilions decided to match the merit quantity. Essentially, if one wanted

thrown their bids in would all be brought to an external world and

total of the merits, the higher tier of world would be opened

was obvious why Clarence had done

round of battle began for a new Race

reason wasn't out of pettiness, though. Instead, it was to give

place. That Tier was the absolute perfect spot

his