Dimensional Descent

[Bonus chapter courtesy of Fire2112 (aka Firemonster) <3 1/6]

Leonel knew that this was his one chance, but he was also limited in what he could take. The rules were overly complex for seemingly no reason, but it seemed to be that this was how Dream Force users liked to operate.

He was beginning to understand that certain groups of people had certain personalities not decided by their race, but rather what Forces they chose to use. In an irony of ironies, it could be said that his thoughts about how Light Force and Dark Force weren't necessarily good or evil were somewhat incorrect, though not entirely so.

Clearly, by the personal choice he had made with his Dream Force, it was possible to deviate that path somewhat using Sovereignty. But, just as obviously, not everyone could grasp Sovereignty.

This was all to say that the rules of the Dream Pavilions were overly verbose and filled with caveats and sub-sections for sub-sections. The rules themselves would take a lifetime for a mortal to read, and they might not even make it part of the way through.

Even for the current Leonel, it was impossible for him to grasp them all. Much like a lawyer, he could only focus on certain sub-sections of the rules at a time. But also much like a lawyer, he wasn't very worried about this.

Let alone Leonel, most members of the Dream Pavilion were just as obtuse about the scale and scope of the rules; they could only pick and choose their spots as well. That meant that it would be harder to take advantage of Leonel, especially since he had a database of the rules in his mind right this moment, something the others couldn't boast.

If the time came where he had to defend himself based on some arbitrary rule, he was sure he could do it. Though it made him feel uncomfortable that he wouldn't likely be able to prepare for it ahead of time, at this point he didn't really have much of a choice.

The question was, with this one loophole he had left to take advantage of...

should he

protective formation like the one that had protected the Human Race all this time? They would really need it soon, not just because of

he offended. He would have just killed them directly... if that would have changed

troublesome. Even if a child could tell they had come in with the intentions to kill him, plausible deniability was a powerful tool in

He was just one person, and they had entire powers

in the vacuum. Much like the Vast Dream Pavilion, there were

the Nomads was fine since he was firmly in the right, but if he did the same with everyone, the problem would eventually become much too

much as he wanted to be willful and

already made his decision quite clearly when he deviated from the original path of his

as many people to survive as possible. This wasn't just about

of everyone else as quickly as possible? Or maybe I should maximize my strength instead; me and Aina are probably the strongest cards the Human Race has to play right now...' Leonel mulled over a ton

point, it felt like every powerful woman he came across these days could be described as such.

himself. If he adjusted everyone based on Aina,

the woman, even on

especially after her brush with death. Her body had been entirely reformed, and she seemed to have taken the opportunity to

on purpose, though it was possible. It was just that her Body Clairvoyance had reached an entirely new level, and she couldn't help edging toward perfection even if she didn't consciously