Dimensional Descent

El'Rion looked at Leonel deeply and decided to give up. He was never going to win a war of words with this man.

At that moment, Aina appeared by Leonel's side, looking at El'Rion curiously for a moment.

"Is this supposed to be the 'snotty nosed brat'?" Aina asked.

Leonel burst into laughter and El'Rion's expression became sour again. Watching the young boy try to control himself again and again was probably Leonel's most amusing pass-time at this point.

"Alright, we can stop teasing him now. I'm sure you have something important to tell me?" Leonel said.

"... Yes. This is a special circumstance. It's impossible for me to do this-"

Leonel waved a hand and shook his head. "Never expected that."

El'Rion fell into silence again. He really didn't know how to deal with this man. Leonel seemed very eager to let him know that he wasn't relying on him, but if he knew that he was coming, didn't that mean that he already was?

"... Like I was saying, this situation is extraordinarily unique. The Gathering of Kingdoms just ended and your world successfully defended itself. In addition, you've been the constant sufferer of several schemes until now.

"If our Faction did not take action, it would mean allowing the others to trample on our authority, and that could not be allowed."

The meaning was clear. If in the past the Gathering Stele was the representation of the God Beasts of Creation, now it was the representation of the Plutos. Its rules were upheld by them and controlled as such.

At the same time, the Gathering of Kingdoms was a treaty of sorts. It was a balance taken between the neutral faction and the factions who wanted to wipe out all other Races.

Obviously, the latter group wanted to minimize how the resources of Existence were used up by getting rid of countless worlds, believing themselves to be the ones meant to replace the God Beasts of Destruction.

was trying to mess with the balance in the first place that led to all of this, so trying to actively change things

Gathering of Kingdoms

peace mixed with short spurts of violence. There was a path to survival for many,

compromise, they would be likewise ignoring the

That couldn't be allowed.

had heard from his meeting with Shan'Rae that the Pluto Race was losing some of its prestige. If under normal circumstances

end, he just

fine, but you've antagonized a Demi-God Race, and that's more complicated. The Owlan Race has their

good news is that the Owlan Race also has to be wary. They've been very cautious over the years because they've been trying to distance themselves from the Minerva

attack,"

"What-"

fact, they're probably on their way by

He didn't understand why

Race attacking didn't make any sense. Why would they go from so cautious to so high

and sighed,

simple," Leonel said. "Nothing is ever a monolith. It's hard to expect even a single person to act in a predictable fashion.

as comfortable with the status quo

once again confused. How could Leonel understand the inner workings

Challenge Sequence? But Minerva should have a far higher Dream Force than Leonel, how could he possibly grasp

Then, it hit him.

Leonel need to? Wasn't the fact Minerva had such a name to begin with paint the picture

themselves from their past possibly give birth to a talent of Minerva's level

talents, she