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.

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

of Kingdoms was a

short spurts of violence. There was a path to survival for many, and it gave life and evolution a chance to occur

one tried to ignore this compromise, they would be likewise ignoring the new

That couldn't be allowed.

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

he already knew, and it left Leonel feeling a little annoyed, but in the end, he just smiled and shook his head. This was just El'Rion's way of getting a little revenge,

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

very cautious over the years because

attack,"

"What-"

attack. In fact, they're probably on their way by now. If not, they will be

He didn't understand why Leonel was so

make any sense. Why would they go

shook his head and

It's hard to expect even a single person to act in a predictable fashion. There are so many variables related to personalities and personhood. Let alone

everyone in the Owlan Race is as comfortable with the status quo as

How could Leonel understand the inner

Sequence? But Minerva should have a far higher Dream Force than Leonel, how

Then, it hit him.

Minerva had such a name to

race trying their best to separate themselves from their past possibly give birth to a talent of

even close. But in terms of talents, she was