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.

with the balance in the first place that led to all of

Kingdoms was

short spurts of violence. There was a path to survival

this compromise, they would be likewise ignoring the new balance

That couldn't be allowed.

prestige. If under normal circumstances the Pluto Race might have turned a blind eye to some things, they definitely could not

it left Leonel feeling a little annoyed, but in the end, he just smiled and shook his head. This

more complicated. The Owlan Race has their own Dharma wielder and that means their actions can't be so

They've been very cautious over the years because they've been trying to distance themselves

will attack," Leonel

"What-"

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

understand why Leonel was so

didn't make any sense. Why would they

his head and sighed,

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

as comfortable with

Leonel understand the inner workings of the Owlan Race better

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

Then, it hit him.

Minerva had such a name to begin with

best to separate themselves from their past possibly give birth to a talent of Minerva's level and give her

not be the strongest of the Owlans, not even close. But in terms of talents, she was