Dimensional Descent

[Thanks to Ian <3 (1/6)]

El'Rion's brows furrowed, but Leonel looked back at him with quite an unreadable expression. It felt like what he had said was just natural.

By now, many people had already guessed that Leonel was a Wise Star Order. It could be said that the reason the ire of countless Gods hadn't descended on him yet was because the Life Tablet couldn't grant Lineage Factors. At best, many believed that it had just acknowledged his Wise Star Order status.

Of the Orders, Wise Star Order was the only one not tied to the Northern Star Lineage Factor by necessity. In fact, it could be said that the purpose of the Wise Star Order's existence to begin with was to restrain and maintain.

There was a reason why Leonel could suppress and overpower those with the Northern Star Lineage Factor, an ability he had gained the moment he awoke to his status as a Wise Star Order.

Naturally, for those that didn't want to see the rise of the Northern Star Lineage Factor again, Leonel's existence wasn't entirely a bad thing...

If he could be controlled, that is.

This matter, though, was quickly becoming a web of complexities. Setting aside the existence of Wicked, what it meant, and the members of the Cult that had been left behind, there were too many other things pulling Leonel in all directions. Right now, all he could do was take steps to fix that.

The first step was Aina. Aina's existence was crucial, not just because she had helped them to survive the culling, but because of what she represented.

She was a human, separate from the Northern Star Lineage Factor, who carried a great strength all to herself.

This seemed meaningless. Why would it be important for the humans to come off as strong, aside from surviving, that is?

Ironically, the humans were in a situation similar to the Owlan Race. They were tied to a version of themselves that many were wary of, and many more had a difficult time disassociating from their current selves.

this well, the worse their situation

it

Lineage Factor, it was too close. Anyone could

however, there was a positive trend of humans with capabilities that trended away from the Northern

still several things that didn't add

that was likewise separate from the Northern Star Lineage Factor. After the fall of the God Beasts and their Envoys, the Human had managed to bask

they be

exactly the point in Leonel's

their fellow humans. Other

quo that Leonel wanted to return to, a careful balance where the Human Race might

the skepticism and scrutiny of the majority God faction...

to return to that state, he had to thread a

disrupt the balance. If he expected

of their Human Race's strength already, and soon, there would be many more, especially with the new cultivation method that Aina had

separate from the

was multi-facets and multi-layered. Although Aina had won the Gathering

impressive than Leonel's own, and there was an argument to be made that she was only so powerful because of Leonel in the first

Wise Star Order's duty to guide and direct, as well as gathering information. There was a reason the help of the God Beasts hadn't just created the Envoys, but numerous