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.

spent in this well, the worse their situation would become.

win the Gathering of Kingdoms, maybe he could have done it. Though, it would have been difficult for him to survive the same punishment Aina had

being a Wise Star Order didn't mean he had the Northern Star Lineage Factor, it was too close. Anyone could make the argument that it would be safer

with capabilities that trended away from

there were still

an existence that was likewise separate from the Northern Star Lineage Factor. After the fall

they be

that was exactly the

their fellow humans. Other Races didn't

a careful balance where the Human Race

the skepticism and scrutiny of

return to that state, he had to thread a

disrupt the balance. If he expected others to

already, and soon, there would be many more, especially with the new cultivation method that Aina

needed to separate from the Northern Star Lineage

third problem was multi-facets and multi-layered. Although Aina had

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

was a 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