Dimensional Descent

Yuri and Savahn gave the two a worried glance as they moved away to the spectators' stands.

On the one hand, it was a good thing that they had managed to place, and even though they had lost, it was very close... But on the other hand, they had lost.

However, after a while, they exhaled. What were they so worried about? This wasn't the Gathering of Kingdoms, there was no genocide on the line...

Right?

Leonel grinned and gave them a wink, taking Aina's hand and pulling her toward a set of pillars that were slowly coming out from the ground.

One another another, the 50 or so remaining groups each took up a seat on a pillar surrounding the Pillar of Truth.

Minerva watched Leonel from start to finish, an uneasy feeling in her heart. How could she not tell that Aina and Leonel were communicating? The problem was that she couldn't tell how.

She knew their souls were bound, but there was a suppression on that so it couldn't be. In that case, it must be a treasure of some sort, that was the logical answer. But... why was he so casual about the loss? He didn't seem like the type to take such a thing in stride.

Her eyes narrowed, but ultimately, she maintained her composure.

While it wasn't an existential matter that fuelled her desire to take home a victory, she wanted this victory for the Owlans. This would mean their rise back to the status they deserved.

disciple couldn't snatch victory for herself, then

a pure blooded Owlan would lose to a human, let alone two

it to the round of debates. You've all been acknowledged by the Pillar of Truth

idea that is presented the best. This isn't the truth I want, but is rather just the way of the world. A great con man will outsell a genius

Crafter. What others do will never have

on the largest scales, when the Convergences collide and Karma begins to play a larger role, you can no longer ignore the minds of others. There is only one

at the words and he seemed to have understood something quite profound in that moment. It was just the faintest edges of it, so small and infantile that it could barely be considered an understanding at all. And yet, it still seemed to hit him like a speeding

was another. That was because Minerva was once again using terms he wasn't quite familiar with, and with his Dream Force restrained, he couldn't just analyze her meaning. If it wasn't for the fact he had already come to analyze the language of the Owlans thanks to their earlier encounter, he wouldn't even know how to understand or read any of

he was in a

knew what the word Karma meant, and almost the instant she said it, he recalled his conversation with El'Rion about the issues with taking in too

there was a better than 70% likelihood that these two matters were

from the first to the last seed. Your seeds will decide the priority in speaking. Those with higher seeds have the

rebuttal, you will lose silencing rights for an

this spar of words, you will be rewarded points for every successful rebuttal. Every hour, the seeding will change based on these accumulated

on to the round of challenges. However, as you might expect, the higher your seed, the

for first seed, you two may decide amongst yourselves who will kick off this