Dimensional Descent

Leonel gave Patriarch Khafra a glance and then left without a word. He didn't need to say anything, not right now. He didn't feel like speaking at all. His thoughts were consumed with crushing this person until they had absolutely nothing left to give.

Soon, Leonel could see the gorgeous clouds of the Dream Pavilion once more. He looked up and into the skies in silence, his mind drifting elsewhere.

"Are you alright? We don't have to do any of this, you know," Aina said softly.

They really didn't need to, she was right. With their capabilities, they could probably just hide away in a place in silence. They didn't need to be at the center of every storm. While it was true that some things that had happened had forced their hand, by now they didn't need to pay attention to such things anymore.

They needed the Challenge Sequence to protect the Dream Pavilion. Without it, the Human Domains would be far too vulnerable.

They needed the Gathering of Kingdoms to prevent the world from having the right to wipe them all from existence.

They needed the Gathering of Minds because it was the only way to divert attention from themselves. Because of the Challenge Sequence and the Gathering of Kingdoms, they were right in the middle of the spotlight and they needed a method of cleansing themselves of that responsibility.

But what about now?

The next Gathering of Kingdoms would be for generations. The Gathering of Minds had successfully turned everyone's attention to the Owlans. The Dream Pavilion was protected for the foreseeable future and unless the upper echelon went entirely mask-off, there was no legitimate way of taking it away from Leonel either.

It had to be remembered that even without the Life Tablet, Leonel had met the requirements to be a Pavilion Head on his own the moment his Dream Force entered the Life State.

He didn't need the word of anyone else anymore.

of the immediate problems were fixed, they'd done their duty to the Human Race, they had the Segmented Cube and could vanish into some obscure corner of the world and not deal with any of this anymore until they had grown strong enough. And even

were at least strong

would be no one left to protect the Human Race. Sure,

an obligation? Where were their elders? Their parents? Their grandparents? Why did they have to take on

from the skies and looked at his wife's side profile. She seemed

this had started just because they wanted to take a

you want?" Leonel

In truth, so long as she was by Leonel's side, that was all that ever mattered to

In fact...

gazes of the two met. Even without saying any words, they shared

was a battle

reason she once resented Leonel for always putting himself in danger wasn't just because he could die, but that he always left her out

It was that day in

really liked to win and the battlefield was the location that allowed him to bask in that

want to take a break right now," Leonel said. "I would prefer

what do

get into murder mode

laughed, a beautiful chime echoing

cleared their

awkwardly standing there for the entire time, but he had to interrupt lest he feel like he was intruding on something

do you need me