Dimensional Descent

Drake looked down at himself, stunned. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen either, and quite frankly, he had always thought that he would be the last to reach Godhood, if he reached it at all.

Honestly speaking, Drake had always had a small bit of an inferiority complex. He had been with these guys for years, but always as Leonel's backup. He only got in games when it was an all-out blowout, and he would never get the right to start until Leonel graduated first.

However, before he could even get the chance to shine on his own, the Metamorphosis descended right after Leonel's last game, so he had never gotten a chance to see his own true potential.

That said, Drake had never harbored any resentment for that. He had always felt safe and secure by Leonel's side. If not, he would have transferred to another school where he could have gotten playing time instead of chasing after Leonel every step of the way.

It had been years of patience, years of living in Leonel's shadow, and now he had suddenly bloomed in a way he had never expected before.

Looking down at his body, he felt like he had the strength to destroy a world with a casual glance if he so wanted. Recalling various memories, everyone that he had ever feared or didn't dare to battle suddenly became as insignificant as ants in his eyes.

It was well and truly the first time that he had ever experienced something like this. And yet, rather than laughing to himself, he immediately spun around and gave Leonel a huge hug.

Leonel coughed in surprise, all the air in his body flooding out in a torrent.

"Goddamn, rookie. You're gonna kill me."

Drake laughed but didn't let up. In fact, he laughed so hard that tears streamed down his face.

closest thing. It was funny because

happy that

and he rarely joked around like the others did. Leonel had always noticed this, but it was hard for Leonel to say anything to change that. After all, there were some shadows that people had to

like

then that a heart-shuddering pressure descended

the skies of the void, it

'Hm?'

it had little to do with the actual subject of

in the skies and a

days to get his affairs in order and

Realm Race that Leonel had learned about. They were expert assassins

the humanoid Races, they were the most like the Rapax, having bodies that didn't quite feel humanoid at all but were

which were masks. Often, the Umbryx could be found floating around like faceless masks. Some of them chose masks as large as entire worlds,

about them, he couldn't help but think of the Wizard of Oz. Of course, if others knew that he had made such a

fear of the Umbryx was seen when they left those floating masks of theirs. They were creatures without substance and form. Reality couldn't seem to hold them and they slipped in and out of the Dimensions with ease. They were the only Race in existence that the Regulators couldn't seem to

could only think of them in one way...

powerful as the Umbryx Race sounded, they were existences that were incredibly frail. In that way, they were a lot more like Savants than God