Somnus had no words to speak left after the pill was complete. He was certain that if it was brought before the Pillar of Truth, let alone nine runes, it might light up double that, maybe more.
He was just guessing and he had no way of being sure, but what he did know was that Verma was certainly not a match for Aina by any stretch of the imagination.
And to make matters worse than that... she was a Blood Sovereign?!
Somnus seemed to finally understand just how fearsome this couple was, and despite how Leonel acted, he was far more calculating and careful with how he did things than it seemed. Before anyone realized what was happening, they would have already fallen into his trap.
No... hadn't he already fallen?
If it was just one Leonel, it could be ignored. But such a young and powerful Force Pill Crafter, matched with the youth that was already crowned the beast Crafter of their generation...
Would they still dare to say that the Human Race couldn't rise again?
Somnus suddenly began to struggle, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move.
He sent out signals and flares, but where could any of them go under Anastasia's control? This world was completely isolated, a blank canvas that Leonel could do whatever he pleased with.
Leonel and Aina didn't even look toward the struggling Dream Asura. The pill landed in Leonel's hand and he looked at it for a moment.
"Is this the strongest you can make?" Leonel asked.
Aina smiled. "What? Doubting me? It's not up to the lofty standards of the King?"
Leonel laughed. "Not what I meant. I'm more so referring to the fact this is only one of his arms. What's the pill compared to what you could have done with his whole body?"
He hadn't thought about it in a while because he thought he had already found the culprits, that being the demons under the Sun and Moon Demon banner.
But had he?
Leonel's brows furrowed, spinning the pill in his fingers.
Was he being played? But anyone who wanted to do so wouldn't be stupid enough to leave a clue like that behind? Or was it that they assumed he would make the wrong assumption about what was going on? After all, he had already forgotten it for a long while now...
"Alright, I will take this for now. I know that you've wanted to break into the Eighth Dimension for a while now. We should have all the materials we need for everything here, so take whatever you need."
Aina nodded. They had already done all of the simulations, and she had a clear path ahead.
Soon, it was just Leonel and Somnus left, the latter of which had seemed to have lost all light of hope.
Leonel yawned. "There's really no need to pretend to be so distraught. Even if I lowered my guard to the abyss of hell, there'd still be no way for you to get out of here.
"Well, actually. I can think of a few ways. It's just that I doubt you could, and even if you by some miracle did, you could never execute them."
Leonel smiled and Somnus felt a shiver down his spine that was something other than pain for the first time in a long while.
If Leonel just said there was no way, he wouldn't believe him for a moment. But this...
"Now, shall we rob you thoroughly?" Leonel grinned.
"Anastasia, open up the world he's carrying around with him for me please."
At that moment, a tear in space took shape. Then, one after another, precious and not so precious items began to fall out.