"Why do you look so worried?" Deuvuo said with a chuckle. "They don't seem all that interested in us at all."
Juxi didn't reply, her entire body having gone taut. There was no one more aware of the weakness of the Skai Heaven than the Thryskai themselves. The impotent system had too much of a struggle carving out a path for those that made Will their main stat.
By comparison, the geniuses of the Cryst Heaven were far stronger on average.
There were always exceptions to every rule. The Purvon had her elder cousin, Rhykan, for example. However, Rhykan wasn't here right now. And if she knew her elder cousin well, and she almost certainly did, it was that he wouldn't step out for something that neither interested him nor was worth his time.
Rhykan would never care enough to prove himself against the geniuses of the Cryst Heaven, he wouldn't be interested in C-tiers, and he certainly wouldn't find any use in making enemies of a Clan of people coming from an entirely different Heaven.
All that would do was give him problems. And for what? His ego? He was uninterested.
At a moment when the Mortal Realm's Skai Heaven would need him the most, Rhykan wasn't even here. He had just up and disappeared.
The uneasiness she was feeling was about far more than just the immediate danger of the situation.
Everyone's gazes were set too high. They had seemingly forgotten that the Mortal Realm was the foundation of everything.
But Deuvuo was right about one thing. Those six Cryst Emperors that had unexpectedly appeared weren't looking at her or the others at all. They didn't even cast a gaze toward the rising creature beneath them.
Every one of them was looking at Sylas.
And there he was, paying more attention to the portals forming and the surroundings than to them at all.
'Arrogant.'
It was the one word Juxi could use to describe him. That lofty sentiment, that constant, perpetual drumming to his own rhythm, she had seen it before.
She had grown up with it.
With Rhykan's shadow constantly looming overhead.
'Is he really the same?'
Juxi shook her head. Now wasn't the time to be worried about this. They were trapped here with these Cryst Emperors and there was a strong block put up against outsiders teleporting here.
The only way for anyone to make it now was to come the long way. But by then, the Dungeon would be finished forming and the entries would be set.
They could also continue sending teleportation attempts to weaken the barrier, but that would also take way too long.
Even though only the Skai Heaven specialized in Will, every Heaven, regardless of what Core Stat they specialized in, had powerful Rune Masters of their own-even the Beast Heaven.
In many ways, which form of Rune Mastery sat atop the others was hard to distinguish.

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