Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100

”Let’s say I believe all your words,” Isabella said after a long pause, her brows slightly furrowed as she tried to process everything he had just told her. Her tone was no longer mocking or doubtful, but neither was it fully convinced. ”Does that mean if I join you, I will have to leave the Black Dragon Clan?”

Max shook his head without hesitation, his expression calm and composed as if he had already considered such a concern long ago.

”No,” he replied. ”You will remain a member of the Black Dragon Clan, just as you are now. Nothing about your position here will change. However, at the same time, you will also become a member of my force.”

His words were simple, but the meaning behind them was far deeper. He was not asking her to abandon her roots. He was asking her to step beyond them.

Isabella nodded slowly, absorbing his answer as her thoughts continued to shift.

”I understand that you are creating this secret force,” she said after a moment, her eyes narrowing slightly as she looked at him again. ”But I want to know something more important.”

Her voice grew more serious as she continued, ”What is the true goal of this force? What is your ultimate purpose in creating it?”

Max remained silent for a brief moment before answering, his tone steady but leaving no room for negotiation. ”That is something I cannot tell you,” he said calmly. ”Only those who are truly part of my force have the right to know that.”

Isabella did not respond immediately. Instead, she lowered her gaze slightly, her mind falling into deep contemplation. The room grew quiet once more as she began weighing everything in her heart.

As a genius of the Black Dragon Clan, she had always carried ambition within her, a desire to reach heights that most could not even imagine. Yet at the same time, she was painfully aware of the limits imposed by her identity.

No matter how talented she was, she was still bound by the status of the Black Dragon Clan, a third rate force in the vast Divine Realm. That ceiling was something she had always known existed, even if she had never spoken about it.

And now, Max stood before her, offering something that directly challenged that limitation.

He spoke of reaching the peak of the Divine Realm as if it was not a distant dream but a possible future. He spoke of surpassing Zain even before she fully awakened her Imperial Bloodline, something that sounded impossible on the surface.

Yet when she thought about everything she had seen from him so far, his monstrous growth, his overwhelming strength, and the countless impossibilities he had already turned into reality, she found it difficult to dismiss his words as mere arrogance.

That was what made this decision so difficult.

”I need some time to think about this,” Isabella finally said, lifting her head as she looked at him again, her expression serious and conflicted.

She understood very clearly what accepting his offer would mean. Joining his force was not something she could treat lightly. It would require complete commitment, not just in name but in action and loyalty. It would mean placing her future, and perhaps even her fate, in his hands.

But at the same time, the possibility he offered was something she could not ignore.

Was she ready to take that step?

Did she truly believe in him?

Or was this nothing more than a gamble with everything she had?

As these questions echoed within her mind, Isabella realized that for the first time in a long while, she did not have an answer.

”You can take your time,” Max said calmly, his tone steady as if he was in no hurry to receive her answer.

”Hm.” Isabella nodded lightly, though her mind was still caught between hesitation and temptation.

For a brief moment, silence returned to the room, but then something seemed to cross her mind. Her expression shifted slightly, and she looked at Max with a more serious gaze. ”Since you were honest with me about your bloodline,” she said slowly, ”then I will also tell you something about the Imperial Bloodline.”

Max’s eyes sharpened slightly, his interest immediately piqued.

”The dragon heart that lies deep within the Black Dragon Clan,” Isabella continued, ”was not created by the clan itself. It was brought here from a forbidden planet known as Orion.”

The moment she spoke that name, the atmosphere seemed to change subtly, as if the word itself carried a weight that could not be ignored.

”I have heard rumors,” she went on, her voice lowering slightly, ”that thousands of years ago, an actual true dragon died on that planet. Not a descendant, not a bloodline carrier, but a genuine ancient dragon whose existence surpassed what most beings in the Divine Realm could even comprehend.”

Her eyes flickered with a faint hint of awe as she spoke. ”The heart that our clan possesses... it is said to have been taken from that dragon’s corpse.”

Max listened silently, but his focus had already deepened.

Isabella continued, her tone growing more thoughtful. ”If a single heart from that dragon could become the source of the Imperial Bloodline within the Black Dragon Clan, then it is only natural to assume that the rest of its body did not simply lose its value. The remaining corpse of that dragon on Orion could very well still contain a similar source... or perhaps something even greater.”

”A forbidden planet... Orion,” Max repeated slowly, his eyes narrowing slightly as interest flashed within them.

If what she said was true, then this was not just a rumor. It was an opportunity.

If there existed another source tied to the same dragon, then it might offer him a path that did not require Isabella’s death. It might even provide something far beyond what the heart alone could offer.

”Tell me more about this Orion,” Max said, his voice calm but carrying an unmistakable intensity.