Orion's tone was deadly serious. There was no room for jokes. Clearing the dreamscape meant a literal war of attrition between their reality and the Mirage Void Ascendant Plane. This was planar warfare.
As Blackstone City's borders expanded, they were guaranteed to encounter the native horrors of the Mirage Void, not to mention the counterattacks and ambushes from its established, ruling powers. While the Titanion Realm bolstered Orion and his people, the Will of the Mirage Void would undoubtedly empower its own defenders.
It would be a brutal tug-of-war. No one knew how long the war would last.
Makareth: "Orion... Orion, can it really manifest anything?"
Makareth: "Lord's Stones, mana sources, special structures... what about the relics we've used? Can we exchange for those?"
