"How did we not account for something like this!?" the man asked angrily. "the only people with the resources to obtain and maintain a pocket dimension belong to the royal bloodline in some manner and since they are all here in the capital....." the women didn't have to finish her sentence because the angry man did it for her. "they would be unable to use them anyways. gods this is a mess how do we fix this?" the man asked sounding more tired than angry. "well there are two viable ways." another old sounding man said calmly. the sound of the other two people shifting in their chairs to face the new voice could be heard before he spoke again. "the first option is to try and convince this man to stop helping the royals though this option is likely to fail." the man said before moving on. "the second is to kill this man and remove the pocket dimension from play entirely. this option is the one with the highest chance of success but we will pay a massive price for even attempting to kill this individual due to his frankly ridiculous resilience." the man finished speaking and waited for the rest to speak their minds.
Meanwhile nick had saved twelve royals including the first two who had woken up in the pocket dimension already and been informed of the situation by the spirit in charge of it. despite moving quickly nick had only been able to save the handful he had due to the fact they had been able to hold out until he found them. nick had seen at least thirty others who had already succumbed to the energy by the time he found them , most of which were members of the younger generation much like the girl he saved with her father first. despite being helpless in the pocket dimension the two who woke up were passing helpful directions to nick through the spirit which had allowed him to save more people. at the moment nick was heading rapidly towards the royal court where most of the royals were gathered when a group of six people in black robes that covered their features blocked his way. nick could tell from the looks in their eyes that these people were behind the current chaos.