Dimensional Descent

Leonel cleared his throat, taking back control of his body.

Pretending as though nothing had happened, he turned back and walked to his pants, put them on and looked into the distance.

"… Nice weather we're having today, right?"

"…"

'He didn't hear what I said… right?" Aina thought to herself.

Aina looked around and found where her ax had landed, trying to find something to distract herself from the awkward atmosphere. But, when she went to take a step forward, she suddenly stumbled and almost fell.

Hearing the sound of her tripping, Leonel quickly turned back and didn't hesitate to rush to her side.

"Are you alright?"

Leonel caught her arm, trying to make sure she stayed upright and didn't fall over.

"… I think I have a concussion." Aina said after a moment, bringing a hand to her forehead.

Though she said it like this, she was already certain. Not to mention her ability, even if she hadn't awakened one, her Five Star Profession was more than enough for her to tell.

"How about the rest of your body, is it okay?"

"… I'm fine."

Leonel frowned. She was most definitely not fine.

without putting up any defense would have been lethal for any normal human. It was already a miracle that she came out in one piece. A strength stat of 1.60, especially behind such a large fist, was more than enough to shatter every bone in her body. Had Baruke coordinated with the wererat and used his claws instead… Leonel didn't even want to think of the

me, we're a team right

too, but you still hid what that Force Art did to

and scratched his nose, a bit of guilt welling

how gingerly she was moving that her effective stats were barely 70% of what they were meant to be. She might be able to hide

I was wrong. But everything is okay now, right? I even

resolved those matters. He never apologized to her and just kind of ignored the topic. It really did make him

"Is it really fine?"

a hand over his chest as though swearing an oath. "Even the scar has faded. It seems that whoever made the Force Art designed it to be used in the Third Dimension, so it lost its effects

was a double edged sword.

in Force Art now. The bad news was that all the Force Arts he

in a Fifth Dimensional World could likely destroy Earth in a single breath. But, one designed for a Third Dimensional one would have less of an impact that an

Leonel created to decimate the English would barely be enough to start

use them in Zones? Not that I'll

Aina was still struggling to stand, he felt a

wererat really got

And, there's no telling if they'll send another batch of them. I think they must

Leonel's words, but she found it hard

Yuri was exaggerating. I didn't really expect them to come and be so

shook his head. "Just find a place to sit and don't move around too much.

Leonel said this casually,

characters like Aina and him were incredibly important. Yet, those six

of a few things,

was that Leonel had vastly overestimated the Empire's ability to monitor him. Maybe they still had technology, but not on a large enough scale to have no loopholes. In that case, the Brazinger family wouldn't

Empire to begin with.

the Empire were two halves of the same coin. It was possible that they moved forward and stepped back as one. In that case, the Empire might allow

two of them were in danger. Somehow, those six were able to pinpoint their location and