Dimensional Descent

[... I don't even want to know how you guys hit 900 powerstones so quickly...]

"… Holy shit."

These were the only words Leonel could say. He had never seen such a scene in his lifetime. The sight was so shocking that he didn't even have the mind to pay attention to the stomach churning scent.

In that moment, the world seemed to slow to a crawl. Leonel's pupils flickered continuously, his mind running several calculations at once.

A split second later, he dropped into a low squat, jumping almost five meters into the air.

If someone was watching this scene, they would think he had lost his mind. Such a jumping height was indeed impressive in comparison to a normal human. More than impressive, in fact. It was simply inhuman.

However, it did him absolutely no good. What was five meters to a monster so large? Not to mention the fact… Leonel was jumping right toward it!

The resolution in Leonel's eyes didn't fade. Just when his body was about to lose its upward momentum, the sole of his right foot erupted with a bright green light, causing a square platform of just over a foot in length to appear.

Leonel's thigh bulged as small measures of Force erupted from his leg, sending him another over ten meters into the air.

His pupils constricted.

'I miscalculated. I didn't account for the fact these platforms could also increase my leaping ability. I'll reach that point 0.2 seconds faster than I calculated, but I'll also be able to save a platform jump.'

Leonel's gaze carried a steely coldness, a hidden blazing green light crouching behind like a lurking beast.

His body soared through a gap in the beast's tentacles, appearing above its falling form in a flash.

As expected, the creature hadn't reacted to him until it was too late. This was exactly why he hadn't used his Force for his first jump. This way, the creature wouldn't be able to lock onto him too soon.

However, what Leonel couldn't have imagined was that the moment he appeared 'above' the creature, he would be faced with a massive eye the size of his body, gazing at him with murderous intent.

One figure rising, the other descending.

if this creature had a mental attack like the wererat… he really wouldn't be able to

BOOM! SKKKRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE

on the ground, immediately launching several tentacles toward

about this battle. Even after so much time passed, he wouldn't know how he got so unlucky

head, those weird S-shaped eyes, those tentacles…

was certain that this octopus's vision was only obscured before. He had taken a marine biology class in the past only because Aina took it. They had vision sharper than even humans. And, who knew what kind of mutations had appeared afterward. This

time to think anymore about it. He had thought of blinding it, but he completely gave up on

have accurately swatted a shuttle moving at 300 kilometers

had thought ahead enough to not use his Force on

tentacles of normal octopuses can touch and smell. These evolved tentacles

glowed a bright green light before he leaped with

him. He had

on the top of a dilapidated building, his feet

second cool down on the right. We were ten minutes away from the Fort according to the shuttle. That's 50 kilometers. There's no way I can cross such a distance with this thing hounding me. It's destructive capability is too

need to

jumped from the building

SSSKKKRRRREEEEEEE

building collapsed. Leonel had hardly leapt from it when the octopus flattened it to the ground.

run was right after the shuttle had been destroyed when this thing had yet to lock onto him. But, who knew

now, he would fall victim to that jumping attack again. If he was unlucky enough to

monstrous this thing was, knocking down buildings like they were houses of cards, Leonel just might get flattened to death

his best choice

abilities and weakness?" Leonel yelled as he fell

was shooting a shot in the dark. But, if this thing could scan a shuttle it didn't have in its database, and even potentially scan

it seemed someone was

marine life

[Kingdom: Animalia]

[Phylum: Mollusca]

[Class: Cephalopoda]

[Order: Octopoda]