Dimensional Descent

Force howled around Leonel's body. A towering aura surged from him, causing the octopus to hesitate. Its tentacles continuously twitched as though sensing something more monstrous than itself was standing before it.

From its vantage point, it could barely see Leonel. Its eyes were too high and Leonel was too short. Such a bug should have been all too easy to kill. So, why was it feeling like this?

Aina laid on Leonel's back, her breathing incredibly steady. Though every time Leonel made a sudden movement, she would feel a jolting pain rampage across her body, she hadn't had the slightest change in expression, nor had she made the slightest sound.

But now, she was surprised once more. This form of intimidation was so potent.

'... However... He isn't yet strong enough to boast such an aura... After a while, the beast will just be more infuriated...'

SSSSSSKKKRRRREEEEEEEEEEE

Aina had hardly finished her thoughts when the roars of the octopus shook the surroundings once more.

The two tentacles closest to Leonel slammed toward him. Due to the size of the octopus, Leonel could only stand between the two of them.

"Pour your Force into the ax." Aina quickly said. "It has one main ability that can be used now, you've seen it before."

Leonel hadn't needed Aina to tell him this. He was already prepared.

His Force surged, causing the red glow of the battle ax to grow several times. An illusory blade extended from the ax's edge, expanding the size of the weapon by several fold.

"Ha!"

A roar left Leonel's lips.

His body flexed as one. His Force was wild, but his muscles churned in a controlled rage as he swung down with all his might.

The extended blade pierced into the right tentacle by several meters, but failed to make it all the way through.

was followed by the strike of its second

was nothing in this world that would have allowed Leonel to let such a thing happen. After all, Aina was on his back

he realized he didn't have the strength to sever the tentacle in one

he pulled down hard, making use of the octopus's tough skin as

the top of the half severed tentacle, his steps faltering. He hadn't accounted for just how

BANG!

second tentacle landed on the first, having failed to squash Leonel between them like pincers. But, the impact caused Leonel, who had just barely regained his footing, to falter once more. And this time, he

'Dammit!'

enraged and pained roars of the octopus playing as the backdrop to his

within striking range of its third tentacle, the maddened

hard

like this, don't blame

just severely injured. If this beast grit its

tested to see if he could sever a tentacle first. After he was forced to take such a risk, he wanted to run toward the octopus's head as quickly as possible.

would be so slippery even to the point where he, who boasted maybe the highest coordination stat on Earth, stumbled around like

should have been hopeless, he should have been finished. But, Leonel's gaze was burning as bright as two torches in

slicing into the already injured tentacle

he stopped his falling and used the ax as a hook once more, launching him forward at

was a surfboard and its body

octopus's tentacle missed, lashing against its own

fly to death. It had yet to evolve to the point of understanding that hitting something going in

price to pay. He needed

not to mention the fact his body was already reaching its limits. He couldn't afford to stay here any longer. Who knew if there was another monster like

the tentacle as quickly as possible. So... He

one would expect. Instead, a primitive spear had appeared in

afford to let the primitive consciousness possess him this time.

did, Leonel was already near the end of it. So... Though Leonel was sent