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.

time, the mournful howl of the octopus was followed by the strike of its

allowed Leonel to let such a thing happen. After all, Aina was on his back and she was already injured. How

strength to sever the tentacle in one

massive ax was the hook of a rock climber, he pulled down hard, making use of the octopus's tough skin as an anchor to launch himself

his steps faltering. He hadn't accounted for just how slippery

BANG!

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,

'Dammit!'

and pained roars of the octopus playing

of its third tentacle, the maddened beast didn't hesitate to swing toward

hard and his gaze

don't blame me for taking

that he had just severely injured. If this beast grit its way through the pain, launching Leonel into the air with a casual flick

such a risk, he wanted to run toward the octopus's head as quickly as possible. After all, even though this monster was large, it was still only 50 meters from edge to edge,

this damned thing would be so slippery even to the point where he, who boasted maybe the highest

been hopeless, he should have been finished. But, Leonel's gaze was burning

into the already injured tentacle he was falling from

ax as a hook once more, launching him forward at blinding

was a surfboard and its body was an ocean, he slid across it, leaving afterimages in

octopus's tentacle missed, lashing against its own

to the point of understanding that hitting something going

to pay. He needed speed. He practically thirsted

his body was already reaching its limits. He couldn't afford to stay here any longer. Who knew

to glide across the tentacle as quickly as

like a streaking flash, careened toward the octopus's head. However, he wasn't as weaponless as one would expect. Instead, a primitive spear

excitement bubbling forth from its depths. But, Leonel couldn't afford to let the primitive consciousness possess him this time. Right now... Only he could do

the looming danger. It tried to lift its injured tentacle to launch Leonel away, but by the time it did,