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.

by the strike of its second tentacle which lashed against

world that would have allowed Leonel to let such a thing happen. After all, Aina was on his back and she

moment he realized he didn't have the strength to sever

the massive ax was the hook of a rock climber, he pulled down hard, making use of the

He hadn't accounted for just how slippery the

BANG!

Leonel, who had just barely regained his footing, to falter once more. And this time, he

'Dammit!'

and pained roars of the octopus

third tentacle, the maddened beast didn't hesitate to

hard

it's like this, don't blame

that he had just severely injured. If this beast grit

this would be before he did it, which is why he 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. After all, even though this monster was large, it was still only 50 meters from edge to edge, and the distance from one tip of the tentacle to its head was barely 20 meters. In that case, Leonel could still

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

gaze

ax once more, slicing into the already injured tentacle he

he stopped his falling and used the ax

the slippery liquid coating the octopus was a surfboard and its body was an ocean, he slid across it, leaving afterimages

tentacle missed, lashing against its own injured

could accurately knock a ship flying in the air at 300 kilometers an hour, yet couldn't swat this annoying fly to death. It had yet to evolve to the point of understanding that hitting something going in a straight line with a predestined path

pay. He needed speed. He practically

his Force to the limits, not to mention the fact his body was already reaching its limits. He couldn't afford to stay

needed to glide across the tentacle as quickly as possible. So... He left Aina's ax embedded into this

streaking flash, careened toward the octopus's head. However, he wasn't as weaponless as one would expect. Instead, a primitive spear had appeared in his hand, his aura rising

couldn't afford to let the primitive consciousness possess him this time.

danger. It tried to lift its injured tentacle to launch Leonel away, but by the time it did, Leonel was already near the end of it. So... Though Leonel was sent flying... It was right toward the center of its