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.

howl of the octopus was followed by the strike of

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

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

he pulled down hard, making use of the octopus's tough skin as an anchor to launch himself up

accounted for just how slippery the skin of the octopus would be and his feet were almost swept out from beneath

BANG!

Leonel, who

'Dammit!'

enraged and pained roars of

tentacle, the maddened

mind spun hard and his

like this, don't blame me

if it was a tentacle that he had just severely injured. If this beast grit

as possible. After all, even though this

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

finished. But, Leonel's gaze was burning

hesitation, Leonel raised the ax once more, slicing into the already injured

the ax as a hook once more, launching him

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

lashing against

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

had a price to pay. He needed speed.

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

across the tentacle as quickly as possible. So...

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

blood boiled, a seething excitement bubbling forth from its depths. But, Leonel couldn't afford to let the

Leonel away, but by the time it did, Leonel was already near