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.

the mournful howl of the octopus was followed by the strike of its second tentacle which lashed against Leonel's

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

sever the tentacle in one strike, he immediately executed his secondary

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

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

BANG!

like pincers. But, the impact caused Leonel, who had

'Dammit!'

and pained roars of the octopus playing as

third tentacle,

spun hard and his

it's like this, don't blame

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

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

thing would be so slippery even to the point where he, who boasted

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

into the already injured tentacle he was falling

ax as a

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

missed, lashing against its own

how it 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 was far easier than hitting something which

had a price to pay. He needed

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

he needed to glide across the tentacle as quickly as possible. So... He left Aina's

However, he wasn't as weaponless as one would

Leonel couldn't afford to

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