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 tentacle

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

the strength to sever the tentacle in

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

on the top of the half severed tentacle, his steps faltering. He hadn't accounted for just how slippery the skin of the octopus would be and his feet were almost swept out from

BANG!

failed to squash Leonel between them like pincers. But, the impact caused Leonel, who had just barely regained his footing, to falter once more.

'Dammit!'

and pained roars of

now within striking range of its third tentacle, the maddened beast didn't hesitate to swing

hard and his gaze

this, don't

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 flick would basically

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

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

Leonel's gaze was burning

into

falling and used the ax as a hook once more, launching him forward at blinding

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

octopus's tentacle missed, lashing against its own

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

still had a price to pay. He

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 this lumbering toward him

the tentacle as quickly as possible.

wasn't as weaponless as one would expect. Instead, a primitive spear had appeared in his

afford to let the primitive consciousness possess him this time.

tentacle to launch Leonel away, but by the time it did, Leonel was already near the end of it.