Dimensional Descent

Leonel really did feel like an unlucky star was following him around everywhere.

The reason he dared to jump into the skies like this despite knowing the octopus might make an all out last assault was because he was hoping that it would disappear after it died just like Invalids. In that case, there would be nothing to worry about.

But, who could have guessed that not only would it not disappear, but the final momentum of its dying embers of life were enough to threaten him to this extent?

Even though the tentacles had lost the power backing them, thus making them far weaker than when the creature was alive, they were still falling toward Leonel and Aina. Considering the size of the octopus, Leonel didn't even want to calculate the weight each of those tentacles carried, or else he might pass out in shock before he even had a chance to resist.

Suddenly, Aina's voice called out.

"Catch the ax!"

Her voice snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned quickly to find that the ax he had left embedded within the octopus's limb had pulled itself free and was now flying toward them.

Leonel understood Aina's intention immediately. If an ax that heavy soared toward them fast enough, it would be able to knock them off the path of trajectory the tentacles were aimed toward!

Leonel twisted his body in the air, catching the flying ax with both hands.

"Oof…"

Though Leonel felt his arms go numb as a strong force rammed into him, he couldn't have been more happy. This was enough!

Their direction was forcefully altered, sending them flying through a gap in the octopus's limbs and crashing toward the remains of a collapsed building.

Leonel braced himself, circulating the last dregs of his Force into his legs and landing heavily.

hadn't lasted for even a

Why aren't

dictionary to see if it had an answer, he suddenly felt his spatial bracelet

numerous pieces breaking apart and enveloping the octopus's

'This thing seems to have intelligence

he didn't have the luxury. After putting it away, he

dangerous so he had learned to not modify them on a whim. It was impossible

What Force would

Leonel asked the dictionary which now lay in his

However, they can

now that he thought about it. It was just that the octopus could cover obscene distances

why would this octopus

a potential meal, and that reason may very well be related to why the Segmented Cube acted on its own… Forget it, now isn't the time to think about this. I need to

of

that this likely meant that not all Invalids were humans, but

it depends. Low level Invalids mostly rely on olfactory senses. High level Invalids have

place he had sliced into

teeth, he made a

"Sorry about this, Aina."

**

patrol unit of Royal Blue Fort felt as though they were walking on

days, the number of Invalids had taken a sharp tick upward. According to the superiors, something big had happened in Perimeter 7, causing the first instances of Invalid Tides to

that their target wasn't the Fort, but the residual effects had made what once was a fairly easy job to gain Ascension Points to become a life and death

this happened

a dangerous time, so he could only swallow his grievances and