Dimensional Descent

"No!"

Leonel shook himself awake, dragging up what reserve strength he had managed to regain while allowing Aina to lead to swoop her into his arms. He tried to cover Aina completely, hoping that her ax could block the rest of the attack.

BOOM!

Pain like nothing Leonel had ever felt in his life before assaulted his body. Without suspense, he was sent flying. He couldn't even tell up from down anymore, let alone telling just how far it was he had flown.

The Quasi Bronze chain necklace on his neck splintered. It was just a tiny crack, but it came with a sound almost as loud as the bomb itself. Or, maybe Leonel's sense of sound had just been completely thrown off as well. He really couldn't tell.

"Aina? Aina!"

Leonel roared, barely able to hear his own voice. Only after shouting with all he had did he faintly hear himself.

Aina's state was far more sorry than his own. He had tried his best to cover her back while her ax had covered much of her front, but her legs and some of her arms had been completely exposed.

Leonel's blurry vision teared up when he saw her, a lump quickly swelling in his throat.

Her legs had been charred beyond recognition. What was once delicate, fair skin was blackened beyond recognition. It was so bad that she didn't even bleed, even her blood itself seemed to have burnt to ash.

Her arms were in a slightly better situation, but this somehow made it more gruesome. Severe burns of the fourth degree almost exposed her bones. Her flesh bubbled almost like water, producing a scene that made one's stomach upturn.

Leonel's knees and palms surrounded her almost like a mother protecting her cubs. He wanted to scream and roar, but his inner organs didn't seem to want to allow that.

Blood leaked from his orifices, partially obscured by the soot and grime that coated his body.

Leonel quickly shuffled around in his pockets. When he found the bracelet he was looking for, he slipped it onto Aina's wrist as gently as he could.

Regret filled his heart.

'I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid. I should have given it to her earlier. Why didn't I give it to her earlier?'

He felt as though something was clawing at his chest and eating his flesh.

it was one time use, it was countless times more powerful than other treasures of its tier. He chose it just for

learned that she had killed Conrad for the sake of protecting Yuri, he

of himself that remained restrained, a part of him that couldn't accept

was so stupid. Impossibly stupid. Regret was seeping

He could hardly hear it himself, but

"Fire."

such a good treasure would likely not survive the wreckage

Simeon's expression was far more sadistic. He remembered Leonel's voice when he shot that bullet

said. As though the interaction had been meaningless to him. Watching Leonel suffer like

die without repaying the

maddened roar was drowned out by

BOOM!

blurred to see where he was, he could only barely tell with his

"Li..."

along with the splintering of another treasure. The gem of the bracelet he had just

was trying

"Little fool... Take it."

barely half recovered that he realized it was Aina talking and

find a tall and slender piece of paper between her hand and his chest. No, it looked too much like a piece of fabric to be called paper. However, all

Is a tick... et. Just pour... your Force into... it and... it will ta... ke you

his throat running

once more

Governor Duke, we can't do that. They've been blown too close to the walls. If we shoot again, we'll compromise the safety of the

hesitated but still clenched his teeth to explain. He was already horrified by Miles' actions. Now that he had found such a good excuse, he had to make use of

just build another wall."

could easily do it again. Not to mention the fact that it would just have to be a repair

time, another

emergency stores in case of a Class 9: Red event like this one. They've been used up already and we won't have the technology or safety to mine such ores again in the

breaths, waiting for the Junior Governor

Send all available units

all sighed

the Junior Governor