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.

a Tier 4 Black treasure, but since it was one time use, it was countless times more powerful than other treasures of its tier. He chose it just for Aina, so that he

when he saw her kill Conrad like that, he began to question everything. Even after he learned that she had killed Conrad for the sake of

more than even he, himself, could put into words. But, there was always a piece of himself that remained restrained, a part of him that couldn't accept her. So... He never gave her the bracelet he saw

so stupid. Impossibly stupid. Regret was seeping through

roared like an enraged wild beast, ignoring the pain of his inner organs. He could hardly hear it himself, but

"Fire."

His only regret was that such a good treasure would likely not survive the wreckage and would have

sadistic. He remembered Leonel's voice when he shot

interaction had been meaningless to him. Watching Leonel suffer like this after humiliating him

of that whore will die without repaying the family

drowned

BOOM!

heavy. His vision was too blurred to see where he was, he could only barely

"Li..."

another treasure. The gem of the bracelet he had just slipped onto Aina's hand fractured and

voice was trying to say his

"Little fool... Take it."

was only after his senses were barely half recovered that he realized it was Aina talking

of fabric to be called paper. However, all Leonel could see was Aina's hand. How she managed to continue holding on to her ax in one and lift

ke you to... an... other... world. I've al... ready

expression flickered, his throat

once more said

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

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 it. Miles might

cares, we'll just build another

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

time, another official

all from emergency stores in case of a Class 9: Red event like this one. They've been used

breaths, waiting for the Junior Governor Duke's

Send all available

all sighed breaths

Governor