Dimensional Descent

[For those who missed the annoucnement, for the month of August, DD will be transitioning to a 2 chapter a day schedule. In addition, I'll be uploading later in the day my time due to this (6pm EST) <3]

The Slayer Legion units were in shock. The gorilla directly ignoring them and jumping after the boy they saw as nothing other than a scout who overestimated himself and infuriated Captain Sela was completely out of their expectations.

"Rookie!"

Gerolt and Malt's shrill cries reached Leonel, but they were simply too far away to do anything to help. Leonel was on his own.

At that very moment, Aitken and his injured squad members were taking advantage of the gorilla being distracted to retreat as quickly as they could. It became obvious that they had no intention of stepping into those muddied waters again. Even Captain Sela's life and death was unknown at this point, why would they risk themselves for a boy who was just being so arrogant mere moments ago.

To the units of the six Captains, Leonel was essentially finished. Still, the only ones who felt even the slightest shred of remorse was Captain Zhang who brought Leonel into his unit and the four squad members he had spent the last two weeks with.

Still, none of them could do anything even if they wanted to.

However, Leonel, the person in question, watched on with a cold expression.

Timing his escape perfectly, he darted forward, leaping just out of the range of the gorilla's descending hammer fists. He pulled on his chains hard, taking advantage of the heavy chariot and his own strength to sweep the chain across the gorilla's ankles and knocking it off its feet.

Leonel jumped toward the gorilla's back as it fell, wrapping the chain that bound his wrists across its neck. He pressed his knees down on either side of the beast's spine, pulling his arms back hard.

The veins of his arms bulged and the pain of the chains pressing against his wrists was excruciating. But Leonel continued to pull, wanting to break the gorilla's neck in one move.

"ROOOOOAAARRRRR!!!!"

bellowed, trying to lash out toward

more. His legs moved, sliding his knees from the gorilla's back and placing

his arms as though he was trying to stand up, but

was finished. The control Leonel had over its neck was commanding. If it wasn't for its sturdy body, it would have already lost its

In that moment, the soft flesh of

be turning it on and off like this.

moment it got the slightest bit of reprieve, it rolled to its back, trying to crush Leonel with his

gorilla wasn't even 400 pounds, so Leonel was confident in outlasting the beast. However… He knew quite well that this

moments, it had felt the call of death. It had really almost died at the hands of a puny human

rose up, lashing out with its fists toward Leonel, but the cold glint it found on

his wrists again. In all its rage, the gorilla failed to realize that when it had rolled to get Leonel off its back like that, it had inadvertently wrapped the chain around itself loosely. This time when Leonel pulled, it was no longer as simple as tripping it. This time, its

lost control of when the chariot went flying. It was impossible for him to use a spear properly,

crimson red, its snarls throwing hot air and flying spittle from its sharp canines. Its teeth glistened beneath the high sun almost like the tusks of a wild

air before they

didn't know how to use a sword. But, he hadn't known how to use an ax back then

gorilla's attack pattern was too simple. And, secondly, its shield ability couldn't be abused. Better

the succubus spearwoman could be

ducking out of the

his broad sword flashed forward, leaving afterimages in

CLANG!