Dimensional Descent

Leonel awoke with a stretch. It felt so good that he held the pose for several moments, unwilling to leave that satisfying feeling behind.

He sat up with a smile. He was oddly happy at this moment. A burden that had been weighing on his heart felt as though it had been lifted. Plus, after finally getting some sleep, he felt refreshed and his spirit was even stronger than it had been just a few days ago.

'Even though he was an asshole, I have to admit that this Thunderous Clap person did indeed help me. If it wasn't for him, who knew how long I would have taken to come to such a realization.'

"You're awake?"

Leonel was so startled by the sudden voice that he practically jumped out of bed. He hadn't even noticed that the door had opened just now to reveal a very familiar and very annoying old man.

Old Hutch shook his head, his face filled with disdain.

"How could you possibly sleep like this on a battlefield. I could have slit your throat a hundred different ways."

Leonel's lip twitched. He had lived in a Mayan Tomb and faced thousands of Spaniards alone in that time. If there was anyone who knew how to sleep while being alert, it was him. But, was there a need for that right now?

"Since you're awake now, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

"Huh?" Leonel didn't know what the old man meant by this.

"You were so confident in getting first place, yet didn't you only get second? You practically threw my face out there. How can I show myself in public anymore?"

as he was concerned, who was the superior among them

but he didn't seem to want to

what reasons you have. I was promised a first place finish, yet I didn't get it.

What the hell did

defeat that brat Thunderous Clap and that other brat Roaring

"Oh…"

just wanted to ask him this question without losing face. So he made it seem like Leonel owed him an explanation. Leonel

end, Leonel

another one. I felt a very strong connection to it so I coaxed it out. The result should probably be some element based

casually explained, but the words alone caused ripples to go off

I not been distracted, I would have comprehended Spear Force already." Leonel

comprehending Spear Force, but this Lineage Factor intrigued him, mostly because it most definitely wasn't like the Metal Synergy Lineage Factor his father described. That likely meant

enough time between Leonel's epiphany

himself on the path of logically deducing his own talent and Lineage Factors, a whole new door

this path was that he would progress slower than his Lineage Factor would otherwise

and talent is usually much faster. This was just the way of life. However, Leonel had a

most. As a result, his progress was actually faster than it would

forcefully awaken his Lineage Factor's himself as long as he grasped a small inkling of them, it also meant that

for Leonel who was slowly comprehending his Lineage Factor himself, it didn't matter if he stayed awake for a single second or several days. Eventually, he would unveil all the hidden mysteries of his Lineage Factor. At

for five days? That was even longer

this, the 'bad' of his path was essentially expunged as long