Dimensional Descent

"I'll take that as a yes."

Leonel's icy voice woke Jian from his thoughts. He could only shut his mouth, keeping his mumbling to himself. He didn't know what his Young Lord had done to piss this young man off so much, but he could tell that he should refrain from asking.

"What did you come here for?"

Jian gulped. "Our Young Lord didn't tell us much. All we know is that there's a Force Crystal Mine and that the Young Lord needs it for some reason."

"How did you get in here through the beasts? Is there another entrance to the hive?"

Jian's gaze flashed with a peculiar light. But, remembering that Leonel would ask this same question to his partner, he could only throw all thoughts of lying to the back of his mind.

"… Those beasts are under the control of Young Lord."

"What?"

Leonel couldn't hide his shock. At the same time, a cold sweat permeated his back. That monocle wearing bastard actually had such an ability? That's impossible. Leonel remembered very clearly that he had already asked the dictionary to read out his ability.

From what Leonel remembered, their Young Lord's ability was of the SS-grade. He had the ability to change the genetic information of a target. Judging by the fact his subordinates were weremen, Leonel assumed that in order to change this genetic information, he needed to take it from another source.

could it be part of his original ability? Or maybe it was someone under his command who

Leonel's mind was spinning.

S-grade threats, Simeon was practically invincible. And, there was no telling if he had other beasts following along with him now. Leonel didn't believe that he would really enter without

aura coming off the boy

How long has he had this ability

while his mind was wandering, he caught onto the faint inkling of

has been running a lot of experiments lately, trying to iron out the kinks in this ability.

the Slayer Legion at the shore that day…

was shocked. Seeing this, Leonel didn't need him to answer, he knew

level throw his life away

Not only was there not a shred of

it

different angle? What if that man was just a guinea pig? What if he was Simeon's way of testing whether or not he

colder the chill in his heart became. This Simeon…

same time, there was a hint of fear that blossomed in Leonel. Such an ability, it was too treacherous. If Simeon could really manipulate one's genes such that they had to obey his every command… just what kind of power could

'He needs to die.'

bathhouse. Leonel had already sentenced Simeon to death. He wouldn't allow that bastard to