Dimensional Descent

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Leonel's enigmatic steps sent him fluttering across the training room. Three puppets wearing wooden armor pressed him from all sides, conjuring spells of all kinds to bombard him.

Leonel's eyes remained closed, his Internal Sight remaining concentrated on this small region.

Thoughts of how Lamorak had toyed with him played in his head again and again. The memories were so vivid that he could almost feel the same pain coursing through his body once more.

Leonel was suddenly cornered by all three puppets. It seemed for a moment that he would be pincered from all sides.

An arrow of earth, fire and water assaulted him from different directions, aiming to take his life.

The puppets of this room were all entirely made of Spiritual Wood. As a result, their ability to cast spells was even beyond that of their human counterparts. This made up for their stiff actions with overwhelming power.

That said, to humans, more Spiritual Wood wasn't necessarily better. After all, if one's wand was too large, it would be like trying to use a sledgehammer to staple two sheets of paper together. And even that wasn't necessarily a good analogy considering in this case, the mages might not even have enough strength to 'lift' the sledgehammer.

However, these puppets were different. Their Spiritual Pressure was provided by crystals. In that case, they were much less limited in this regard.

Just when it seemed Leonel would be struck, he arched his head forward, narrowly dodging the arrow of earth. His hips twisted, ducking past the arrow of fire.

The two arrows swept by his body, crashing into the opposing puppets and sending them flying.

The final arrow of water took advantage of the situation, zipping through the air and appearing between Leonel's brows in a flash.

Leonel's eyes suddenly snapped open, an overwhelming Spirit Pressure sweeping forth that seemed to freeze the arrow in air for a split moment.

'[Deconstruct].'

swirled around Leonel. In that moment, a Magic Art

its momentum, crashing into the Art before it

water arrow seemed to pass through without issue. But it was at that moment that something

the first point to enter Leonel's Art — it collapsed, becoming no different from normal droplets of

crossed the remaining distance between him and the water mage puppet, sending a punch out

PENG!

shot up from his pivot

dimmed, signaling that all

not enough…' Leonel

of the puppets into a corner without lifting a finger, but still failed to do

what this General Star really is. Walking around blindly on my own will take too

knew he had completely mastered the technique of the primitive

the Three Star Official Art level. But, Leonel felt that this rating was inaccurate, because

make the appropriate changes to its form. So, for most mages, it was only useful against mages of lesser skill than themselves, making it only about as good as a typical parlor

doesn't have Magus level puppets. I wonder if [Deconstruct] would work on higher level

his thoughts, he walked out

"Leonel!"

surprise, pleasantly surprised to find Lionus waiting

"Lionus."

Official Mage? Don't you think this speed is a bit

at least in terms of the Magic Arts he knew and his ability to cast them. As for the Crystallization of his Spirit Pressure, he was lagging behind in his aspect, making

Official Mage rank required more than just knowledge and ability, it was also necessary to gain certain merits.

as a Holy Son was enough to blind the

Star Official Mage standard. This was the only

he found it a bit odd he could look through all their techniques, but not read all their knowledge, Leonel felt it made sense in the end. Often times, it was impossible to learn Magic Arts without the proper knowledge foundation. And, even if you had the knowledge, breaking through the barrier protecting them was another