Dimensional Descent

Though it was only by a few centimeters, the overall result would be far different than what he anticipated.

Leonel's blood boiled and his spine ran cold.

In such a threatening situation, he grew more focused, his thinking speed accelerating so quickly that time seemed to slow.

In an instant, Leonel zipped through all of the potential countermeasures he had and responded with the best.

BANG!

His foot slammed into the ground, a swirl of wind and oppressive Spirit Pressure surging around him.

"[Earthen Wall]. [Layering Arts]. [Harden]."

It was impossible to cast a spell so quickly. Even for Leonel.

An arrow crossing ten meters was the matter of a blink of an eye. But, even Leonel's fastest cast would take a full second.

However… It was then Leonel's Dreamscape flashed, sending out a branch of lightning.

In the core of it all, a book stood: 'Fostering a Mage's Battle Sense'. In fact, it wasn't just the book, but a specific chapter by the title of 'Spirit Pressure Storms'.

There were many things that could influence a mage's casting. Depending on the environment, there were an infinite number of variables. One such variable was the so-called 'Spirit Pressure Storm'.

When a high level Mage Art was cast, it would cause Force to converge. High concentrations of Force made it more difficult to control, especially when the concentration was of an opposing Force type to the one you were trying to use.

large scale Water Elemental magic right after someone cast a Fire Elemental magic was

only one explanation: He had

of this and applied the concepts of 'Spirit

SHUUU!

in a cold breath as he felt two arrows tear

on the last one, continuing to

Maugrier's expression changed.

that Leonel was a mage,

veteran mage two seconds to cast. To make it worse,

seconds to cast alone. In such a situation, Leonel was bound to

had thought that Leonel was simply a talented fool with no battle experience, but

Leonel completely dispelled his attempted casting right after deflecting his last arrow told him all he needed to know. The truth shocked

Demon Lord and a veteran of the battlefield, he obviously knew that high fluctuations of Force would disrupt

when he saw Leonel's stupid attempt. He had been waiting to see a grand show, but now he had yet to draw more arrows while Leonel had already halved the distance between

"My Lord!"

surged forward to try to protect

blocked again, he'll have time to recover and pester me with more arrows. If I can't read the trajectory of his arrows, it'll be too difficult to dodge at

decision. As much as he wanted to temper his spear skills here, this wasn't

The trembling of the earth that matched his steps made the demons around him

Pressure surged into the earth beneath his

'Impossible!'

had been too busy snickering at Leonel

elements was far more difficult and took far more Spirit Pressure than directly creating your own as counter intuitive

elements in their natural state were favored even amongst Childes. The disparity between them and normal mages was like the difference between clear

enemy. The reason was simple. Not every place had water or fire or strong winds, but any place there were humans there