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.

Water Elemental magic right after

predicted trajectory, there was only one explanation: He had used Force to control

of this and applied the concepts of 'Spirit Pressure Storms' here, he

SHUUU!

felt two arrows tear through the skin on

he cut down on the last

Maugrier's expression changed.

seeing Leonel's reaction. Though he had been surprised that Leonel was a

at once. Even the weakest, [Harden], should have taken a veteran mage two seconds to cast. To make it worse, [Layering

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

Leonel was simply a talented fool with no battle experience, but this situation completely upended

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

battlefield, he obviously knew that high fluctuations of Force would disrupt techniques. But, this

laid his guard down 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

"My Lord!"

guards surged forward to try

arrows. If I can't read the trajectory

as he wanted to temper his spear skills here, this wasn't an

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

surged into the earth beneath

'Impossible!'

snickering at Leonel earlier to realize, but this boy was

free elements from the atmosphere. Using already existing elements was far more difficult and took far more Spirit Pressure than directly creating your own as counter intuitive as that might

amongst Childes. The disparity between them and

further, an Earth Mage who could do such a thing would be a bane to all warriors who called them an enemy. The