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.

magic right after someone cast a Fire Elemental magic

was only one

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

SHUUU!

breath as he felt two

he cut down on the last

Maugrier's expression changed.

had been surprised that Leonel was a mage, after a moment, he laughed in his heart.

to cast. To make it worse, [Layering Arts] was a high level auxiliary Mage Art that multiplied

Arts] alone would take a talented Magus upwards of ten seconds to cast alone. In such

fool with no battle experience, but this situation completely

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 his

high fluctuations of Force would disrupt techniques. But, this was the first time he had ever seen anyone use it in

changed, he had 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!"

surged forward to

time to recover and pester me with more arrows. If I can't read the trajectory of his arrows, it'll

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

of the earth that matched his steps made the demons

Pressure surged into the earth

'Impossible!'

been too busy snickering at Leonel earlier to realize, but

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

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

an Earth Mage who could do such a thing would be a bane to all warriors who called them an enemy. The reason was simple. Not every place had water or fire or