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.

Elemental magic right after someone cast a Fire

on Leonel's predicted trajectory, there was only one explanation: He

of this and applied the concepts of 'Spirit Pressure

SHUUU!

as he felt

step forward, he cut down on the last one,

Maugrier's expression changed.

first, he had sneered seeing Leonel's reaction. Though he had been surprised that Leonel was a mage, after a moment, he

cast three different spells at once. Even the weakest, [Harden], should have taken a veteran mage two seconds to cast. To make

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

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

last arrow told him all he needed to know. The truth shocked him to his

of the battlefield, he obviously knew that high fluctuations of Force would disrupt techniques. But, this was the first time he had ever seen

waiting to see

"My Lord!"

death guards surged forward to

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 such close

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

that matched his steps made the demons around

into the earth beneath his

'Impossible!'

He had been too busy snickering at Leonel earlier to

Using already existing elements was far more difficult and took far more Spirit Pressure than directly creating your

could manipulate the elements in their natural state were favored even amongst Childes. The disparity between them and normal mages

to all warriors who called them an enemy. The reason was simple. Not every place had water or fire or strong winds, but any place there were humans there would