Dimensional Descent

Of course, Leonel wasn't going to sprout wings just by unlocking the first of his Lineage Factor's chains. Such a mutation would only occur at a much deeper level of integration.

First Flight represented the invocation of the essence of the Snowy Star Owl's speed.

~Four Seasons Clones~

Each one of Leonel's four Dream Clones focused on a different Force Art. They floated before his main body, each capturing a different scene.

Despite the fact Leonel had already been bestowed the Winter Legendary Skill, he still chose to comprehend it on his own again. It was then he suddenly realized something shocking.

When he finally grasped Winter on his own… he realized it was different from the comprehension Merlin's Trial had bestowed to him.

'It can't be…'

Leonel froze for a moment.

Compared to the comprehension Merlin's Trial had given him, the one he comprehended by Dream Sculpting was several times deeper. In fact, Leonel felt as though he could sense the essence of the Seasons as though it was his very own understanding.

Leonel was stunned.

What limited those who chose the second path of comprehension – relying on another – was that their understanding would never be as deep as the original creator. However, by Dream Sculpting these Force Arts, Leonel had integrated this understanding so deeply within himself that it almost felt like his own.

Leonel was shocked to his core. When he realized this, he immediately consulted the dictionary. It was only after this that he finally calmed down.

'So that's how it is…'

Leonel learned from the dictionary that there were two things that distinguished the second and third forms of comprehension. The first was as Leonel thought: how deeply one comprehended. But, the second was how much Universal Force one could evoke.

Universal Force was the strength behind the Four Seasons Realm. When one comprehended one or all of the Four Seasons, it was possible to use Universal Force to increase one's strength. This was where the power of the Realm came from.

Cycle on their own, the amount of Universal Force one could use was far greater than when one relied on someone

essentially meant that Leonel was now in an in-between Realm. He felt as though the comprehension was his own, but the Universal

evoke from the Four Seasons Realm was more than someone who comprehended it with the help of another, but less than

still excellent news. The second form of comprehension would have just been

he once more sunk back into his meditative

…

~Mage Art Clones~

that his ability to master Force Arts had skyrocketed. Not only could he draw Mage Arts much more quickly than he had

strength of the Art, it once again increased the casting speed and gave Leonel much more

just speed, he needed added

were two avenues he could travel

this Art many times in battle. It allowed a mage to stack the same spell multiple times to increase its

Three Star Magus Art was three and

obviously necessary to draw each one of them individually. This would increase casting time and

problem overshadowed the fact that it would also take a lot of stamina to layer so many

Magus Art in a split

go with this option, he would have to research into either making the layering Art better or into

had a much better

Force Arts floating around them. They spanned from the simplest Apprentice Arts

so often, they would breakdown into smaller parts. Anyone watching from the outside would realize that it wasn't that there were Apprentice Arts and Magus Arts floating

were becoming Apprentice

complex Magus Arts into their

to be searching for something, looking for a path

where nothing but Apprentice Arts

broke them

**

by, then a

become clear that for such a large crowd, the surroundings were eerily silent. In fact, not a single person was

their subordinates here felt a slight tinge of fear, all the legends of the Dream Abode coming back to their memories. If they weren't certain before, they were absolutely sure now that someone had