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.

on their own, the amount of Universal Force

though the comprehension was his own, but the Universal Force hadn't recognized

comprehended it with the help of another, but less than if

as great as Leonel had been hoping, this was still excellent news. The second form of comprehension would have just been a minor boost to his strength, but this was much,

grew as he once more sunk back into his

…

~Mage Art Clones~

could he draw Mage

once again increased the casting speed and gave Leonel much more freedom in

just speed, he needed

were two avenues he could travel down

used this Art many times in battle. It allowed a mage to stack the

own limitations. For one, the maximum number of stacked spells for a Three Star Magus Art was three and no more. This wasn't anywhere

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

this second problem overshadowed the fact that it would also

the problem of time and stamina wasn't really an issue. He could cast even a Three Star Magus Art in a split second in

would have to research into either making the layering Art better or into making his Three

felt he had a much better idea than

having numerous Force Arts floating around them. They spanned from

watching from the outside would realize that it wasn't that there were Apprentice Arts and Magus Arts floating around Leonel but

Arts were

Arts into their simpler forms

searching for

there came a point where nothing

them down

**

focused on training himself, a month ticked by, then a second. Leonel had unknowingly turned

But, if one paid attention, it would become clear that for such a large crowd, the surroundings were eerily silent. In fact, not

fear, all the legends of the Dream Abode coming back to their memories. If they weren't certain before, they