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.

of Universal Force one could use was far greater than

Realm. He felt as though the comprehension was his own, but the Universal Force hadn't recognized it

than someone who comprehended it with the help of another, but less than if he had comprehended it all on

second form of comprehension would have just

he once more sunk back into his meditative

…

~Mage Art Clones~

to master Force Arts had skyrocketed. Not only could he draw Mage Arts

'freelancing' lowered the strength of the Art, it once again increased the casting speed and gave Leonel

needed wasn't just speed,

avenues he could travel

in battle. It allowed a mage to stack the same spell multiple times to increase

stacked spells for a Three Star Magus Art was three and no more. This wasn't anywhere near

To layer multiple Arts, it was obviously necessary to draw each one

it would also take a

wasn't really an issue. He could cast even a Three Star Magus Art in a split second in his current state. The main issue was the limitation of

making the layering

he had a much

sat in regions of their own, each of them having numerous Force Arts floating around them. They spanned from the simplest Apprentice Arts to

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

were

Arts into their simpler forms them forming them

seemed to be searching for something, looking

a point where nothing

broke them down

**

a month ticked by, then a second. Leonel had unknowingly turned 19

large crowd, the surroundings were eerily silent. In fact, not a single person was moving as though they

a slight tinge of fear, all the legends of the Dream Abode coming back to their