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.

amount of Universal Force one could use was far greater than when one relied on

was now in an in-between Realm. He felt as though the comprehension was

someone who comprehended it with

though this wasn't 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, much, much more of

confidence grew as he once more sunk back

…

~Mage Art Clones~

only could he draw Mage Arts much more quickly than he had in the past,

lowered the strength of the Art, it once again increased the casting speed

Leonel needed wasn't just speed, he

could travel

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

its own limitations. For one, the maximum number of stacked spells for a Three Star Magus Art was three and no more. This

problem was time. To layer multiple Arts, it was obviously necessary to draw each one of them individually. This would increase

this second problem overshadowed the fact that it would also take a lot of stamina to layer

time and stamina 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

to research into either making the layering Art better or into making his Three Star Magus Arts better compliments to

felt he had a much better

of them having numerous Force Arts floating around them. They spanned from the simplest Apprentice Arts to the highest Magus

watching from the outside would realize that it wasn't that

Arts were becoming Apprentice

breaking down complex Magus Arts into their simpler

for something, looking for a

a point where nothing but Apprentice

broke them

**

then a second. Leonel had unknowingly turned

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

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