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.

their own, the amount of Universal Force

though the

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

form of comprehension would have just been a minor boost to his strength, but this was much, much, much more of a

once more sunk

…

~Mage Art Clones~

Arts had skyrocketed. Not only could he draw Mage Arts much more quickly

the Art, it once again increased the

just speed,

were two avenues he could

many times in battle. It allowed a mage

of stacked spells for a Three Star Magus Art was

necessary to draw each one of them individually. This

second problem overshadowed the fact that it would also take a lot of

stamina wasn't really an issue. He could cast even a Three Star Magus Art in a

research into either making the layering Art better or

felt he had a

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

from the outside would realize that it wasn't

Arts were becoming

complex Magus Arts into their simpler forms them forming

seemed to be searching for something, looking for a

point where nothing but

them down

**

a month ticked by, then a second. Leonel had unknowingly turned 19 being completely none

the crowd continued 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 moving

the Dream Abode coming back to their memories. If they weren't certain before, they were absolutely sure now that