Dimensional Descent

Leonel suddenly manifested from thin air, his appearance causing no small number of people a great deal of shock.

A wide grin spread across his face as he looked toward his teammates. Any rage he had been feeling vanished, replaced by a gratification he had yet to feel in his life before.

"Captain!"

They didn't have time to think about how Leonel had suddenly appeared here, or how he was somehow already blocking the path between them and the white wolf.

After registering that Leonel was actually here, the faces of his teammates changed wildly.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Are you trying to die?!"

The whirring of the canons atop the walls never stopped. The truth was that from the vantage of those up above, it was impossible to hear even their screams, let alone noticing the sudden appearance of a single person on such a large battlefield.

Even now, no one but those on the ground had noticed the addition of Leonel. Of course, among those that noticed included the Variant Invalid and its ice guards. However, surprisingly, from start to finish, Leonel's back faced them.

It was as though he was showing the same disregard for the white wolf that it had shown to his teammates.

Who cared about when you stomped an ant as long as it was done?

This sort of air of confidence was something the white wolf hadn't sensed from an enemy during this war. Such a feeling caused its toothy grin to become more sinister, carrying a more bloodthirsty air to it.

Leonel patted the rookie's shoulder. "What's your name?"

have the right to have their own names until they passed through a year of initiation. It was only after this that they were

heard Leonel ask such a question, he

time ago. But, due to the various circumstances surrounding the Metamorphosis, he had been stuck in his role as a rookie for over double the time he should have

words made it all

name is Drake,

did a good job, Drake. Supporting your brothers is exactly what a man should do. But, remember in the future to only do things within your means, do you

at Leonel before lowering

head and patted

to realize that your seniors wanted to sacrifice themselves for your benefit. If your

with understanding. But, because he was looking

had said enough. Anymore would just be

team, he smiled toward them nonetheless. For a moment, everyone seemed to forget that they were on a battlefield. Whatever pressure had been coming from the Invalids all around them, or the white wolf just 20 or so

"Fire!"

aimed and

bad as what Miles had done before, they were clearly still within the range of being struck.

gaze didn't seem to want to leave Leonel, but Leonel also seemed to have no intention

of you,

"Ah…"

middle of a battlefield? Also, hadn't a volley of bombs just been launched, maybe in as soon as another

Leonel only smiled

up a pattern on the

randomly and out of thin air, nor did he try to appear at the last moment on purpose. He had been trying to

before then, he had been using [Light Refraction] to appear invisible. In the time, he managed to draw a teleportation Art on the