Dimensional Descent

Khaled's expression changed.

He had already commanded that Predator Raven to man the perimeter, but it hadn't listened.

'No, it's not that it wasn't listening, something's making it not listen… This boy!'

Leonel had realized long ago that Khaled's commands could be interrupted.

For Khaled to have been sent to command this aerial assault, it was likely that other than gaining City Lord White's trust, it was also due to his ability. By virtue of this, it was easy to extrapolate that Khaled had likely been the one in command of the predator birds from the very beginning.

After Leonel realized this, he already had all the information he needed. The fact that his horn could disrupt Khaled's control, even for a moment, meant that it was very much possible for external sources to do so.

So, the simple question was… what about pain?

This much was easily confirmed. Though it was just for a moment, the Predator Raven completely disregarded Khaled's commands, almost completely disrupting the formation with its erratic flight in those moments just after Leonel pierced its eye.

Though Khaled managed to regain control of the Predator Raven, there was one thing he didn't notice. Or, rather, two things packaged into one.

The first thing was that Leonel had hidden a secondary damage spell within in arrow. And, the second thing was that Leonel had hidden a smaller version of the Force Arts drawn onto his horn as well.

The instant he realized that his hypothesis was correct, he activated the secondary damage spell, causing the Raven a surge of pain once again. And, right afterward, he activated the beast taming Force Arts to disrupt Khaled's second attempts at controlling the Raven.

When Leonel's [Light Refraction] spell was influenced, he realized a few things.

For one, the influence of a single Raven's pupils were exceptionally weak on him. If it wasn't for 500 disrupting his spell at once, it would have never distorted in the first place.

he pulled out the dictionary, he realized that the effect the Ravens had on him were much weaker in that instant. That obviously meant that their abilities

second very important thing… These damned birds couldn't disrupt a Force Art that had already been shielded and definitely

what Leonel's plan was. He could tell that something was interrupting his control and that this thing was most definitely the arrow still lodged in the Raven's eye.

were over 500 Jagged Beak Predator Ravens, all of which had long since surrounded Leonel and were waiting to taste his blood. What

Leonel abruptly changed directions to, seemingly

a flip of his palm, Leonel's bow disappeared, only to be replaced by a

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

'Chain Domain.'

tightly bound in the sky, its wings pinned to body and its claws pressed flush against

across Leonel's forehead, but he

its enraged eyes trying to bore into his soul. One was a blood red while the other dripped with crimson, its precious life dripping

it saw Leonel's cold, calculating eyes looking back toward it, the bird felt fear for the first time in maybe its life. It suddenly

of ways, beasts were just more of what humans were innately but tried to hide. Their sense of strict hierarchy was even more damning, even more

facing a being superior to you, beasts lowered their

if it meant certain

into the Predator Raven's eye, an undeniable callousness in his gaze

the insides of the Predator Raven in an

out his spear, blood spraying through the air as he thrust forth once more. But this time, his target wasn't the dead Raven but rather

single strike, separating out from the Predator

released the beast but latched onto the crossbow, causing it float before

like that, in what felt like the blink of an eye, the entire situation

with a crossbow, but not a single one with the capability

was Leonel. He was just one man, but he had suddenly become the center of the

Domain to load the first bolt, his eyes locking