Dimensional Descent

"… Eat slowly Little Tolly, slowly now…"

Leonel wiped off sweat that threatened to sting his eyes once more.

He never forgot that one of the hazards he learned about Metal Spirits was their propensity to overeat. If he let it happen, Tolliver could go mad and harm him.

This was the main reason Tolliver had yet to evolve into the Fourth Dimension along with Blackstar. Leonel was very careful about how much he fed him and what he fed him.

Leonel preferred to give the little fella high quality Ores that would fill him very quickly. This was much better than feeding Tolliver a lot of low-quality Ores.

The more high-quality Ores Tolliver ate, the more powerful the little guy would become in relation to its evolution stage. So, Leonel took this very seriously.

"Oh…"

Tolliver suddenly shot out of Leonel's gloved hands. The little guy's body concentrated into a single point before explosively growing.

Leonel realized that this was a sign that Little Tolly was finally crossing into the Fourth Dimensional realms.

Leonel's mind had already entered such a realm, so he was very confident that he would still be able to control and command Tolliver appropriately.

Tolliver came back to Leonel looking just that much more lustrous.

"Ready to work little guy?"

"Bloop, bloop."

Leonel smiled lightly before his expression suddenly changed.

He quickly commanded Little Tolliver to float in the air as he scanned his black gloves. After just a moment, he smiled bitterly, watching it corrode as though having been dipped in strong acid.

peeling the gloves off of his hands before

though he felt he might be able to make them, how would he? He needed gloves to Craft with Little

Leonel grit his teeth.

been avoiding this training for a long time… No time better than the

the last lessons of his father's beginners guide was to begin

stronger a Metal Spirit became, the more elaborate a Force Crafter's gloves

a madman. As if calling himself Father Overlord wasn't bad enough, the old man

and activated his Bronze Runes once again, thinking back

down to you, not the other way around. Gloves

his father put a hazard section in the dictionary at all. First it was forming a Fifth Dimensional Divine Armor and now

the first catapult,

a flip of his palm, a familiar chain necklace appeared in Leonel's hand. Fine cracks spread across its surface, causing a flicker of rage

chain necklace was the very first Quasi Bronze treasure Leonel ever possessed. Unfortunately, due to Miles almost blowing him to smithereens,

have been impossible for explosives of the 21st century like Miles used back then

issue is that this was an energy based treasure. As a result, it had to rely on the Force around it in order to form its defensive shields. This was exactly why it stopped working when Leonel was under the influence

Dimensional Force to protect itself and as a result was far weaker than it should have been. If it was using Fourth Dimensional Force, it would likely take at least 24th century explosives and technology to damage it

strength, this chain necklace could survive several blows from the crossbows that White

Bronze treasures, this was

just a shame that this chain necklace

For now, that is.

enough skill to build his Divine Armor, he would need to build up his skill just as quickly as he built up his strength within Brave City. The only way he could protect himself, his friends and Aina would be if he had the strength to do so, and this was his fastest path toward

'If I have my Divine Armor, I won't need this. In that case, I'll combine both necklaces into one… This should be a

defensive abilities of the chain necklace, the teleportation abilities of the Treading Goddess Necklace, and finally, add something on the end to

of meditation, his gaze grew cold and

outstretched a hand and allowed Little Tolly to land in his

**

wrong. Earth was in shambles, facing battles on all fronts. All eight Forts and even the Capital was under siege. The only difference was that the

this moment, the Emperor of Earth sat in his garden, the delicate chirping of birds around him. He continued to meditate, raising a