Dimensional Descent

Time seemed to slow to a crawl.

Leonel had never expected for such a thing to happen. After being blown away by a mysterious mirror ability, his Coach Owen had flown back more than a hundred meters from Lionel. The distance that separated them couldn't be considered to be small. By any logic, it shouldn't have been possible to attack the Governor Duke without giving Leonel time to respond.

But, the facts were laid out before them all. Coach Owen's own spear shot through his belly, his blood painting its shaft crimson.

With a cough, Escobar slumped backward, his breathing growing incredibly shallow.

Aina's eyes widened. But in the next instant, her gaze snapped toward Leonel, flashes of worry lighting her irises.

Unfortunately, it was already too late for her to say anything. Whatever light Leonel's aura held vanished, being washed by an oppressive might that made those in his presence feel as though a hand was descending from the skies.

"TELL ME! WHY DID YOU CALL HIM THAT!"

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Leonel took a step forward, the ground beneath his feet groaning and whining.

The image of a majestic bird appeared to his back. It had beautiful feathers of gold and white, eyes filled with endless wisdom and a wing span that seemed capable of encompassing the world.

Leonel's next step seemed to blur, touching the ground both so lightly and with such speed that it left nothing but an after image in its wake. It wasn't until Leonel was already over a hundred meters away from the place of its descent that the concrete suddenly folded beneath the pressure.

Aina's expression changed, her head snapping back toward everyone else.

"Support him!"

Her voice held no less compulsion than Leonel's. It became quite clear quite quickly that the reason she didn't lead wasn't because she couldn't, but rather because she chose to defer to Leonel. But at this moment, there wasn't time for that.

Anared looked at this change with a curious light in his eye.

In truth, the only two that had a chance at shaking his position were Leonel and Aina. Since they had so graciously shown themselves...

hovered to Anared's back suddenly vibrated, resonating with a sudden will to battle. As though a road of air manifested before him, Anared casually stepped off the top of

the wind in two, intercepting Aina and

onto him. Even his heart skipped a single beat before his Sword Force reaffirmed his resolve in the

but frown. Nothing had shaken his heart so

"Leave him to me."

toward him. It took him just

this girl think that he was Jilniya? He could defeat someone on that level without even unsheathing his sword. Yet, Aina would have likely lost her life had it

didn't pull out her great sword as Anared had expected. In fact, she tossed it to

ax appeared in her hand. Her aura

'Four Seasons Realm...'

on the cusp of entering the Fifth Dimension. Let alone the fact Anared had hardly

Aina, a slight hint of blood wrinkling the noses of those

ax's handle. The ax trembled with

Anared actually chose this moment to step forward when all she wanted to do was support

spirit reached its peak, her eyes gave the sign of several warnings. She swore that if anything happened to Leonel,

futures. This was the way of the world. Though he, of course,

now things were different. Not only had their actions put the life of his Coach on the

so badly,

his Coach and Lionel, his aura towering. The shocked guards of Dark Cloud Prison suddenly felt as though an immovable pillar stood before them all. Even if the sky collapsed, it would be

this Warden not answered his question, now someone else had come to block his

trying one

"Just die!" Lionel roared.

golden owl to Leonel's. It felt as though

blew back, but his cold, calculating gaze remained indifferent. He observed Lionel's hysteria without a hint of emotion, his eyes seemingly even more vacant

take control of my mind." Leonel

spear forward. With a thought, chains

they didn't have much fighting experience, but how could they? This was the first time they had been in the outside world since they were toddlers. It

this group even realized they had abilities at all, yet they were already so powerful. What would happen if they had time acclimate and grow? Would Leonel even be worthy of standing in their

they were completely lost