Dimensional Descent

Leonel's aura was like a raging tiger released from its chains. It commanded absolute respect within its territory.

"Chain Domain."

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The instant the words left Leonel's lips, the crumbling domain around him suddenly resurrected, coming back in full force. No, to say full force would be to assume that it came back just as strong. But, the reality was very much different.

In the past, the Chains were illusory and their rattling rang hollow. But now, it looked as though real chains had manifested into the air, their bodies exuding a black fog that suffocated their surroundings.

However, just when it felt as though just these changes were shocking enough, the Domain began to change again.

Royal Blue Province was a tropical location that experienced Summer almost all year 'round. It never seemed to get too blistering hot and it never snowed. It could be said that the Spring and Summer should have been the Seasons Leonel was the most familiar with.

Still, even to this point, Leonel had failed to comprehend the Four Seasons Realm on his own. The reason was simple, he found it difficult to wrap his mind around the concept of the Seasons suddenly becoming a battle technique. Even if he knew it was possible, his mind couldn't cross an artificial barrier it put up for itself.

Even after experiencing the same Seasons everyday for all his life, Leonel couldn't cross the final step. How was he supposed to translate such gentle climate into a battle technique? It simply didn't make any sense. For that matter, how could someone with Fire Elemental Force ever hope to grasp the cold of Winter? Or how could someone with Ice Elemental Force ever hope to grasp Summer?

Leonel didn't know how long he would spend stuck at this barrier. However, what he never would have expected was for Lionel to break it for him.

To say that Lionel helped Leonel grasp the Four Seasons Realm was incorrect. Rather, Lionel taught Leonel the way he should look at this world.

Leonel was often bound by logic. He felt that everything should have a natural progression and that the world should have cause and effect. In fact, even now, he still believed this.

Leonel felt that there was no issue with his beliefs. Rather, there was an issue in the method by which he implemented them.

In order to understand cause and effect, one had to first grasp the rules of a system. Trying to understand what was going on in a sports game without first grasping the rules would only leave you lost.

To this point, Leonel was still using the rules of Modern Earth. In that world, such fanciful abilities couldn't be reality, science was the ruler, and something like a fairy tale character coming to life was nothing more than a joke.

These thoughts not only fueled him, but they restrained him, bogging down his mind and limiting his thoughts.

Simply put... it was foolish. But now, things were different.

thought that the only Seasons he was familiar with were Spring and Summer. As for Winters and Falls, though he had experienced them when traveling to other Provinces, his understanding of them could

he'd realize that Seasons were decided by the tilt of

that he didn't

Leonel had experienced Winter once a year, every year, for his whole life. Just because it didn't get bone chillingly

the Seasons were about more than just surface level conceptions. Temperature was irrelevant, climate was irrelevant, even the beautiful gradient of

case... what

fact even if one shared the same planet, if you

was a Season? What was the Four Seasons

it just a journey around the

this. To him, the Four Seasons simply represented a cycle, an infinite loop dependent on countless factors. If he tweaked these factors as

the cycle encompassed an entire planet, its orbit, its tilt and its

was one's own

grasped this, his aura completely changed. The amount of

for a particular weapon or a particular Force Strengthening Deviation. Rather,

have laughed uproariously. It would have been the kind of laughter that shook the skies and forced the

by grasping it

Four Seasons Realm. The Domain Realm. The Realm

"Bind."

a command from on high. The Chains of his Chain Domain roared like flood dragons, surging into Lionel's space of nothingness as

Fear replaced the light of madness in his gaze as

was in front of the Savants, and

"Kill him!"

instant he felt like he no longer held the upper hand, his air of confidence crumbled. He held none of the resolve a man

to turn

Leonel commanded. "Leave them all to me. Go and support Aina.

with a violet-red light, his

hesitated. By now, they were beaten and bloodied, many of them were even on their last legs. But, it was

being was gazing upon them. The Bronze Runes that flickered into and out of existence all of Leonel's body radiated a palpable pressure. Even

felt like even if they wanted to, it would have been impossible

"Yes, Captain!"