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.

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

by the tilt of Earth and its location around the sun. A Season wasn't restricted by temperature,

own preconceptions that he didn't even manage to remember such

for his whole life. Just because it didn't get bone chillingly

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

that case... what were the

if you were located in different hemispheres, the cycles wouldn't even

Season? What was the Four

just a journey around

infinite loop dependent on countless factors. If he tweaked

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

it took was one's own

amount of Universal Force around him skyrocketed, reaching levels

his mind, what he had done wasn't as simple as understanding the Four Seasons Realm for a particular weapon or a particular Force Strengthening Deviation. Rather, he embodied the Four Seasons Realm. Everything within his Domain

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

Only by grasping it could Domains display their true

The Domain Realm.

"Bind."

like a command from on high. The Chains of his Chain Domain roared

moment, Lionel's expression finally changed. Fear replaced the light of

of reality bending and twisting. In one instant he was in front of the Savants, and in the next he was

"Kill him!"

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

Lionel's command, even Monkey was forced to turn back, giving the youth warriors

to me. Go and support Aina. I don't

violet-red light, his aura growing heavier with

of them were even on their last legs. But, it

made them shiver. It felt as thougha higher being was gazing upon them. The Bronze Runes that flickered into and out of existence

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

"Yes, Captain!"