Dimensional Descent

The words stunned Anared. However, before he could even think of reacting, Leonel had shot forward, his spear ringing.

The Puppet Master felt as though its dignity was being tarnished. Or, rather, it had enough understanding of human nature to understand that this was how it should be feeling. But , whether it experienced emotion in this way or not was another matter entirely.

What it did feel, though, was that Leonel was wholly irrational. Even if its ability was set aside, just its strength of Force alone was enough to squash Leonel into a meat paste. The difference between them was impossibly vast.

Though it was surprised that Leonel had survived its initial strike, it was only that. That hit, even if it was being generous, was only casual. Plus, it had to make sure not to use too much strength to not end up killing Aina as well.

At this point, all the Puppet Master wanted to do was end things as quickly as possible. It had no intention of allowing this to continue. It could already sense that the tide of the battlefield was changing.

The headpiece the Puppet Master had stolen from Aina suddenly began to glow, strong waves of mental strength gathering.

The feeling was intoxicating, as though the whole world was at its fingertips. The Puppet Master couldn't help but close its eyes.

When Anared gathered himself, and saw Leonel's actions, he couldn't help but be baffled.

'Fool.'

Leonel appeared just two meters from the Puppet Master, his spear shooting forward like an obsidian flood dragon. Its tip quivered ever so slightly, overloaded by Leonel's strength.

At that moment, the Puppet Master's eyes snapped open, the brunt of its mental prowess bearing down on Leonel.

"It's over." Heira said plainly.

Even from here, she could feel the fearsomeness of the Variant Invalid. To have an ability that could cover an entire world was the marker of a deity amongst men. To try and face such an ability without any protection to speak of was the epitome of foolishness.

The Puppet Master's gaze locked onto Leonel. It didn't even try to dodge the spear. In its mind, the spear would come to a stop at its own volition soon enough.

body, it didn't mind taking him in as a puppet. Leonel would

of the Eartherners. It had already exposed

The only good news was that Variant Invalids were so rare that not many could claim to have been in the presence of one. Without time to properly

to its hiding spot, the

be

BANG!

Master suddenly felt its chest caving in. A blade pierced through it about three inches, only to be stopped by the strength of its bones. But, it felt as though it had been hit by a train, its body bending

flew through the air

What had just happened?

Heira went stiff, their eyes

the Puppet Master, his face still

from the skies, sending the

impact was so harsh that a tsunami of earth spread outward with

only growing with each strike. Despite the fact the sturdiness of the Puppet Master's body

about the skies, the force of his strikes so great that it bowed beneath the pressure, curving and snapping back to

body became like a small sail boat amidst a raging tide, facing up

he would remember another line of Aina's story. He was almost thankful that the Puppet Master's body was so sturdy. He didn't want it to die so fast. He wanted it to feel every ounce of pain and despair she had. He wanted

Leonel's rage. His affinity was so high that it poured in of

didn't have a chance at casting a single spell. All the flaming rage of the world seemed to kneel

in a fiery blaze. If it wasn't for his astounding control, even Aina would have been burnt

PCHU!

came to a grinding

felt an ice cold chill sink into his body, piercing through his nerves and latching onto his mind, refusing to

In fact, even its head was nowhere to be scene, covered by several slabs of

still shot upward, piercing through