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.

such a sturdy body, it didn't mind taking him in as a puppet. Leonel would definitely be useful in

had already exposed itself

be a simple matter to deal with. The only good news was that Variant Invalids were so rare that

sooner it returned to its hiding

should be over

BANG!

its bones. But, it felt as though it had been hit by a train, its

through the air

What had just happened?

and Heira went stiff, their eyes

Puppet Master, his face still the picture

the skies, sending the flying Puppet Master careening into the ground

spread outward with it as the

with each strike. Despite the fact the sturdiness of the Puppet Master's body was enough to cause

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

tide, facing up against Leonel's fury as though he couldn't muster up any

He wanted it to feel every ounce of pain and despair she had. He wanted it to grasp at hope where there was , to sit on the edge of despair knowing that the only

affinity was so high that it poured in of its own free

that moment, even a Three Star Fire Magus didn't have a chance at casting a single spell.

If it wasn't for his astounding control, even

PCHU!

suddenly came to

him, he suddenly felt an ice cold chill sink into his

a pile of rubble, barely inclined upward. In fact, even its

still shot upward, piercing through