Dimensional Descent

The Earth seemed to respond to Leonel's call. At that moment, Bronze Runes jumped to life all across his toned torso, a halo of light appearing about his head.

But this time, something seemed different.

Black sparkling energy, radiant golden light, glimmering soft blue brilliance and a raging inferno of crimson followed the path of his Runes, fusing with his body as though they had always been there.

In the blink of an eye, over 80% of the Peace Keepers fell face first into the ground, facing a level of gravity they had never experienced before. Even those who managed to remain standing found it difficult to stop their knees from trembling.

Many innocents were caught in the crossfire, namely those who had been waiting to purchase Ores of their own and even Kaela who had been thinking of helping Leonel. But at this moment, the youth didn't seem to care.

Leonel could feel the ground beneath his bare feet. Well, he had always been able to and this only became easier after he began to wear Valiant Heart's uniform.

But at this moment, it almost felt as though the world was in the palm of his hands.

He could feel it. Even without summoning a Force Art, controlling the Earth was as easy as thinking it.

The instant he thought it, numerous earthen chains shot out for the group, shooting toward every Peace Keeper present.

Those that had been on the ground didn't have the time to react. In the blink of an eye, their limbs were wrapped and locked, their faces pressed so hard into the ground that they even found it difficult to breathe.

Cormus, Ardryn and Nigmir reacted quickly, the first and the last jumping high into the air while Ardryn swung down her heavy sword, bashing the ground beneath her apart.

The white tent collapsed, everything that was once inside it falling to the ground in a bloom of dust.

However, that had only been the beginning.

beneath Leonel's feet, rising two meters into the air. As though it was an artillery unit with a mind of its own, a rain of earthen arrows began to fly out from within it, aiming toward

sharp teeth as a tough, leathery grey skin instantly spread across his body. The bones in his knuckles grew out, piercing through his skin and forming

displaying much more power than

of greenish wings appeared to his back, his body

a violent, surging tornado tore the earthen

BANG! BANG! BANG!

landed on the ground and instantly shot for Leonel. By that point, Ardryn had done so as well. Her speed was much slower than Cormus', but their teamwork was impeccable. Their timing was so on the nose that they both reached the base of Leonel's

wind around him. He brought his hands together, his lips beginning to move in a silent chant. The more words he spoke, the greater the winds

the illusory green becoming almost solid

coalesced, forming a vibrant

with a length of over four meters to appear in his

sky whimpered and wavered as he shot downward, his gaze flickering

the

Cormus found his fist smashing

BANG!

Cormus' face twisted.

it didn't even look to Cormus that Leonel was actually gazing upon him. Rather, it felt like

covered Cormus fists fractured and shattered, causing a roar of pain to leave his

who had just severed Leonel's connection with the earth and sought to take advantage of the moment was caught off guard by

side stepped, gritting her teeth and ignoring her teammate for the moment

the pillar she had just cut down

BANG!

arm feeling as though it had been shattered into a