Dimensional Descent

Leonel's brow raised. It was over? Just like that?

There didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason. The balls only increased their speed just once. In addition, Leonel had started paying attention to who was getting hit and who was dodging after a while, but everyone other than the six of them seemed to have gotten hit at least two or three times.

That meant…

'So it's based on elimination.'

Leonel looked toward the two youths too tired to even stand up. Their Force had been completely run dry.

The young man who had been tackled wanted to vent out his rage and unwillingness, but he couldn't do anything but glare and breathe heavily.

Eventually, a flash of light sent both out of the room.

As expected, they really were eliminated. This likely meant that these rounds would continue until there were just four remaining.

'If that's the case, depending on this next round, we can just end things early.'

"This next round will test your strength. Begin."

The walls flashed and all the balls suddenly vanished. With another subtle glow, numerous lights coalesced. This time, however, instead of forming balls, they began to form humanoid puppets.

Leonel found that his soles were stuck to the tiles beneath his feet. He tried to lift his leg and found that it was an enormous task.

couldn't

because though moving his legs was hard, the other parts of his body didn't feel heavy. As for magnetism… He might have been a man of metal, but everyone else seemed to be experiencing the same thing. It couldn't be that they were all metal men and women

'What a weird phenomenon…'

be quite fascinating. He could imagine how over powered such a thing could be if it was an

could make you suddenly magnetic to the ground beneath your feet mid battle without

It made him realize that he should definitely be more eager to use Valiant Heart's training

puppet before Leonel suddenly through out

out a punch, obliterating the puppet

his feet disappear. But, before he could be confused, another puppet began to form. This time, he felt as though all the air in his surroundings had vanished,

caught Leonel off guard, but it still took him

was being seared in a vat of lava. On the fourth, he felt

test, or

by the changes that he completely forgot to end the exam early like he had wanted to. How this testing arena managed to cause so many

knew how poor this organization's standard of Force Crafting was.

round concluded. Third

was caught off guard. Only then did he realize that he had gotten completely lost in his analysis. Maybe he liked Force Crafting for more than just defeating his father one day. He didn't even realize how ingrained

round were suddenly teleported out. No, it wasn't

same stage so they were taken out together. Some of them were

that, only ten

test your speed.

body instantly flickering to

silver dagger