Dimensional Descent

Leonel began to absorb the Ores one after another, without a care for how dangerous they were. No matter how volatile they were to others, to Leonel, they only represented strength. In that way he was much more like Little Tolly than maybe even he knew.

What Leonel most looked forward to, though, wasn't just the strengthening of his body, but rather the synergy his Metal Body had with his Mage Core.

Under normal circumstances, the absorption of these Ores would result in the following changes.

Taking in Blazing Night Ore would increase Leonel's ability to suppress the volatility of his Scarlet Star Force. The Ore itself had an uncanny ability to remain inert without the presence of flames. When this Essence was taken in by Leonel, he too would gain this ability to suppress.

Taking in the Refractive Gold would give Leonel the ability to better control and concentrate.

Finally, Star Core was known for its heaviness. It was a Foundational Type Ore well known for increasing the weight of a weapon far beyond its proportional size. At the same time, this added weight would both stabilize and increase structural integrity.

It could be said that by absorbing Star Core, Leonel was heavily increasing the density of his body and also its defense. This would offset the volatility of Black Night perfectly and stabilize Refractive Gold to give him even more control.

This was only if Leonel hadn't

Mage Core, his Variant Earth affinity did not appear as one of the petals despite the fact space – his weakest affinity should he not use his Divine Armor –

for this was simple. Leonel had made his Variant Earth affinity the

big deal and even seemed to make sense. After all, what better stabilizing Element was there

when Leonel's Metal Body is taken into consideration, the fundamental nature of this choice comes with implications far more

a Mage's magic. In Camelot's magic system, it roots a connection between body and spirit, allowing Magic to be controlled more like the

formation of his Mage Core, Leonel was able to wield the elements and bend them to his will even without evoking any spells or Mage Arts. And, it was also why even the most basic

anyone who formed a Mage Core as long as their affinities were high enough. So what was the

core lay in his Metal

feed off the other in an endless feedback loop. This was the fundamental change that occurred when Leonel made his Metal Variant

that whenever Leonel absorbed Ores, the changes would occur not just in his body… but in his

as possible, while Leonel's body gained all the aforementioned boosts, his magic subtly changed as

Flames gained an explosive characteristic thanks to Blazing Night. If before they could just emit heat, now they wrought destruction. Even a simple fire ball spell from a Tier 4 Leonel would manifest like a nuke being dropped from the skies, maybe not quite so much in strength, but most definitely

ability to concentrate his Mage Arts into incredibly fine beams, this would be especially so for his Light Elemental Magic. Though this effect would be less prominent than the explosive characteristic he would gain, if