Dimensional Descent

Aina's eyes widened. Her hand subconsciously reached out to grab at Leonel. But, by the time she had reacted and moved, her palm could only touch at empty air.

Her brows creased beneath her mask, confusion coloring her face.

There was nothing that Leonel kept from Aina. On the days they spent together, they meandered through conversation that usually lasted hours at a time. It could be said that the only thing Leonel had never told Aina were the words his Coach had spoken on that day.

This was all to say that Aina had long since been aware of the existence of the ring and had just seen Leonel pull it out while no one was paying attention.

Knowing this, though still worried about Leonel's safety, it wasn't to the point that Aina was plunged into a well of despair.

After she took a deep breath, practically hypnotizing herself into believing that Leonel would be fine, she looked up, her eyes several shades colder than they were just a moment ago.

If she had to face the ten who remained alone and without a partner, that was fine too.

In her heart, though, she couldn't shed a last stubborn and sinking feeling. However, this just filled her with the will to vent… and she definitely wouldn't be as merciful as Leonel.

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As Aina was panicking, one could only imagine what Leonel was feeling.

"FUCK! SEND ME BACK!"

Leonel's roar bellowed into a wide expanse of sky.

Worry for himself? He never felt it. But, the idea of leaving Aina behind in that cesspool of human angst and ambition made his heart feel as though it was being lit on fire.

"General?"

Leonel's head snapped in the direction of the voice only to realize that he was seated on a steed in the middle of a thousand strong army. His roar that shook the skies seemed to have awakened them all, however, the words Leonel spoke make the dreary atmosphere even worse.

Even the General knew that this was a losing battle, why should they even bother to fight? Shouldn't they just lay down their arms and give up now?

Leonel's rage had yet to dissipate. At first, he really didn't have the mind to care who was calling out to him or if he was even being called out to at all.

He had never thought the simple act of taking out the ring would result in this. To make matters worse, it was now stuck on his finger and he couldn't even take it off if he wanted.

However, Leonel soon realized that he had to calm down. No amount of roaring or rage was going to make this ring magically pop off, nor did this world seem prepared to listen to him.

It was only after Leonel reached this infuriating conclusion that he finally decided to look around.

indeed a thousand strong. However, there wasn't a single unifying identity to them in the slightest. In fact, they looked like nothing more than a group a ruffians. If they were holding hoes and plows, Leonel could easily mistake

the horses they road, if they could be called that at all, looked as though they had been starved for several weeks. They

supposed to be a cavalry? Weren't

realized that beneath their cobbled together armor was sunken skin, malnutrition, and a vulnerability so keen they could hardly withstand the

hell is

"General…?"

the source of the voice, only to find out that this person was indeed talking to him. He seemed to be a young man, no older than Leonel himself. He had

of this young man. Whereas the others

level to him. Though

man?

Leonel's brows furrowed.

in the distance. Though they were several kilometers away, they still seemed capable of making the ground quake. Their presence alone plunged Leonel's army into a deeper bout of

Internal Sight, Leonel could easily see them. What he saw,

armor, their weapons were well kept, their steeds were well fed, and their bodies bolstered a strong health that

that wasn't enough… their numbers were double their

of this place as quickly as

his

"DID YOU HEAR ME?!"

roar shook the warriors

this is the kind of heart you want to show… that kind of spineless, cowering, effeminate garbage… Just send me back,

if you want to defend your lands and protect your women and children, then raise your

roar echoed

of rock stood. There wasn't a single place to go but forwards

homes lay, it was where those they loved and cherished rested. Going backwards was

of the

charging ahead, his body wrapped in golden

valley from above, it would feel as though one was watching a blazing laser of gold tear a path forward. It felt as though Leonel could cross hundreds of meters in the blink of an

all waiting for?!

weapon into the air, pointing it forward and kicking

They had poor coordination and their formation was

back was a like a fuel that lit their

Leonel himself, though, he was inwardly shaking his head, wondering how he

as the soldiers following behind Leonel were, he himself just wanted to end this battle as

no matter how powerful Leonel felt that he was now… He really wasn't confident in taking down 2000 warriors at the same time, especially since they

shot ahead on his own like this wasn't because he could do it alone, it was because he was the only one strong enough to disrupt this

another Zone? Why would it teleport me here? What the hell does it have