Dimensional Descent

Chapter 769 - Why.

A pillar of golden light descended from the skies and seemed to blind the entirety of the battlefield.

Normand's roars shook the Capital, his conviction splitting the clouds in the sky apart and causing a fissure that divided the two opposing forces.

When he reappeared, it seemed as though he had been completely reformed. His body was flooded with a white gold light, making it look as though he was wearing robes. His golden hair had been completely cleansed and his emerald eyes shone like two true gems. As though his form had become ethereal, he seemed as light as a wisp of smoke and as fleeting as a fragrance in the wind.

Then, he moved.

Leonel's pupils constricted. He circulated [Golden Feather Step], causing two massive wings to appear toward his back. Their white gold appearance was no less dazzling, especially as each feather became more and more defined.

However, they had hardly formed when Normand had already appeared before him. It was as though it had only taken him a single flicker, a small twitch of the muscle, a minute intention, for him to suddenly cross a distance of hundreds of meters.

Like a streaking light, his sword struck forward, its speed so fast and its pattern so all encompassing that a singular thin blade almost formed a curtain all to its own.

Leonel frowned. '[Grand Bell Construct].'

DING! DING! DING! DING!

casting speed having reached ungodly levels. However, before he could take advantage of the spell's construction to attack

the blink of an eye, Normand's sword lights doubled. In an instant, [Grand Bell Construct]'s defensive limit was reached and a rain

a single flap of his enormous semi-illusory

pressed his advantage. It seemed to take not a single ounce of effort to keep

tried. But, his Internal Sight could see Normand's

on the brink of madness. The second was so fierce that it drew blood, causing crimson to drip down his chin and be whipped

Leonel's jaw set.

of his being did not want to kill this man. Anyone with even the slightest shred of sympathy wouldn't want to do such a

a way, that he should climb through a mountain of corpses to save this man he had only just met today. It was a silly, meaningless nicety, especially when he knew very clearly that this was a

Wasn't that how he had dictated his life until this point? The reason he hated killing so much was because he didn't feel that his own life

on one hand believe that. Then, on the other,

beast. His shout spread throughout the Capital

could see it all. The blood that fell from his eyes, how his bulging thighs tore streaks of flesh away from his legs… He could even sense his heart pumping past its limits, causing micro tears to

all out. He was going beyond his means for just one

To kill Leonel.

entire battlefield. Leonel could no longer hear

couldn't feel the collapsing walls of the city. He couldn't sense the crunching ground beneath his feet or the shouts of his men. He could

eyes, the flow of his blood

be such a burden? Why did every choice he had to make come with such a dull

even Normand's blazing speed seemed as slow to a snail's crawl.