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!

appeared before Leonel, his casting speed having reached ungodly levels. However, before he could take advantage of the spell's construction to attack while he was being protected, his pupils

blink of an eye, Normand's sword lights doubled. In an instant, [Grand Bell Construct]'s

flap of his enormous semi-illusory wings taking

shadow, he pressed his advantage. It seemed to take not a single ounce of effort to keep up, his body draped in an endless white gold that streaked to infinity toward his

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

of madness. The second was so fierce that it drew blood, causing crimson to drip down his chin and be whipped away by the wind. The last sparkled beneath the golden light, carrying a beauty with it that it had no right to

Leonel's jaw set.

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

he should find 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,

dictated his life until this point? The reason he hated killing so much was because he didn't

that. Then, on the other, feel so torn in

call feeling like the madden wail of a wounded beast. His shout spread throughout the Capital as he pushed

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

He was

To kill Leonel.

to silence the entire battlefield. Leonel could no longer hear

He couldn't sense the crunching ground beneath his feet or the shouts of his men. He could hardly even hear the

the flow of his

to make come with such a dull pain? Why did he

reached an extreme height. Beneath his thinking speed, even Normand's blazing speed seemed as slow to a