Dimensional Descent

"It won't be anytime soon, Coach. It's just that your Province is without a doubt the best launching point. The only trouble is I don't really understand my grandfather's ability. If he has the World Spirit, taking Earth from him will be difficult."

At first Leonel thought that his grandfather was able to display such strength because of the World Spirit. But now, he wasn't so sure. In fact, he was almost certain that during the attack that wiped out the entire fleet of Shield Cross Stars members, not a single ounce of World Force had been used.

Leonel could be certain of this now because he had experienced real World Force during his battle against Alexandre the Apex. After comparing and contrasting that strength, Leonel had come to understand that the energy he had felt that day wasn't like World Force at all and was much more like the energy of his King's Might Lineage Factor with some obvious differences.

Still, it was similar enough that Leonel was able to recognize it.

Such a reality was indeed a scary prospect. How powerful, then, was his grandfather really? And how had he managed to grow to such a point?

Leonel realized that his grandfather wasn't simple long ago. After all, he had known for a very long time that his grandfather, despite not knowing who he was, had had his mother with a woman from the Luxnix family. This family had a Sixth Dimension Lineage Factor and was, as such, most definitely at least in that Realm.

But, now that he knew who his grandfather was, it only raised more questions. How had his grandfather managed to interact with such a person as a human of the Third Dimension? Was this related to why his own father was on Earth? And what about his mother? Was her disappearance related to matters of this story?

"Hm? Your grandfather doesn't have the World Spirit. Your mother does."

Leonel, who had practically been mumbling to himself, suddenly snapped his head upward.

"What?"

At first Leonel was shocked by the news, then the fact Coach Owen knew this at all.

Then, Leonel remembered how much Coach Owen knew about himself, even down to the true origins of his father. If Leonel recalled correctly, Coach Owen had even commented on his father's vomit brew more than once before, clearly pointing toward something quite important about it in hindsight.

had the World Spirit. Clearly,

World Spirit even before he was born, how could he ever had had a

It was fine, it just meant that he had no fate with Earth's World Spirit. It didn't matter. He

Leonel recollected his focus, he spoke to his Coach for an hour

**

"You're insane."

ear off. Ever since

blame her. After all, they had gone from having the Abode Setting all to themselves to suddenly having to share it with

the depths of Founding Peak. Today was the day they were meant to set off for the Gathering. Yet, while everyone else

just called a

her eyes. "Candle and Vice were helping me

meal came out

he always did with Aina's cooking. She was

gave him a sidelong

knife a few dozen times before we even got a chance to clean

"Sounds like she did a good job tenderizing the

Aina's glare became sharper.

the start of it. I told Vice to boil some water, I even told him how much water to use, which pot to pick, and what temperature to put it on. But, the moment the water started bubbling,

foul… right?" Leonel forced a grin, unfortunately, Aina's glare only

the spatial lock around myself on instinct, but that only made him panic more. He

back, making the

focusing on training and hadn't been anywhere near the kitchen. He knew that if something went wrong, Aina was more than