Dimensional Descent

"Not good." Karolus' pupils constricted.

He had thought that they would charge together, but Joel and Arnold had actually gone ahead on their own. But that wasn't even the main problem.

Even if the two managed to come out unscathed the battlefield had completely changed with the billowing steam. Let alone the fact they would need to protect themselves from the boiling steam, but their vision would also be obstructed, making it more difficult to coordinate their movements.

Within the Third Dimension, hot steam from freshly boiled water could already cause severe burns. Fire hot enough to boil Fifth Dimensional waters were even more exaggerated. It was like Joel and Arnold were under a perpetual deadly assault from all sides.

"Dammit. Stay here." Karolus made a decision, about to dash forward.

"Don't go."

Franco and Gil stopped Karolus. The two were practically mortal enemies usually, however at the moment, they had a tacit understanding. Joel had told them to help Karolus and the other Moon people, but there was a clear hidden meaning behind his words which was quite simple…

Don't let them mess anything up.

At that moment, two shadows suddenly surged out from the fog. No, it wasn't that they had surged out of it, the steam had grown far too tall and covered a space far too wide for that. Instead, they had dispersed the steam around them, their Force billowing like a raging torrent.

Arnold took the helm, Universal Force the likes of which made the very ocean surface itself tremble for several kilometers rising out from him.

a trembling asteroid belt rotating about a golden moon hung high above his

the whale beneath his. His expression went from indifferent to ferocious. It was the kind of look that

It made blood run cold. It made the wind itself turn still, hanging in the air as though purposely waiting

BANG!

whale into the form of a hand and five fingers. The sound alone was loud that it drowned out the thunderous booms of the clouds above and

that the whale's skull hadn't given way beneath his power. In fact, though its head had deformed, much of that was just its thick skin and fat being displaced

able to send out another strike immediately. Not only had it been sent several hundred meters into the water below, but whale's had brains as well. It most definitely wasn't immune to being disoriented and concussed. That left just enough time for Joel to prepare his

Arnold's side, both of them riding atop

light as he concentrated strength within his halberd. Space trembled and cracked as his forearm

eyes and smiled

like old times,

an eerie calm. But,

"I pin them down."

grin. "And I'll take

out of the ocean, the waters surging forward to

a devastating arc, aiming for the thinnest and most vulnerable location within the injury Arnold had caused it. As far as Joel was concerned… This

SHUUUU!

drew and line through the sky, piercing through the whale's skin and through its skull. An ear tearing roar shook

Joel fell back to the ocean's surface as the wave they stood upon faltered. He was completely spent. Even before this attack, he had already been running on nearly empty but now it was far worse. His lungs felt like he was breathing in the very

by the arm, helping him to