Dimensional Descent

Aina felt a crushing feeling in her chest, her vision going dark for a moment. She wasn't quite sure how to breathe or even think any longer.

Her hands slipped from Leonel, her arms no longer seeming to have the strength to hold on. Her knees grew weak and an imbalance she would have easily been able to correct in her peak condition was her undoing. She fell to her butt, her vision blurred and her mind foggy.

The wind seemed to be sucked out of the arena, a response no one could have expected falling to their ears. However, the silence that followed didn't last very long at all.

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

The enraged roar shook the arena even more violently than anything Aina could have done. The golden barrier of Force directly shattered in one location, forming an enormous whole as a streak of crimson tore a path out from it, the furious howl of a father penetrating the skies.

Leonel didn't even have the time to turn his head in that direction. All he could do was stir his Lineage Factor, his Bronze Runes vibrating to life in full force and a halo wafting with violet fog appearing above his head.

BANG!

The fist threatened to collapse an entire side of Leonel's face.

for a moment, his brain rattling

much of what remained of Leonel's shirt sheering apart beneath the

he completely ignored the feeling of his inner organs sheering to pieces as he prepared to launch an even more powerful attack. Much of his momentum and Force had been dissipated by the golden barrier, and his own injuries which had yet to heal

kill this boy right here and now, he wouldn't know what to do with

BANG!

by a wave of pain. Wave after wave surged through him as he felt his bones snap one after another. Even after using his Runes to disperse the

one good eye, however, continued to look forward, a frosty light hidden within them as they watched Miel preparing to jump forward one more

only be described as malevolent. A smoldering abyssal valley of darkness and destruction. Even as

Miel was about to bound forward one more time, though, an almost shrieking shout called out,

STOP IT

the slightest, even meeting Leonel's cold gaze over a distance of several hundred meters. He wanted nothing more than to tear this boy limb from

with what strength she had left. "… Please take me away, I don't want to be here

few cracks quickly mending in his wake. An entire side of his face had become a swollen monstrosity, but

body shook with rage. But, when he felt his daughter weakly tugging at his robes. He couldn't help but feel his own heart breaking. There was no rage worth leaving his daughter

from Leonel, sweeping his daughter into his arms. He sent a glance backward, the crimson in his eyes glowing and his flowing red hair seemingly having become a raging

palm. In those moments, it felt like the reappearance of a War Lord. There was no doubt that had Miel had this blade in his