Dimensional Descent

Wise Star Order was really his unlucky star. Leonel rarely experienced embarrassment in his life, and he definitely didn't feel it to a deep degree even when he did. But, now, this was already twice in just a few days he had.

There was no coincidence, he blamed the old bastard. Unfortunately, he didn't get to linger on these thoughts for long because almost the exact instant Aina left once more, a loop of pain and relief seemed to take Leonel's life over completely.

In the Third Dimension one formed their Nodes, and the Fourth not only did you strengthen the body, but you also forged Nodal Pathways. After the initial Third Dimension, there were only the bare bone connections between your Nine Nodes, so it was up to the individual to complete what was essentially a new organ system.

Leonel had, of course, done this long ago. He had spent many months in the Dimensional Cleanse trial world and had taken the time to finish there. But, those new pathways had never been used at all.

The good news was that as Leonel's body grew stronger, so did they. The bad news was that the sudden and novel feeling sent his body into a state of shock that was hard to recover from.

When the pain reached its peak, the Cleansing Waters would see to take action and Leonel would find himself on cloud nine, only for the pain to cycle back again. It was almost like having a pulsing migraine that tricked you into believing that it was gone every few minutes, only for it to come back the moment you shifted your head the slightest bit.

All this time, Wise Star Order had completely tuned Leonel out. Even now, he was in a state of shock.

'Stealing energy from the Regulator… They always theorized that this was the only way past the glass ceiling, but no one had ever succeeded. It really took a brat who didn't know the word fear to do it… How many geniuses are rolling in their graves right now…'

done it

'His father…'

narrowed. Was it

Node wasn't something normal people should have. This was why a

already at the limit of the Regulator's tolerance, and that was especially so for Scarlet Star

you regrow such

that I didn't consider. I dismissed it because he called it something as ridiculous as a 'vomit brew', but what if

be impossible. But, if I had to speculate about one thing that would be capable of

spun. He was a man who had seen so much of the world and yet he still had fear for Leonel's father. After all the crap he had spoken about

the hours waned, Leonel's labored breathing didn't seem

Aina did return with dinner as dusk approached, but when she saw Leonel still unmoving, her brows furrowed lightly. By this point, the basin which had once been filled with clear water was now filled with a thick, violet liquid that gave off a

waste. But, that should

then it hit

pitch black to a dark violet. She had no idea what he was doing, but a tinge of worry couldn't help but flicker in her

It was only at that point that she noticed that Leonel had actually

her curse was acting up, it had evaporated in these waters as though it had never been there. Logically, with the self-cleaning ability of Cleansing Waters, something like what was happening now shouldn't