Dimensional Descent

It took Leonel several days before he could feel something outside a perpetual cycle of pain. Even the soothing effect of his Cleansing Water only made the torture worse because it continued to remind him of what it felt like to not experience heartrending pain day in and day out.

When it finally came to a stop, Leonel's body felt so weak that he directly fell asleep again, unable to move. He didn't know that he had another close shave with death, nor did he know about Anarchic Force. All he knew was that he needed sleep… And hopefully food when he woke up.

…

Leonel didn't feel particularly good when his eyes finally opened once more. It felt like a cross between him having slept for too long and yet somehow not enough. His head was foggy and his body felt as though it had been put through hours of torture. Though… That was exactly what had happened.

'… I feel like crap.'

Leonel shook his head, his eyes taking much longer to adjust to the light than it should have.

He realized he was naked, but he was far too lazy to do anything about it. Just moving his limbs around make him feel as though he had torn every muscle fiber in his body. For the first time in a while, he didn't even feel immediately hungry either.

After so long suppressing himself, this was an inevitable reality Leonel was forced to face. It was as though he had let a wound scab over, but had now picked it clean once again to allow it to heal properly.

It took him a while to register it because of

'This much…?'

wasn't even to his Force and Force Nodes.

was that his Metal Synergy Lineage Factor was like a separate organ system all to its own as well. The Runes that

much weaker and as such, Leonel's body was far more susceptible to harm than it would be otherwise.

considered

come from his Metal Body? Since that was a technique he trained in, why did it matter whether his

the method by which the Metal Synergy Lineage Factor circumvented many of the weaknesses that usually came with defense Lineage Factors like heavy weight,

Bronze Runes were an amplification measure that relied on Force to synergize with Leonel's Metal Body and bring out its true strength while not

Bronze Runes needed his Nodal Organ System

forming all nine of his Nodes?

raised his hand

coursed through him as he activated his Bronze Runes on it. And,

with my Bronze Runes deactivated is about as strong as it was before with Runes. And now, with my Bronze Runes activated

tier and lower quality Fifth Dimension weapons in hardness with his Bronze Runes activated, now it wouldn't

'… Wow…'