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.

him a while to register it because of how crappy he felt. But, once he did, he suddenly couldn't take

'This much…?'

Leonel's surprise, the largest change wasn't even to his Force and Force Nodes. Rather, it was to his Metal Body and Metal Synergy

Lineage Factor was like a separate organ system all to its own as well. The Runes that grew across his body could be considered to be manifestations of said organ

in that it could be activated and deactivated. While in its deactivated state, it was much weaker and as such, Leonel's body was far more susceptible to harm than it would be otherwise. This was why Leonel's defenses were so much greater when his Bronze

considered was

Leonel's defenses come from his Metal Body? Since that was a technique he trained in, why did it matter

Factor circumvented many of the weaknesses that usually came with defense Lineage

to synergize with Leonel's Metal Body and bring out its true strength while

Bronze Runes needed his Nodal Organ

Leonel tried to Awaken his Metal Synergy Lineage Factor before forming all nine of his Nodes? It was precisely because this foundation was extraordinarily important toward setting a wielder of the Metal Synergy

his hand

he activated his Bronze Runes on it. And, after just a moment of observation, he

And now, with my Bronze Runes activated in full force, my defenses are three to five

up to lower tier and lower quality Fifth Dimension weapons in hardness with his

'… Wow…'