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.

Leonel felt an overwhelming power rushing through his veins. It took him a while to register it because of how crappy he felt. But, once he did, he suddenly couldn't take his mind off of it, it had practically

'This much…?'

Force and Force Nodes. Rather, it was to his Metal Body

its own as well. The Runes that grew across his body could be

in its deactivated state, it was much weaker and as such, Leonel's body was far more susceptible to harm than it would be

considered was the mechanism behind

one thought about it, didn't Leonel's defenses come from his Metal Body? Since that was a technique he trained in, why did it matter

the Metal Synergy Lineage Factor circumvented many of the weaknesses that

Leonel's Metal Body and bring out its

something that was extraordinarily complex, simple… Leonel's Bronze Runes needed his Nodal Organ System

Metal Synergy Lineage Factor before forming all nine of his Nodes? It was precisely because this foundation was extraordinarily important toward

hand to

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

Metal Body now with my Bronze Runes deactivated is about as strong as it was before with Runes. And now, with my Bronze Runes activated in full force, my defenses are three to five

before Leonel could match up to lower tier and lower quality Fifth Dimension weapons in hardness with his Bronze Runes activated, now it wouldn't be guaranteed that even a Quasi Sixth

'… Wow…'