Dimensional Descent

With the distribution of his Nodes, Leonel realized that the Control he had over his body was amplified many times over.

If he wanted to control his digestion, he had a Node there that could be used. If he wanted to control his heart, he had another two Nodes there. If he wanted to control his blood and purify it, he had his kidneys. Even if he wanted to breathe better and react faster, he had Nodes in his lungs and spine.

It wasn't until now Leonel truly grasped how good his decisions from back then were. At the very least, his Simulations had not failed him and had only proven to be more accurate, an outright miracle considering just how many things he had gotten wrong.

The only shame here was that even Leonel's passive healing factor was taking forever to bring him back up to speed and he didn't even have the energy to move. He couldn't even enjoy his improvements. It just felt like his body was collapsing.

He knew he needed food, but he couldn't even stand right now, let alone eat. Plus, he wasn't sure if his stomach could even handle a high dose of food right now because it was among the places in his body that he had flooded with Nodal Pathways.

Leonel had half a mind to use Dream Sense to induce a coma in himself until he could wake up, but his better judgment made him decide against it. Who knew if there other twists waiting for him?

Though Wise Star Order hadn't explained, Leonel could feel that there was something odd in his body. Part of the reason he had pushed himself so far was to ensure he had gotten it all out, but what had scared him was that even with his senses, he hadn't been able to detect it.

That mysterious black Force… It was as though it wasn't there at all. Even when it was floating around Leonel like it had been, even when he could see it with his own eyes, it was as though it was nothing more than a figment of his imagination.

"What was that thing?"

Leonel's voice came out hoarse. It had no umph to it at all, making it seem like it had been stripped of all of its base.

"Anarchic Force."

"…"

the fear he had felt for that Force in his mind. It

know how my Scarlet Star Force

and erases. At least when you're destroyed, some semblance of what you once were remains. Broken pieces, ash, a mark in the land…

filled with that stuff,

was taken aback. "How'd you

shrug, but he didn't have the strength to, nor did he want to experience the pain that came with it. His Dreamscape had drawn the conclusion

at now was leagues beyond where it had been in

Plus, if there was anything that could weaken my

way for that Force to have gotten into my body without my knowledge was as some sort of

his head.

the Regulator as

"Why not?"

Star Order said it he had subconsciously begun to think of the Regulator as