Dimensional Descent

Keiza immediately saw through the trajectories of Leonel's throws, but when she tried to communicate it, her pupils constricted. She picked up a lag in her actions and understood that she wouldn't be able to relay the information in time.

"Enemy attack! Prepare yourselves!"

Those around Keiza understood that something had gone wrong, but they weren't too shocked by it. They were all geniuses in their own right and they had enough experience to understand that Keiza's abilities weren't infallible. They were still ready to react.

However, when Leonel's strikes came into view, they were caught completely off guard nonetheless.

Leonel had purposely sent his first volley from outside a range he was comfortable with. As a result, it had lulled them all into a false sense of security, believing that Leonel's strikes were normal and easy to handle. But, this volley was completely unlike the last.

They moved through the air as though they had minds of their own. Sometimes daggers would diverge, and at other times they were suddenly clang off of each other, shooting off in directions completely opposing to the trajectories they had originally been following.

Toward this sight, even Keiza pupils constricted. They had been following Leonel's trail for a very long time now, so, Keiza had, of course, been focused on comprehending his abilities. It was only after grasping all of this that she took the risk to try to subtly influence Leonel's mind.

This was why Keiza hadn't panicked after Leonel shattered her control. No genius of the Golden Token level would be so easily swayed by her suggestion, especially not in this environment. This was why she had gathered up all the information she needed first.

The trouble was that after her long observation, she had concluded that the limit of Leonel's range was about five meters. This was surprising, but still made logical sense to her. After all, maybe the only person unaware of how important long ranged attacks were in the Void Palace was Leonel himself.

to draw too much attention to himself. Keiza had made a small concession for

should have

that managed to deflect and protect themselves ended up in sorry positions, allowing the hoard of beasts around them to

purposely not targeted her because he knew he would need at least a bow or a true throwing weapon to make a difference. However, this lack of danger had made her

already had an elevated opinion of Leonel.

flared outward, seven feather shaped weapons appearing to hover around her head, shoulders and arms as though they had minds of their

four of them flying forth with blinding speed and three remaining back to defend. Her hair seemed to gain an extra glow to it, her skin

in his hands, his left palm finding its way back to its shaft and

DING! DING! DING! DING!

struck away all four feather blades, but their pursuit was relentless, stifling Leonel's forward

Leonel's initial onslaught rebuffed a

encircle him. Remain where you are and attack from there."

sharpness to her current self that hadn't been there before, but no one dared to ignore her

had already turned back to deflect their attacks along with the support of his tendrils, but if

was perfect, forcing Leonel and Aina to take a brunt of the

chosen to strike first, not wanting to be taken advantage of. But, he realized they would lose more than they gained by

the second group that had been following them seemed to be making a move, picking up speed as they cut a path toward Leonel's people and making the situation far more complicated. This group happened