Dimensional Descent

Leonel didn't look in the direction he sent his volley of attacks, his focus still concentrated on Keiza. Despite what seemed like disregard, he found this woman to be very dangerous and he didn't like the idea of turning his back on her.

'She's flying but she hasn't flown very high… There's probably a good reason for that.'

Leonel made a mental note of this. He, too, could fly. But, he hadn't done so because he needed to escort everyone else. Obviously, though, from what it seemed here, there had to be some hidden danger in taking that route. Leonel didn't believe that there weren't Cursed Flying beasts, they were just lucky that there was a thick canopy of trees here, or else maybe they would have to deal with attacks from the sky as well.

Leonel suddenly felt his connection with Aina waver, causing his expression to shift.

'I didn't account for that. There must be a great strain on her mind right now to not only assimilate Yuri's senses but then also pass them off to me. I can't press this situation anymore.'

Aina hadn't said a word from start to finish. In fact, even now, she still protected Leonel's back, swinging her ax and ensuring that no Cursed Beasts could attack from the back.

Seeing such a scene, Leonel didn't hesitate any longer. Not sparing Keiza another glance, he turned and retreated, wrapping an arm around Aina's waist as his Universal Force flourished. Almost the instant he did, Aina weakly wobbled, but his grip was firm.

Keiza found herself caught off guard again before clicking her tongue.

"Asking me such intimate questions and then running off with another girl. How rude."

that her team members were still on their backfoot in this situation due to having placed

droplets of molten gold becoming his footrests as he

the safe zone could be seen with the naked eye. A thin gold barrier surrounded yet another village. Cursed Beasts rushed around it, not daring to step

breathing was heavy and labored. She had clearly pushed herself very hard. Since the safe zone wasn't far away, he didn't think it

a final push and crossed the

Yuri's gaze. The latter was silent and didn't have much of an expression right now at all. In fact, she

and made an

realize that Leonel was actually speaking to her. But, even after she did realize this, she didn't know how to respond. The result was her

He apologized to her?

she had a lot of anger for him and couldn't stand

didn't blame her. If Aina's best friend didn't always have her back even when the world was against her, then who would? If even the far more reasonable Savahn didn't like his actions very much, Leonel

the only reason Leonel hadn't tried to see things from Yuri's perspective earlier was because she hadn't explicitly told them that their minds were being targeted or that they were being followed despite the fact she should

always hold back her true strength. In reality, even the 100 meter estimate she had given Leonel was a lie,

why she used such a roundabout way to inform Leonel was also because of her habit of hiding herself. Not everything she did was from a

hurt so much more than anything else. Anyone else could be ignorant, but Aina knew all of those things… And still chose Leonel's side. It was like she had drawn a hard line in the sand. It was

that Yuri was trying to process when Leonel so suddenly did something she hadn't