Dimensional Descent

The moment that group acted, it was as though a chain reaction had been set off. Several roars resounded and several more groups charged out, each claiming a path for themselves and cutting toward the perforated Nest.

Leonel chuckled. It seemed that his worries about being found out were unfounded. The cascading effect of the movement of one suddenly unleashed a barrage of assaults from all sides.

"Shall we?" Leonel asked.

"But we haven't found a doorway yet."

Leonel grinned. "You didn't know? Your boyfriend can fly, I'm basically Superman."

Aina hardly got to respond before she found herself squealing. Leonel swept her into his arms and rounded the corner once more.

He crouched into a powerful squat, his thighs bulging and calves compressing until they were as hard as steel. In that moment, his aura flourished, a blinding golden light enveloping his body as he was covered in head to toe by tiny white-gold scales.

BANG!

Leonel unfurled himself all at once, slicing through the air like a speeding bullet. Almost instantly, he appeared above the green lake, a singular dot in the skies amidst a commotion. But, even then, he somehow managed to be the center of attention.

Steam rolling into battle, a beauty cradled in his arms, and wings spreading to his back. In this bleak world, he was like the only ray of radiant sun, the majestic sight of his very being attracting attention from all sides.

Leonel soared, feeling his Snowy Star Owl blood rolling through his veins. He could feel it pressing against its very limits, the breakthrough in comprehension he had made in his Scarlet Star Force stimulating it all to the absolute extreme.

didn't move, he simply let the air whip against his skin, his eyes closed and his expression peaceful. His skin began to radiate a delicate golden color that quickly became fiercer and fiercer. In those moments, everything around Leonel was so pure that even the foul stench of the Rapax Nest couldn't

a check, nor a guess. Leonel's mind bloomed like a flower, stepping past the barriers of

the pinnacle of perfection, unsealing all three Branches

BOOM!

wings a single time, his already fast speed suddenly doubling, a violent clap of wind shredding the air to his back as he cut through it all

BANG!

into the head of a Rapax and crushing their silver skull. He landed heavily on a winding platform, already having covered more than half

a heavy domain

arms, her battle ax in tow. A single sweep seemed to sever the world itself, the Rapax in her path finding themselves

"SKKKREEEEE!"

through his Internal Sight, but through his eyes especially. He could see further, even the slightest bits of detail were laid bare

up on suddenly didn't need it at all. And, just like that, the

chosen the

seems he had gotten the Spear Domain to acknowledge him enough to hold a spear without destroying it, but he still hadn't gained enough acknowledgement to be able to make

Leonel slow in the slightest. If he couldn't use a spear, then he would just use

'Dream Class. Speed Fighter.'

steps shifted, his body flickering and his speed reaching nigh untouchable levels. He left afterimages in his wake. Whenever he appeared,

eyes darted back and forth. It felt like there was nothing he couldn't

weight, even the slight change caused by a rush of their blood was all picked up by