Dimensional Descent

Leonel with an ability to use his Scarlet Star Force, even at just the Fourth Dimensional level, was like giving wings to a tiger. Facing nothing more than a group of Fifth Dimensional existences only a Tier or two higher than him, it made the prowess of the number one flame in all of existence shine through all the more.

Leonel's words seemed to stoke a flame in the youths.

"So that's what this is about? I heard that the Littlest Nova is late to the party, but I didn't expect you to be this desperate. Do you even understand the dynamics between our families to be asking such a question?"

The one who spoke was surprising Conon of the Lio family. Despite his usual personality, he had become frighteningly reserved after seeing Amery present. He might have been the first to act had this situation not been so odd to begin with. The Rapax were so focused on trying to take down Amery that they hadn't even splintered off a single one of them to try and wipe out what remained of their threats.

Conon's words, despite his brutish nature, actually sounded quite smart. And, despite seeing Armand, a man he could at best match evenly in battle, thrown back like a ragdoll, he hadn't reacted to this very much either.

"You can claim an upper hand for now. True State Force isn't something that can be countered easily. But, we'll all soon be in the Sixth Dimension, the level where true dividing lines and separations will happen.

"You're quite confident in your Innate Node, but do you know why Innate Nodes are rare amongst humans to begin with? Most people born with them end up dying before reaching their primes because they'll be consumed by them. Innate Nodes are the path of the Spirituals. They're the only race capable of coexisting with such a burden.

"But for you, not only will our God Paths be able to counter your Scarlet Star Force in the future, but you might very well die in a few decades anyway.

"So don't you think you're too arrogant?"

white gold plated armor was the one calling him out for being too arrogant. It was even funnier because he could feel something quite similar to his King's Might coming off

was

of complaining about

about my Innate Node…" Leonel's smile faded. "…

one dared to speak to him like this, no one. But, the oppressive might coming off of Leonel seemed no leser than that of his own. No…

there a Lineage Factor that could match his family's in such a field? Why had he never heard of

found a very different problem with this

like this.

Leonel wasn't being himself, but it was rather that he was… being too much of himself? He might normally think these

weird. First he wrapped his arm around her waist, then grandly told everyone his plan, and even after all of that, he didn't seem to actually be taking tangible steps toward that goal. Everything had seemed overly showy and arrogant, even down to showing her off and claiming her grandly.

knew was less of a talker and much more a doer. He preferred to show his arrogance through actions rather than words. If he could do something quicker by punching, he wouldn't bother wagging his tongue. And, when it came to matters related to her, he was especially

done anything because she felt that this was Leonel's stage. Under

on another, he wasn't being aggressive enough. To an outsider, it sounded like she was asking for the impossible. However to Aina, without intimately she understood Leonel, she knew

were only two possibilities. Either this was his Scarlet Star Force already making subtle changes to

sharpened.

felt like a race of incompetent, bumbling buffoons with how they had handled everything up until this point.