Dimensional Descent

Leonel took deep breaths, but he didn't seem to be very tired. It was as though the billowing steam coming off of him painted the illusion that he was heaving much harder than he actually was.

Fear and apprehension colored the faces of those in the surroundings, they were suddenly almost too obviously aware that there was no one here capable of withstanding those flames. The prowess of Scarlet Star Force was obvious for all to see, blatantly within their faces. Even the likes of Conon, who had been certain that it would all be meaningless the moment he stepped onto the God Path, couldn't help but hold his breath slightly.

In one moment, there had been a raging battle going on, and yet in the next, it had all been ended by a singular young man who entered a fit of rage. It was difficult even to fuse the images of the smiling young man from before with the one before them now.

Despite the arrogant words he had spoken previously, the joking tone within them and the smile on his face made it difficult to hate Leonel. However, right now, with his face hidden behind a visor and his body wreathed in flames and shards of sparkling ice… it felt difficult to humanize him.

He was a monster, an insurmountable mountain. He was exactly as powerful as he needed to be in a given situation, and if you thought him to be weak well… Maybe you should look in the mirror and see if you were worthy of him putting in any effort.

At that moment, the ceiling cracked and splintered, a shimmering Amethyst Token falling from above. Leonel only reached out a palm and it seemed to fall into it as though he had commanded it to do so.

He turned back and grabbed his spear, ripping it out from the ground and ignoring the spurt of molten rock that threatened to cover him from head to toe. His body seemed to still be fuming, almost like it was enraged that there weren't any other enemies left to battle.

Just thinking this was absolutely ridiculous, especially since there were still a large contingent of Rapax still remaining.

As though to confirm exactly this, when Leonel turned back, he found an enormous Runed Rapax looming over him. Its silvery armor was etched in Gold Runes and even with its poor, curved posture, it towered over Leonel by at least two meters.

and unmoved as he stared into

Rapax echoed through the cavern, the surging tides of water only barely managing to remain relevant in low hums

chest of the Gold Runed Rapax rumbled, its plated carapace expanding and contracting

with its own floating Golden Runes within. These Runes happened to match the exact kind that

out of its mouth. Leonel could see the individual imperfections and roughness along it,

could even reach within a meter

moment, he would understand that this was a Rapax's method of showing excitement and eagerness. There was a reason that this was the very first time

begun to fight for their lives, and even after reaching adulthood, they continued to do so. Whether male, female, young or

at first, thinking this to just be another challenge, another head he had to slice off. However, the longer it went on,

could feel it. The thoughts of this

their primes because they had poured all of their Life Force into this egg… But what now? Would they just

Rapax went even further when such a talent was born, even using living Rapax, he never said they would get to live. These Rapax Leonel was seeing now were already on their last

the wall of emotions coming from

wait to fight Leonel when he had reached his full potential. Regret that this would be the last

heart skipping a beat. He looked past the Rapax, his

not quite human, but who said that only the human experience