Dimensional Descent

Leonel knew what he was missing, and that was Dream Runes.

The reason he had been able to make the horned dragon so powerful was precisely because he had so many formed Runes for his Scarlet Star Force Stars. Leonel knew that if he wanted the strength and stamina necessary to succeed in his plan, he would need more Dream Force than he currently had, and much more powerful Dream Force at that.

Under normal circumstances there was nothing that he could do about this. After all, though his mind was technically in the Seventh Dimension thanks to his Starry Tailed Fox Lineage Factor, it was shackled by his mind to too great of an extent.

If he wanted to mitigate this weakness, he could rely on his body. It was too weak of a vessel.

The first possibility was to bring his Metal Body to the Sixth Dimension as well, that would likely help strengthen his mind once more. But Leonel knew that this increase wouldn't' be as exaggerated as his initial breakthrough. Whether it was body or mind, neither was as important as a fundamental change to your Nodes.

Now, however, there was another path for him to take, and that was to comprehend Dream Runes.

Leonel felt that his Dream affinity was so high that so long as he meditated in silence for two weeks, he would be able to reach his goals, but he simply didn't have that kind of time left. Aina's words had been a great warning to him.

If any other Sixth Dimensional existence said they couldn't sense the limits of an old monster like Ophelia, it only made sense. But when someone with such high Life Force affinity said it, it was a different matter entirely.

There likely weren't any tricks Leonel could pull off to deal with Ophelia, that meant that the only option to not step foot out of this city at all. But in order to do that, he needed a short cut to comprehend his Dream Runes, and he had just found it.

Under the astonished gazes of those watching, right in the middle of the shop, Leonel sat cross legged.

simply watched over him

out from

that she would remain calm, almost shot out of

never manifested even a single one of his Stars, but suddenly seeing it before them

then, for the very first time, Ophelia's expression also changed,

…

no idea the kind of commotion he had just caused, but he was already in a state of incomparable focus. He muttered the mantra of

concept that he was already familiar with: Auspicious Air. This Auspicious Air, in particular, seemed capable of calling forth an especially focused mind toward Dream Force in particular. It made the vague

base Star Runes. And, as though a snowball gathering momentum

stronger and the vague awakening of his soul that he had experienced so long ago now only

Without even a breath to pause, another set of nine formed creating two Great Runes, then three, then four. When nine were formed, the

the quicker his lips moved and the faster the Great Runes

Although she couldn't quite understand what

to water beside themselves. She couldn't seem to control it at all, and the tears only came faster. However, she also didn't want to blink,

it was exactly then that

SNAP!

echoed throughout the world, even more forceful than the last. Many felt their eardrums pop, their ears beginning to leak blood and, in

changed once again, but this time it had very little to do

in a certain direction and without hesitation, they both shot forward, Ophelia's speed so fast that she

didn't even have the time to smile bitterly, he could only urge himself forward even