Dimensional Descent

Aina's eyes lit up, but she didn't interrupt Leonel.

"But I also don't think it's that simple. There's a fundamental difference between Weapon Forces and other Forces, and that's that Weapon Forces all start from the foundational Dimension."

Aina frowned. Didn't all Forces do that? Leonel's Scarlet Star Force was the perfect example. If not, he wouldn't have to undo the seals step by step. If it was someone else, Aina would have probably interrupted, but Leonel wasn't someone who would make such a rudimentary mistake, so she just continued to listen.

"When you look at other Forces, it feels like that happens as well, but it feels like… a rubber band," Leonel chose this example after a while. "The stronger the Force, the tighter and thicker the rubber. It's harder to stretch, but it's also more resilient at greatest length, it also stores up more energy per length stretched.

"If you take a normal Fire Force and you compare it to Scarlet Star Force, the latter is the far thicker and more powerful rubber band, even right from the start. If you stretch it a single inch, and let's say that inch represents the Third Dimension, if I release it, which rubber band will fly further and have greater impact is obvious.

"But the starting point, from the very beginning, is different.

"For some Forces, if you stretch it past a certain point, rather than producing more powerful effects, the rubber band will snap. There are just certain levels of power it won't be able to reach no matter what. That's the most ultimate truth.

"Take my Dark Ice Force, for example. It's a Fifth Dimensional Force…"

Aina's brows jumped up when she heard that. She hadn't even thought about it before, but the moment Leonel mentioned Dark Ice Force, things suddenly started falling into place.

considered to be of certain Dimensions. And yet, higher Dimensional individuals used them all the time… What did that

Dimensional Force, that should be its maximum output. I can't really apply more strength to it. However… I fused my

is quasi Sixth Dimensional thanks to Evolution Ore, my Ethereal Star Force is Seventh Dimensional, my Scarlet Star Force is Ninth Dimensional… I haven't reached the end of any one of those rubber

forced to find a path ahead for it, because if you don't, it quickly becomes useless. Level by level, you're forced

kind. Not everyone is destined to use a weapon, there have to be other paths. But the moment I step into this Zone with such high level attainments in Force manipulation,

mage Leonel was referring to was Aina's senior

push past this bottleneck for people who aren't born with obscenely powerful affinities. Most won't have an Innate Node like mine, or even

Metal Synergy Lineage Factor has an Eighth Dimensional door, but when I asked the dictionary about it,

the Seventh Dimension is almost a cap, then even in the Void Palace, the top level

fact that humans haven't consolidated their talents and focused on one or two Lineage Factors across the board, it makes

Domain are the Morales and Suiard families

Alliance would be right there if not

powerful, it's because Weapon Forces are the only ones with an easy and logical progression toward the next step. In addition, there's a large number of masters one can pull inspiration from as well, whereas for other Forces,

why humans are so weak compared to

this is indeed a Mythological Zone, but rather than displaying the use of a normal Magic System, this one is a layer deeper than

think the two of us are any less talented than Chaos Demons. What we lack are two things: Foundation and Force Manipulation. The first can be fixed by absorbing refined demons. The

method of this Zone, I should have already run into methods in the previous exchange stores I visited, but I didn't. I also didn't find anything

to get the true Magic System of this Zone. But since we've already failed this Zone, that opportunity is gone.