Dimensional Descent

[These chapters will probably be even more poorly edited than usual. sorry about that]

Leonel reached a hand out, causing Simeon to rush toward the hand of his construct; The latter didn't even have the mental fortitude to fight back; Leonel's Emperor's Gaze seemed to have formed a domain, suffocating him to the depths of his heart;

Simeon found his head being pinched between the construct's thumb and finger, the rest of his body being enveloped almost whole; He looked like nothing more than an ant, seemingly having forgotten that he had Seventh Dimensional strength; His mind had completely collapsed, he didn't even have thoughts of resisting;

Leonel didn't say a single word; Every time the tragic cry of a Brazinger family sound, it was followed by a heroic laughter; The dichotomy was piercing; Even for the people of Earth who were protected by Leonel's actions felt their hearts going cold;

Simeon hung like a dead fish, his body paralyzed by fear; His mind was like a blank screen and he had not a single coherent thought;

At that moment; a flickering flame appeared at Simeon's feet; At first; he only felt a small bit of heat that was just barely manageable; But as it rose; the heat turn to a searing pain; and the searing pain turned into a blood curdling shock;

Simeon screamed; his body suddenly remembering that he could move once again; However; before he could shatter the construct; the Adurna valiant warriors appeared around him all at once; They struck out their palms; causing barriers of blue silver to concentrate and form a second skin around Simeon; However; rather than protecting the latter; it not only kept him in place; it made the torture that much more terrible;

Slowly; the blue-silver barrier began to heat up and boil; Simeon; who was encased within it began to release shrill screeches; His blood was boiling from the inside out; his skin was being slowly charred; and his feet were the first to go; crumbling to ash;

of his sanity activating his Lineage Factor in the final moments; Pushed beyond the edge. he finally somewhat broke free of Leonel's mental coercion. but by now. it was already too

forward, stretching out

dense darkness that seemed to almost solidify in the air; It was as though he wanted to look Simeon in the eye as he was

the abyss and he didn't blink

the distance, a trio of young men rushed forward; But when they saw the scene everyone else had, they were stunned into silence; However, this sort of scene hit them far harder than anyone else,

their fists to the point blood ran through their fingers, their jaws steeling to the point their teeth rattled; It felt to them as though they were

they would have never lost them. If they had been stronger back then, none of this would be happening. If they had been stronger back then, they wouldn't have to rely on Leonel in

"Please! Stop!"

him at all, just staring at him without

that they evaporated in a single instant, only to be

"I have—I have information—Please!"

seem to hear

saying anything he could. By this point the greatest regret in his life was entering the Seventh Dimension. By now, the flames had burned his legs to ash, leaving nothing but his hips and everything above. If he had been in the Sixth Dimension, he would have long since died,

daring to target this madman. Why couldn't he be content with his losses. He hadn't even been the one to personally kill Leonel's