Dimensional Descent

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"You are lucky…" Leonel suddenly said as Simeon breathed his last few breaths; "… If not for your own foolishness, I would have made you suffer a fate far worse than this…"

Amidst his cackles and deliriousness, Simeon just barely managed to understand Leonel's words and they left him both stunned and infuriated; Was Leonel trying to say that he had showed mercy? This was the funniest thing he had ever heard in this short life of his;

However. before Simeon could think any further. the hand of Leonel's construct squeezed down. shattering what remained of Simeon to pieces; From start to finish. Simeon never managed to threaten Leonel even a single time;

"Rise." Leonel commanded;

Simeon's soul was snatched in its attempt to dissipate, forming his body one again as his eight lenses felt into his illusory hands.

Simeon caught them and kneeled, bending his head from so far that his forehead nearly passed his knees.

Leonel didn't even look at Simeon. raising his head to look below; He stood in the skies. carnage and blood flowing in rivers behind him; He wasn't the only one in the skies. his cousin Noah had approached and hadn't left from the very beginning. and yet it still felt that things were like this;

both close and yet so far. so near and yet so unfathomably transcendent; It was hard to look at him like a hero. but it was also almost impossible not to; Even so. one could tell by his

the masses, a hero to the many? He

helped raise Raj and Drake to the feet. placing them on the platform before putting it on his

forward without a word. vanishing in the blink of an eye; Simeon

had brought thunder and darkness; His departure gave way to rays

their tears rolling down their cheeks; They already knew that the Leonel they knew was

**

his breath remained steady; Even after wiping out four families. committing what could only be described as mass genocide. his steps didn't feel any heavier. his shoulders didn't feel

person he could be

he could get it out of him whenever he wanted; With a soul in his possession, he was essentially under control of everything this person had ever known, and the most fearsome part was that they had

soul constructs sentient,

abilities. But he didn't have to deal with the restrictions many of them did. Outside

that was because much of the strength needed came from the original soul owner to begin with. Leonel's only job was to give the soul form and stop it from dissipating. In fact, he didn't even need to invest stamina into control as that was

of that, if he really wanted to control them, he could, using his intelligence to make efficient use of their power. But in most cases, it was better to simply allow them to fight with

coming from the fact that Leonel didn't have access to [Emperor's Command: Breathe] and [Emperor's Command: