Dimensional Descent

1975 Right Now...

Valorie crashed into the building below as Leonel landed on the city walls.

But just as soon as she did, she leapt to her feet, her battle intent blazing.

With a flick of her wrist, the warped and broken shield was flung to the side and she brandished her fists.

She didn't have the Metal Synergy Lineage Factor, so she obviously didn't have her own Divine Armor. The armor that Ramon had forged for her was already extremely excellent, and yet it couldn't survive a single strike against Leonel's spear. It was clear that that spear was above the Gold Grade.

Even though Valorie found herself unable to use Spear Force and wearing armor that was practically useless to her, she still brandished her fists.

Leonel looked down for a moment. Despite the carnage around him, his mind seemed to be silent.

The archers had recovered after their first fall. Although they realized they couldn't use their Bow Force for whatever reason, they immediately switched their tactics. At the same time, the non-archers below and near the city quickly gathered, prepared to battle just as James reached the door mechanisms and forced the gates open for the tide of three million soul constructs to rush in.

Leonel met Valorie's gaze and hesitated. He almost put his spear away, but after seeing the look in her eye, he tightened his grip instead.

‘Alright, he said lightly. 'In that case...’

Leonel's Stars suddenly pulsed and they grew a size. Each had been barely a meter across each, but they suddenly expanded to two, then three, then suddenly reached ten.

rumbled and the earth quaked. The skies above had been quite dark, but motes of lights began to quickly accumulate, each matching one of the colors of Leonel's Heavenly Body Realm

foot and by the time it descended, his body had flickered and vanished. He was a blinding

Might] and descending with

spear to connect

black rod in Leonel's hand suddenly became a pillar of

of the city. The bags under his eyes had grown to the point they were blackened. Even so, his eyes shone like stars, a far cry from

changed and he rushed forward, but

struck out with her fist. A surprising amount of Fist Force coated it as he roared, some of the hints of simplicity that had coated her spear transitioning toward her

he used Fist Force? Longer than he could remember... Why was this

moment before her arm split

back once more, sliding along the ground and leaving a bloody trail as she

widened as he

"Valorie? Valorie!"

his knees to her side, his brown

to help her, but he also didn't dare to touch her for fear of making it all worse. His hands approached and retreated again and again, a flustered expression

up to find the crumbling

colored his gaze... no, it wasn't despair, it was guilt, a heavy guilt that sunk like cold in the winter or darkness in

was the same gaze he had had when he watched his subordinates die one after another in the Valiant Heart Zone, subordinates that he would

the rumors about the two

finally reached forward and held Valorie up, if for nothing other than

lips. Her eyes regained some focus and she looked up. Her eyes softened somewhat