Dimensional Descent

"… Auran lost," Leonel said lightly.

It was hard to believe. The strength that Auran had displayed before him, albeit just a small amount, was substantial. Just to counter him and Kira, Leonel not only had to use his second tier armor, he also had to actively use his Ability Index in battle for the first time in a while.

Ever since Leonel left the Tribulation Zone, whether subconsciously or not, he had stopped relying on his Ability Index in battle. The speed of improvement he had made in the way of the spear during his time in the Tribulation Zone spoke for itself. He would just be too stubborn if he chose to ignore the evidence right before him.

Over time, he was slowly finding a balance between relying on his intelligence and his innate talent to slowly move forward and improve. However, it wasn't an easy balance to find. The last time he had had a breakthrough in this regard was during his battle with Myghell.

This was all to say that Auran was the first person since he exited the Tribulation Zone and had such a big boost in his power that had actually made Leonel go so far. He had used not only all ten of his Star, he had used his Fifth Dimensional Life Grade Divine Armor and his Ability Index. These three things should have practically made Leonel undefeatable within the younger generation, but he could tell that both Auran and Kira had held back a great deal.

So how had they lost to Third Nova anyway?

There were only two explanations. Each was dangerous for its own reasons.

The first was the most obvious and that was that Third Nova was simply that strong. Even after dispersing his subordinates, he still had enough strength remaining to take on both Kira and Auran without a problem.

ended quickly enough that others, and even the Umbra family, couldn't find out the details about it, this was a testament to how large the

for Auran and only pretended to disperse his people while keeping his strongest subordinates by

incredibly scheming and intelligent. It implied that after Auran's two attempts at thwarting him, he had already seen through the fact that someone was targeting him and took appropriate

Leonel had seen Auran's level of caution first hand. In fact, now that Leonel thought about

try and disperse Xavnik's people, but what was the purpose of clearing Sixth Nova's territory? One could argue that was to force Xavnik into a more desperate situation which eventually led to the outcome Auran wanted, but Leonel wasn't

of Auran's actions

to participate? Wouldn't it have been better to deal with him directly? Leonel didn't believe

to circle back to the same point, the only reason Auran was acting in secrecy all this time to begin

'How is it connected…'

was in the middle of a battle with an Heir-Grade while trying to digest this information suddenly came to a complete stop. He was even swallowed whole by the Heir-Grade beast, but he made no attempt

to pieces from the inside out. Leonel appeared in the depths of the ocean,

his speed blazing as he shot out of the ocean like a jet, quickly making his way back

same time, Leonel's gaze couldn't

was the Morales family's ties to the Demon Race much deeper than he had originally assumed, there was very

to mingle with the Demon Race enough to, maybe not necessarily fall in love, but to at least copulate and have a child. This wasn't a small instance of