Dimensional Descent

2050 Raging River

Aina's ax left a bloody trail in the skies. It felt as though it couldn't be stopped, carrying a momentum behind it that seemed to encompass the auras of a myriad of weapons.

Leonel had long since known that Aina had chosen her own path. While Leonel had first begun with calligraphy, before moving onto music, then painting, before finally having some accomplishment in translating his spear skill into Force Arts, Aina took a different approach entirely.

Whenever she felt that she had come across a bottleneck in the improvement of her battle ax, she switched to a new weapon, gaining mastery over it before switching back and applying what she had learned. Every time she completed such a cycle, her skill would enter an entirely new tier, touching upon levels those her age shouldn't have any business touching.

Leonel himself could touch upon the Fourth Layered State when he finished his Spear Dance. Of course, this was for his Sixth Dimensional Spear Force.

Aina, likewise, used Sixth Dimensional Battle Ax Force, and just that swing along was very clearly in at least the Second Layered State.

Watching the woman he loved display such skill so casually, Leonel's gaze couldn't help but glow. He didn't often think about how others viewed Aina. So long as they didn't dare to say such things before him, and he wasn't aware of their thoughts, he didn't care, quite frankly. All that mattered to him were Aina's feelings and his own.

However, he was still human. Seeing Aina shine like this couldn't help but put a smile on his face.

'I wonder…'

to move as Aina swung her ax down. He didn't seem to be saying anything, but if others played exceptionally close attention, it would be possible to see

a moment to tell Aina about Force Manipulation. Everything she had accomplished until this moment

as a detriment instead of help. There were many instincts beasts and children would have

very well hinder most. However, Leonel had a great deal

strong enough in mind to catch it all.

from her lips that quickly morphed into something far more majestic, a war cry that echoed across the

BANG!

had reacted quickly, her expression changing

and quaking as the other

now her water shield was threatening to collapse beneath

dress fluttered as she took a step back. Her fingers tapped at the air and the water shield's form shifted, inverting and forming a large net

hands, losing its form and curving out while its twin blades twinkled beneath the pulsing streaks of lightning in the dark clouds that

droplets of sparkling blue water. It didn't carry a natural hue at all, instead infused with a large amount of Force that increased the humidity to the point that although not a single drop had fallen onto Aina, it still felt like she was enveloped

layer of something uncomfortable bore down upon her and Aina seemed to understand what