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…'

anything, but if others played exceptionally close attention, it would

time constraints, Leonel hadn't found a moment to tell Aina about Force Manipulation. Everything she had accomplished until

because he understood that sometimes, overthinking things could come as a detriment instead of help. There were many instincts beasts and children

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

strong enough in mind to catch it all. Her

far more majestic, a war cry that echoed

BANG!

upon a shield of water that Vega had manifested. The latter had reacted quickly, her expression changing when she sensed the strength that was

clash echoed throughout the surroundings, the immediate sections of the wall crumbling and quaking as the other members of the Quarius

but right now her water shield was threatening to collapse beneath

Her fingers tapped at the air and the water shield's form shifted,

form and curving out while its twin blades twinkled beneath

becoming countless 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

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