Dimensional Descent

Leonel stood in the air, the tip of his spear as straight and unmoving as a mountain. It pointed downward, and he seemed to be completely open to strikes from all sides. And yet, those who looked upon him felt a shiver in their souls. This simply wasn't a man who could be attacked easily, regardless of what his current state seemed to be. Many felt that even if Leonel seemed to be on his last breath, he simply wasn't someone that could be provoked.

When Adawarth appeared on the Morales flagship, he unleashed a sigh. He didn't know what to say for a long time and it was only after he felt an arm wrap around his shoulders that he seemed to snap out of it, turning to see Second Nova standing by his side, and to his surprise, Fifth Nova standing on the other.

Fifth Nova never did things like this, but seeing that all three of them were standing here, looking forward toward Leonel, he seemed to feel that they all had all experienced the same thing.

"He's an arrogant bastard, huh?" Second Nova mumbled.

First Nova looked toward Second Nova with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He could sense a hint of bitterness that wasn't normal of this brother of his.

He and Second Nova knew each other quite well. Or, it was more accurate to say that they had once been exceptionally close. Some time within the last three decades, a few years even before Leonel had entered the Void Palace, they had begun to grow apart.

Of course, First Nova could tell that there was some secret that Second Nova was hiding from him, but if the latter didn't want to tell him, it was hard to force him to. For the longest time, First Nova had assumed that this was just Second Nova's way of telling him that he planned to go all out with him during the Heir Wars.

But seeing Second Nova now, Adawarth doubted his previous assumption. In fact, he felt that these last few years for Auran had been more complicated than he knew. However, regardless of all of this, he was far more shocked by Auran's words themselves. He didn't really feel like Leonel was all that arrogant.

he?" Adawarth asked

Nova laughed as though Adawarth had just told the greatest joke he had ever heard. Even Kira, who had spent the most time with Second nova

you get the feeling from him that he's like someone who started off very serious and then got too bored to keep up the façade? Just look at him. He's

and swooped down from the skies, a grin on his face as he

once more. "I bet you that he's smiled more today than he has any other day

secluded while the other has a great number of friends. One of them is always focused on their work and can't

Auran spoke, the uglier Adawarth's

at you," Auran laughed even harder. "You were always like this, you

"I'm fine with losing-"

"You don't need

he slowly began to smile. It really had been a long time since he had seen Auran laugh, it was as though a burden on his chest had been taken over by someone else. It felt as

truth, Auran had long since surpassed Adawarth in strength, but he had still suffered so greatly. There was no reason he