Dimensional Descent

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The rumble of Leonel's poem seemed to resonate with the world, dimming the depth of Amery's night and the brightness of his day. His defenses became airtight, his spearmanship taking another leap forward.

The raging battle intent in his eyes seemed to become as calm as a chilly lake, but it was precisely this controlled battle intent that made one's heart grow cold.

He took a step to the side, parrying Amery's assault.

"One spear to connect the earth and skies."

Leonel's voice rumbled again and his spear tip met the perfect crossing of Amery's two blades, thrusting through the two of them at precisely the same time and disrupting the flow of his attack. A streak of spear light shot through the vast darkness above, becoming a dividing sign between Amery's Natural Light Realm and the rest of the world.

Amery's swords flew to the side and he was forced to take a step back, the strength of Leonel's spearmanship throwing him off balance. But even so, his gaze only gained a fiercer depth to them. His Natural Light Realm changed once again.

If before Leonel's "One spear to connect the earth and skies" had been the dividing line, at this moment, Amery himself was the dividing line. It was as though he became the center of the world, his Dark Force sword holding the night and the Gaia Force holding the day.

The fierceness of the glow of his Innate Nodes continued to grow, each becoming the center of their own world.

Amery's horns sparked, sharp, howling Sword Qi spiraling around each one of them. His Gaia Force sword rose and the world seemed to fall into silence. The echo of Leonel's poetic words dimmed and faded entirely, the strength of his spear dimming considerably at that moment.

learn normally, but to learn the True version, like Leonel had, and apply Universal Force to all aspects of his ability, was

Force, or more accurately, the talent. But,

first, Leonel didn't understand why this was,

in a way that Leonel had never done for the spear, or even the bow. And

Reflected exactly that.

BOOM!

had ever seen in a single instance. He was taking advantage of the strength of his devoted focus toward the sword to manipulate the Universal Force in a fashion that Leonel had

versatility for complete mastery, and now, this singular strike felt as though it couldn't be blocked. In fact, even as he swung this strike, Leonel felt that Amery was

was improving

of his expression only grew and the pulsing crimson light within the depth of his pale violet irises only grew fiercer and

Force appeared, it began to be corrupted by a deep, black fog. It grew deeper and deeper until the point it had swallowed

Amery's strike fell by half

as he split it into two, was just as quick as it swallowed itself back up, suturing up

constricted. He felt the Dark Force

that moment, Amery had

came from the concept of Cycles, and Cycles found their strength in repetition, balance and consistency. With one of the cycles being thrown

the Dark Force maintain its proper strength beneath the might

in hand, and its Domain deployed, the strength of Leonel's