Dimensional Descent

This thought snapped Regnier back into focus. He abandoned using Dream Force like the wind. It was causing the Dream Force around him to fall into Leonel's sphere of control; how could a junior possibly pull away a Force he had been using for longer than Leonel had even been born?

However, the instant he did so, Leonel suddenly retreated.

Regnier frowned, wanting to follow. But the moment his thoughts started to move with their normal fluidity, he thought of many things all at once and remembered that there was an even larger threat to his back.

He could only keep Burul at bay when he used his Force like the Wind, but if he used it like the Wind, Leonel would suffocate him.

He had to extricate himself as quickly as possible.

The feeling of danger already enveloped him to his back as he sensed that Burul was already gearing up to attack again. Remembering the power of that heart-shuddering attack, his own almost stopped beating entirely.

It seemed to him that Burul had to be close for it to work out, so he had to keep his distance no matter what.

And that was when it happened.

A beam of blinding light came from Leonel's direction. The feeling and essence of it were exactly the same as what had come from Burul. This time, the speed of thought Regnier had regained was to his detriment.

He could feel every inch of that beam, and each movement, every breath, even the runes that flickered into existence through the air, were exactly the same. He couldn't find even a single exception aside from the fact that it was weaker by a Tier.

'Dammit!'

Regnier lost his cool and switched back to using Dream Force like the Wind. If he didn't, although he was sure he wouldn't die, he would be injured enough that it would affect his clashes with any other Pavilion Heads.

He couldn't allow that.

On the other side, Burul wasn't sure what was happening. His vision had been obstructed by his own attack, and all his Internal Sight picked up was Regnier fighting with... air?

creature of high enough level to conceal itself within the Dream Force, and that had

his breath. His net of runes was obviously on cooldown now, not that it

do? Wait for

else's; he wasn't a fool.

closed in the distance. He had to see the

approach, a blinding light came from the opposing

was identical to the one he had just unleashed, just a bit

how could his people hide from his

line of fire was directly in line with himself, and though the cooldown for the net of runes was only for the single-burst attack, because he had just used it, the flow

situation slowly cleared, and he found Regnier

anymore, having seemingly vanished into thin

frown deepened by the second and his heart suddenly stopped beating entirely. His own palm slapped to his collarbone,

But it was gone!

stolen

could only do one thing, and that was to find his people. He didn't think it was a coincidence that Leonel had targeted

not noticed the loss of something so

suddenly put on a fierce expression. Even after years of goading and prodding, Burul had never seen him

Did Regnier kill them?

was impossible; there wasn't enough

of Dream Pavilions watched as two powerhouses

these experts were thinking; they were too good at hiding their thoughts. Regnier had been much like them before this incident caused rage to build

"BOY!" Regnier roared.

more taken aback.