Dimensional Descent

The shadowy figure appeared before Aina, striking with a surprising amount of strength. His movements were oddly jerky, and his power spiked and then fell rapidly, making it feel like he was spinning a roulette every time he attacked, hoping he would land on something good.

Aina was immediately wary. She could feel an odd Force tugging at the air, and it felt like it was Fate itself being toyed with.

Time Force?

She had seen something similar from the likes of Hutch's grandson. This felt like a similar, yet different application all the same. This opponent was a dangerous one.

The existence of people like this were probably precisely why the Council Members didn't dare to guarantee a top 100 finish.

This was only the second Time Force user that Aina had met in her lifetime, and the first one that she was actually battling with herself.

Suddenly, just as the fist was about to land on Aina, she moved as it accelerated. She slipped out of its path, her golden irises flickering with an interesting light.

She was fascinated by the battle style. The strike just now was probably the third best the figure could do. During the jerky motion of his attack, Aina had distinctly sensed two more than were much stronger, each one double the strength of the last.

Aina's Soul Clairvoyance was tugging at her and she seemed to faintly grasp onto something.

...

"That figure," Caspian said, frowning. "That's the Luck of the Draw Ability Index. When's the last time that Ability Index appeared?"

"Who cares?" Lumina sneered, her beautiful features seemingly distorting more and more these days. "It looks like she's going to lose. I didn't expect this farce to come to an end so quickly. Maybe if she hadn't insisted on trying to be something greater than she was, she could have lasted a bit longer."

"Says who?"

earlier battle? She's a brute. Against a brute,

...

something. The longer they fought, the more unpredictable the figure's Ability Index became, but that wasn't because it was flickering between different modes more quickly, but rather that

the first strike Aina had slipped was the third best the figure

the sixth...' She muttered

were two things holding her back

the curious tug from her Clairvoyance, but the second, though less important to her overall, was probably

worked on her

now, she was using her Body Clairvoyance to time her dodges to match up to when her speed was the greatest. But as time passed and the man gained stronger possibilities, she seemed to improve in the

time, there were more and more possibilities where her strength suddenly plummeted-three more possibilities

become and harder it would be for her to actually find a

is weird,' Aina thought to herself. 'Normally, I would have gotten it by now. Is this

realized that that must be the case. 'What a

there was a reason Time Force

BOOM!

by her cheek, carrying a great amount of momentum. This was, once again, the third

air split and rumbled beneath

around her as strands of her hair danced in the

cheek, but no blood was drawn... at

with red and gold, causing space to