Dimensional Descent

Wicked still looked like a child of barely a few years old, but he didn't move like one at all. Nor did he speak like one.

The last time Leonel met him, he was already 93 years old, an age that didn't mean much in this world and was still considered to be firmly of the younger generation. And yet, he seemed to be able to tell that Leonel was young. At the very least, younger than him.

This tidbit made Leonel even more confused. He knew that Leonel was younger than him and had this strength, but he was still attacking like this?

From Wicked's perspective, he should definitely come from a Bubble World of great power that also easily cleared the Gathering of Kingdoms requirements.

Though attacking Leonel and trying to kill him as quickly as possible still made sense, there was something else about his reactions and temperament that weren't quite... right.

Leonel took a step back, the small figure of Wicked swiping at the air. A line of claw marks appeared in space, the fissures erupting with power.

Wicked attacked like something between a rampaging beast and a younger sibling chasing after his elder brother for bullying him.

The sight made Leonel even more speechless. What the hell was going on here?

Wicked gave him such a weird feeling, but when he actually attacked... he was so weak?

Leonel wasn't fond of not understanding things. The fact his Crafting had lagged behind had annoyed him for a very long time, and now this felt similar.

He didn't feel like his feelings were wrong, but the evidence before him pointed toward that end.

Suddenly, Leonel had a thought.

'Dream Force? Am I sensing something coming from him? Or someone manipulating him in the background?'

a bolt of lightning and he seemed

many layers

It should be that there was more than met the eye, certainly. But if he couldn't use that power continuously, why did he waste it on killing Grimm when

Grimm down, wary of his strength to some

more

Glabella glowed, its pale blue becoming a

expanded and he aged by ten years, becoming

spark of raging lightning

'... Wow.'

and expanding the distance between

diabolical laughter. "You made me do this, so you're going to take responsibility

seems mutated and warped somehow, not for the worse... at least not necessarily. If I'm correct, then he's taken a hit

about Wicked's origins. The man was able to incorporate new paths into his own in exchange for becoming a child again. That was why he was 93, and yet looked like a little kid... or at

that among the times Wicked had chosen to regress, he incorporated the abilities of the Cloud Race into his being.

the Cloud Race could, but in return, he acted like a child when he was in his child form, acting without thinking and even doing things that didn't quite benefit

managed to shed those weaknesses either after he became an "adult". Rather

super interesting...' Leonel

the question he was wondering about was if the Dream Force manipulator he had sensed was Wicked's "future self", or if it was someone

Gathering of Kingdoms, and with this strength, he should have been able to save his Bubble

'So why didn't he?'

toward the corpse. Could it

if the fall of the Bubble was exactly what

felt he had most of the story, he didn't feel that it was

Wicked's body suddenly flashed and his body ballooned, black fur erupting around him until he suddenly became a large with black and dark gold