Dimensional Descent

[Thanks to Mr. Ham (4/6)]

The oppressive aura around Leonel vanished and his smile returned as Tolliver slipped back onto his own arm, disappearing from everyone's presence as though it was never around to begin with. It was only now they realized how they hadn't noticed the Metal Spirit earlier...

And then something else clicked.

Leonel was constantly walking around with a Metal Spirit attached to him like that?!

The waves in their hearts that had been doused by Leonel's odd Crafting choices seemed to have returned in even greater force now.

This was on another level compared to Leonel's uncle always wearing his armor everywhere. It wasn't just a physical toll, but a mental one on top of that.

Who didn't know how voracious Metal Spirits were? With just a single roar, it felt as though Tolliver would swallow up the whole planet.

In fact, back when Tolliver had roared like that, the winged knights were all activated as though a great battle was coming...

And yet this was the Spirit that was so well under Leonel's control?

BANG!

Talon's final hammer strikes fell and a shimmering silver brace with red and gold veins. He grinned with a swelling pride and looked up, only to find Leonel's wife kissing him on the cheek.

"What, am I very handsome?" Leonel asked with a laugh.

Aina smiled and didn't refute. It was just unfortunate that there were too many people here.

became somewhat ferocious. He had decided that he wouldn't bash Leonel's face

to

given enough material to make a single high-quality one. If

of that, if he was foolish enough to separate the Elastic Flash and Sparking Rose Ores into different braces

was practically humiliating

was disappointed. He had been hoping for a

hand, his brace floated toward the Pillar of

one rune lit up, then three, then six. It continued until flashing, attempting to form another group of three before it failed. The lights coalesced, blessing the brace with its

they had received 37 earlier, that was based on theory, and theory that wasn't their own to begin with. What one could describe in theory, and what was actually of substance and real

enough, to get six... well, that was something that among the younger generation of even the Owlans, only Celestia

representative of a standard that was just barely

bored. After some thought,

Rumble.

nine Runes

Talon froze.

then three more Runes were lit, until 12 were formed. It tried to form 15, but it

Rumble.

descended, enveloping the

seeing didn't make any logical sense, but his spatial

a hand and took his brace back, then tossed the other

runes lit and

so hard that the skies shook as though another flash of lightning

How was this possible?

Who are you challenging?" Leonel asked, looking at