Dimensional Descent

[Bonus chapter thanks to TheCodedProf :) (1/6)]

Somnus had no words to speak left after the pill was complete. He was certain that if it was brought before the Pillar of Truth, let alone nine runes, it might light up double that, maybe more.

He was just guessing and he had no way of being sure, but what he did know was that Verma was certainly not a match for Aina by any stretch of the imagination.

And to make matters worse than that... she was a Blood Sovereign?!

Somnus seemed to finally understand just how fearsome this couple was, and despite how Leonel acted, he was far more calculating and careful with how he did things than it seemed. Before anyone realized what was happening, they would have already fallen into his trap.

No... hadn't he already fallen?

If it was just one Leonel, it could be ignored. But such a young and powerful Force Pill Crafter, matched with the youth that was already crowned the beast Crafter of their generation...

Would they still dare to say that the Human Race couldn't rise again?

Somnus suddenly began to struggle, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move.

He sent out signals and flares, but where could any of them go under Anastasia's control? This world was completely isolated, a blank canvas that Leonel could do whatever he pleased with.

Leonel and Aina didn't even look toward the struggling Dream Asura. The pill landed in Leonel's hand and he looked at it for a moment.

"Is this the strongest you can make?" Leonel asked.

smiled. "What? Doubting me? It's not up to the

the fact this is only one of his arms. What's the pill compared

like a blood farm, it would be much easier to deal with. His flesh is helpful, but only marginally in comparison. It could

"Really?"

Aina refined entire demons. This felt different from that in an

lies in their blood. It's a very clever

Force, you might be able to understand. Blood Force isn't Life Force itself, and Life Force alone can't be

Force everyone is born with is restricted and can only be used slowly over the course of your life. It can increase when your strength

you to use Life Force on your own terms. It's the perfect vessel for the latter, and it allows me to use larger amounts of my Life Force any given

have a very special Dream Force that is a fusion of Life Force

is all to say that their greatest strength is stored within their blood. Their flesh is just a byproduct of that

lit

unlikely that all Dream Asuras could wield or control Blood Force, but their Lineage Factor should give most of them a proxy by which to do so. It was slightly different, but not wholly

of lightning shook Leonel's

No...' he thought, his

across a group of individuals who had their Blood Force completely sapped clean of

in a while because he thought he had already found the culprits, that

But had he?

spinning the pill in his