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

I meant. I'm more so referring to the fact this is only one of his arms. What's the pill compared to what you could have done with

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

"Really?"

entire demons. This felt different from that in

The secret to the Dream Asuras strength lies in their blood. It's

understand. Blood Force isn't Life Force itself, and Life Force

only be used slowly over the course of your life. It can increase when your strength increases or you ingest

Force allows 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 moment I so please, and it also allows me to add more to my Life Force when I

fusion of Life Force and Dream Force. This allows them to use their Blood Force as a vessel

strength is stored within their blood. Their flesh is just a byproduct of that initial process. Without

lit

should give most of them a proxy by which

of lightning

he thought,

he and Aina had come across a group of

he thought he had already found the culprits, that being the demons under the Sun and Moon Demon

But had he?

the pill in