Dimensional Descent

Leonel calmed the restlessness in his body. It wasn't that he didn't feel that this was an interesting path, it was just more so that he didn't feel it was appropriate for all of his Forces to follow it.

If he stripped away his Forces of what made them unique and forced them all to conform to his own thoughts, then would they even still be the Forces he had come to know?

That said, this path... it was perfect for a Weapon Force you had to mold into your own image. The catch was that Leonel still wasn't sure of exactly that path he wanted to take.

Right now, whether it was his Bow Force or Spear Force, they were more amorphous than not. But that was the nature of the path he had taken to improve them.

Being able to use artistic conception to bolster the strength of his Weapon Forces was excellent, but that also made them lack an identity at the same time. It could be said that the only reason they were Sovereign Forces to him was because he had great talent and... because they were still at the Life State.

Fifth Nova made him realize something. If his Weapon Forces stayed the same as they were now, would they still be able to remain Sovereign Forces when he entered the Creation State?

That still wasn't certain, and that was a problem.

Ramon, though, seemed to understand his path quite well. It was just that he couldn't take that last step just yet.

Even so, he had managed to find a method of honing himself that even Leonel was impressed by.

Ramon had promised himself to not be weak anymore. The next time he had to protect someone he cared about, he wouldn't have to stand behind them any longer. He would be able to protect them instead.

And he took that extremely seriously.

Leonel only spoke to Ramon for a short time before he slowly strolled away. It wasn't that he didn't want to spend more time with this cousin of his, but rather that he felt it was inappropriate to do so.

still a bit withdrawn. If he tried to force a relationship just because he wanted to, it would

swimming with Ramon's Spear

miss it...' Leonel thought

own so Leonel obviously knew exactly what he was talking about. That was, of course, his old

he acted, moving about on a whim and cutting down those that left a feeling of distaste in his

sake of his father, his wife, his friends and what remained of his family,

knew just how much it ate him up

to further a goal, it felt like there was a knife twisting in his gut. It

he hated that feeling. Not the losing part, but the fact losing

It was so childish.

care so much about winning? He couldn't blame it on his future self anymore, he was gone even if a small

knew it would lead to a bigger victory in the end? It was like he was

had been before. He had worked too hard to get here... but a

had come to

compromised his own faculties, his own forward progress, it would

Force's path right now was perfect. It was an homage to his father and it would help him keep the most people alive. That was

had

all things, there had to be balance in life. But if he

face the sky and allowing golden strands of Bow and Spear Force to circulate in