Dimensional Descent

Leonel took a step forward and struck out with the wooden spear. He used just a single arm, but the blade still seemed to sing.

It had been a while since he used a wooden spear, and somehow it felt to resonate more with him. A spear from his Emulation Spatial Force and Scarlet Star Force was powerful, but it was precisely because of that it lost the most integral parts of what it meant to be a spear.

His strike didn't have to be perfect, his Emulation Spatial Force made the blade sharp enough to cut through anything. It didn't have to be powerful. His Scarlet Star Force could blaze through anything.

But now, with a simple, unadorned spear in his hand, a white cloth fluttering around where the polearm and blade met, if he wasn't perfect, he really would be cut at the waist.

The Oryx had never felt something like this before. It was just a simple strike, but it somehow felt like there was no perfect response to it. He couldn't dodge it, he couldn't block it, he couldn't counter... there was no perfect response.

In the last moment, the Oryx unleashed a roar and lashed out. It wasn't like the warrior of the Oryx to simply bow down and accept death. If he couldn't find a counter rooted in skill, he would just have to brute force his way to victory.

'Oh?'

The digitigrade legs of the Oryx seemed firmly rooted into the ground, almost as though he had become an ancient tree. Earth Force fuelled his attack, and he swung down with all his might, borrowing momentum from the planet they stood on.

If the strike hit, Leonel's spear would indeed be blasted to smithereens. He didn't dare to use his Spear Force so casually anymore, so the wooden spear had no protections aside from the simple wood it was cast from.

Of course, this was from a tree in Anastasia's world, so it was Ninth Dimensional in character. But it had no other sorts of special qualities to it. Even if it wasn't shattered, it would definitely be heavily damaged.

But Leonel's reaction wasn't so fierce at all. His wrist tilted just the slightest bit, and the Oryx missed his spear by a hair.

as metal clashed against

sent flying overhead. At the same time, his

that moment, causing the Fifth Dimensional Oryx that wanted to

you don't move. If I press just a little harder, I'll puncture his lung. If I press a little harder than that, I'll

as though Leonel were speaking their language, and this made them more shocked than maybe even the swift

tell me, where is this place? Who rules this

He had only come into contact with other Incomplete Worlds for a short time, but it was still enough for him to know that not all of them had

were like Leonel's own and had multiple Races divided across several Domains were actually a bit rarer in number. Usually, one Race or a handful would get the leg up in evolution and then

surprised enough that he was human. Unless they were a bit slow and didn't notice until now, this was a

is the Oryx

leader didn't understand how Leonel didn't know the answer

Domain or something like

their intentions, not their arbitrary understanding of

meant city, or planet,

was very difficult

had a substantial enough Oryx population that they controlled

Domains?" Leonel asked. "Who

frowned, but he still answered

Race and