Dimensional Descent

Leonel had never paid as much attention to his connection with Blackstar as he should have. But after his change, he realized that a contract formed between man and beast wasn't so simple at all.

An intertwining of the soul was naturally an astonishing matter, as Leonel and Aina's union had shown them more than one time before. And it was precisely because of his experience in marriage that Leonel came to understand that his connection with Blackstar wasn't so simple, either.

It could be said that the reason he had never noticed before wasn't because he was too neglectful, but rather because Blackstar was far too unruly. A troublemaker in the truest sense.

In their relationship, Blackstar wasn't the beast, but was rather the man. Back then, Leonel didn't even know how to contract beasts, so the reality of their relationship was that Blackstar was the one in the superior position.

As such, there were certain things about their relationship that Blackstar could instinctually understand, but wasn't able to communicate with Leonel at all.

It wasn't until Leonel became a Wise Sea Order and gained the capability of seeing through most things that he was able to grasp what Blackstar had never been able to communicate to him.

It could be said that the closeness between him and this little mink was no less than that of the connection between him and his wife.

And in some ways, it was even more exaggerated than that.

Because they could truly battle as one.

It could be said that the moment the Shadow World appeared, it was like Leonel had formed his Divine Armor not of just four beasts, but five.

And one of those beasts happened to have the inheritance of the Void Beast and was a Shadow Sovereign of the ages.

In that moment, billowing plumes of smoke came from the soles of Leonel's feet and the corners of his eyes.

The silver-gold tattoos across his body darkened and even the [Star Fusion] rushing out from seemed to blacken as well.

and the

Force appeared before him in the blink of an eye, seemingly moving at the speed of light, but it went through his body as though he wasn't

before the Celestial Ember

talon, one seemingly far inferior to the other, both in

BANG!

Celestial Ember was sent flying, crashing

him as though it weren't even there. The moment it went by, his spear spun in his hands

outside world it seemed as though there was nothing but a frightening stillness, a black fog

Leonel seemed to be erupting with a battle intent only a War God

on a whim, controlling the battlefield with such precision that

spear strikes cutting into them again and again. They never gave him the chance to kill them in a single strike, but he also never overextended himself

step by step. He didn't seem

for it. And yet, he was the only

touch, most of them were also entirely incapable of using Dream Force. An existence like Nova's

master like Leonel, with the Control Ability Index on top of that, it felt like

giving Leonel the ability to be incorporeal as he pleased and

and be incorporeal at the same time, but it was like it

able to corner them every time,

that was when

hadn't used since the battle started and a twin pair of Natural Force Arts thrummed to life in

around him grew and gained

rotated around his spear. It felt, for a moment, that

"Die."