Dimensional Descent

Leonel raised his head and took a deep breath. Black, spiderweb-like veins pulsed up his neck and across his sharp jawline. He had only absorbed a single drop of blood, and yet it seemed like it was going to consume his own body. At this point, even Aina was feeling worried.

At the same time, though, Tolliver seemed to have been triggered by something. All along, the little guy had been wrapped around Leonel's left arm like a sleeve tattoo, silent and unassuming. But at that very moment, it too began to pulse wildly.

All at once, veins of black and gold began to fight for supremacy in Leonel's body, but the calmness in his eyes never faded for a single instant.

However, what the world didn't know was that by this point, Leonel was no longer paying attention to it. Instead, he was standing within the world of the Life Tablet.

He looked up at the enormous library, no longer in shock and awe about its size, but rather focusing all of his attention on something.

Wise Star Order.

Wise Sea Order.

The names no longer mattered to Leonel, because what he cared the most about was what they represented.

The first sought out the stars, seeking to understand the universe and all of its mysteries. Ability Indexes, Lineage Factors, fantastical abilities that couldn't be fathomed by man in a time long since passed.

The second sought out the seas. Down to earth, focused on earth and water, the two substances that probably had the most to do with keeping the frailest of creatures alive.

It focused on understanding the self and the living beings of the world. Free from the shackles of Existence and its pressure to evolve and grow, it focused on the purest definition of what it meant to live and breathe.

One shot for the Stars in an irony of ironies, and the other was grounded.

Together, they formed a perfect and whole image of the world, one that went beyond just being an Oracle... it felt like the mysteries of the universe were all laid out before him, and the mysteries of his own body might as well have been an open book.

Through their union, he could feel the Northern Star Lineage Factors within himself more clearly than ever before, and the moment they sensed some stimulation, he was able to grasp them in his hands and force them back into focus.

sacrificed his Lineage Factors for the

had never truly

he was going to do what Wise Orders did best...

he was going to

both awaken the Infinity Beast and Void Beast in a single body, something that

he would elevate them to something

He

hand, wisps of airy crimson flashing around it. Cracks of red began to appear across his

He also didn't

and wisps of silver-gold floated

been the number one ranked Force, but it was a jack of all Force, difficult to use on its

own number one ranked Force, though it was more accurate to say that it existed outside the rankings entirely because more mistook it for pure Destruction when

unruly, could break down even one's own body, and didn't allow for the use

powerful, but likewise extremely

things... but it was just that he didn't have the time to start from

were, if he was in the mere Unfurled State with them, they would be far weaker than any of his other

now... he truly

seemed to be

hair and eyes

hair and eyes were a

grow, but Leonel firmly suppressed it every time, compacting it into a smaller and smaller

cells could take

cells were akin to greedy leeches,

to

the end, Leonel stood firmly at the pinnacle of what was possible for

movements made the world