The Martial Unity

Leonel's expression gained a bit of dignity. They hadn't been here for long, yet so many inexplicable things were unfolding before him.

Gritting his teeth, Leonel made a decision.

"I know how we can get out of here."

Aina was just as intelligent as Leonel was. Though her thinking speed fell several steps behind him after he awakened his ability, when given enough time, her conclusions wouldn't be much different from his own. This was why when she heard this, her expression immediately changed.

"No. No. Absolutely not. We can think of another way. You have no idea what kind of side effects there might be. I won't let you."

Leonel smiled bitterly.

"I wish I knew more about this world, but unfortunately I don't. This is the only solution I can think of, and considering the current abilities of my mind… That's saying a lot."

Aina's eyes involuntarily reddened.

Leonel walked to Nicolas' desk and picked up one of his pen-shaped knives. He looked at it before a moment, hesitating. He didn't even notice when Aina's small hand crossed his field of vision and clamped down on the palm he held it in.

"It's too risky." Aina tried to steady the trembling in her voice. "We don't understand the diagrams to begin with, who knows what it will do to you? For all we know, Nicolas didn't even have his own will."

clenched. Sure enough, Aina had thought

that this place was being held together by a large scale Force Art. The problem was that neither he nor Aina were

and deduce the mysteries through Nicolas' countless notes, he had no confidence in doing so in

drew this etching onto his body, he should theoretically gain the ability Nicolas had, allowing him to comprehend these Force Arts quickly. With the processing power of his mind, as long as he had this starting point, deducing what he needed to know to get

Catholic Church. Yet, they had very

settle itself. Knowing that the destination ahead only had one path, yet it was fraught with danger,

warmly,

palm, his gaze flickering when he noticed that the sharp etching tool

cloth from his linen

do this. With my ability, I'll be able to make the best use

tender actions. Then, she could only watch blankly as he set her hand down and drew the first slice of flesh across the

he drew the complex Force

be made stronger with both depth and size. However, the Art Leonel drew was barely deeper than a usual paper cut and was a fraction of the size of Nicolas'. But, Leonel was confident that his own ability could amplify this Art's would-be potency, while also mitigating the risk he put

and ricocheting off of the stone beneath their feet. The dull echoes rebounded across the walls of the

more than a few minutes to etch the Force Art into his

a grand showing when he finished, but the reality didn't have much fanfare. There was a faint wisp of light and a subtle comprehension clicked in Leonel's mind. What was

like an author writing down a story. But that also means that if you want to influence

a very simple fundamental concept like

analytical mind could already see through the