Dimensional Descent

Leonel separated his soul from his body. Right now, he couldn’t trust his mind, not in the state that it was in. It was more taxing to rely on the soul alone without fleshly support, but it would have to be enough.

His soul had likewise aged like milk, but its robustness was still beyond that of his body despite having lost its core.

Leonel finally began to bring out the materials that he had prepared. But what was shocking was the fact that not a single one of them was designed to heal. It was as though he was planning on throwing his body away completely…

But although Nilrem had called him crazy, both of them decided that this was the only right path. Everything else was meaningless. Only if this succeeded would this be an appropriate path.

According to Nilrem, there could only be a 20% chance of success… However, Leonel had never acted with anything less than 100% assurance. If he didn’t, how could he ever have left his wife with-child? Why would he do such a thing just to come here to die?

He would succeed. He wouldn’t allow even the reaper itself to stop him. Even if a Death God descended to take his body away, he would pierce its brows with his spear.

A trembling might came off of Leonel’s frail body. It looked as though he had lost much of his strength, and yet the sound of sharpening blades and whistling arrows echoed across the space. It sounded as though his Weapon Forces were stronger than they had ever been, despite the fact he couldn’t comprehend in this space at all.

Leonel’s plan was simple.

Weapon Forces were constructed of the most foundational laws in all of existence. Things like sharpness, swiftness, heaviness… these simple Forces were often neglected, but it was they that came together to form the Weapon Forces that so many humanoids used.

These small laws were everywhere.

Unlike other Forces, Weapon Forces didn’t come from within one’s body most of the time. Instead, it was a push of intention that caused those many smaller laws and Forces to come together to form these Weapon Forces in real time. Essentially, using Weapon Forces of any kind was almost always an external endeavor.

This was why there were no Spear Force Innate Nodes or things of the like. They were naturally things that came from the universe and had to be treated as such.

They could be granted to you for use much like Universal Force could be, but they weren’t truly your own. In fact, most Weapon Forces had progenitors or those that would have far more of a say over a Weapon Force than you would simply by virtue of being the first.

If Leonel ever ran into the man or woman that created Spear Force or Bow Force, it would be out of luck no matter how overbearing his Weapon Force was. Even if he inherited their Idol, it would be like he was following the path of someone else once again.

Leonel had already made a promise that this would never happen. He had lost everything once before, and he had no intention of ever experiencing it again.

Although his Weapon Forces seemed like they would always be his just by virtue of how they worked and how their originators were certainly long dead, how could he ever confirm such a thing to be sure?

He had been thinking about it for a long while and he decided something simple.

The only way to ensure that this would never happen was if he could force the Weapon Forces to manifest from himself.

The easy way to do this was to use his Incomplete World, but then he would be handicapping himself. He still needed a great amount of energy to help them progress to a level where they could truly rival God Realm, and right now they were also limited by his Dimension.

For Leonel, who was used to having strength in his Weapon Forces that could rock worlds, this would be a step back, not a step forward.

Of course, Leonel was willing to take a step back if it was necessary. He knew that this was the moment that he could least afford to be impatient in. In such a mental state, it was easy for him to run down a path that he shouldn’t, only to regret it later.

But that didn’t mean that he should take a step back if he didn’t have to. It also didn’t mean that he couldn’t take a step forward if it was available.

He had sat in this same spot for what must have been almost a century, suffering endless torment, just so that he would have a 20% chance of accomplishing this.

Leonel’s Innate Nodes began to move, and out from his brain stem, a familiar Emulation Spatial Force Innate Node was ripped out.

He didn’t flinch in the slightest, but what happened next was even more shocking.

CRACK.

He shattered it. Some mysterious power erupted, and his Emulation Spatial Force Innate Node practically crumbled to pieces.

But that still wasn’t the end of it.

At the very same time, his Scarlet Star Force Innate Nodes manifested as well.

CRACK.

It shattered to pieces at the same time.

Emulation Spatial Force… it had been by Leonel’s side for a long while. To Leonel, it had been known as an inferior Infinity Force all the while; it had potential, but it wasn’t good enough.

Scarlet Star Force… it was one of the most powerful Forces in all of existence, but it was still one that could be trumped and superseded.

The shattered remnants of his Innate Nodes fluttered in the grey space, finally giving it the smallest hints of color as the hidden runes within began to move about in a pleasing rhythm.

One was the little brother to the strongest Force in all of existence, the other was such a strong Creation Force that it became known for its Destruction…

And now Leonel would use them to create something new.