Dimensional Descent

The first was a time stop ability. While useless on Leonel, that didn’t mean it was so on his summons.

The second was a powerful telekinesis ability, one that went beyond just controlling things with his mind, but could take Gervaise’s imagination and force it to become reality.

Not only were both of these shockingly powerful abilities...

Both of them were at the Savant Level.

Leonel had only just had this thought when a third Ability Index came.

Chains manifested from the depths of the Second Dimension, swirling with auras similar to that of a Regulator.

Leonel had never seen an Ability Index like this one, but he was truly shocked nonetheless. An Ability Index capable of mimicking a Regulator, just how powerful were the trump cards his grandfather had on hand?

Leonel had no choice but to be quick on his feet, swapping out his bow for his spear once again. His wrist flickered as he fell back, clanging against the surging chains that threatened to suffocate him from all sides.

Unfortunately, Blackstar and the Sea Goddess weren’t so lucky.

Leonel only diverted his attention for the most insignificant of split seconds, and yet there was a fourth Ability Index that almost did him in right then.

The chains suddenly exploded in weight and density. It was an Ability Index that reminded Leonel of Noah’s, but simply on a completely different level. A normal amount of weight wouldn’t throw Leonel off, but it felt like an entire universe had just been thrown at him.

He clashed with a chain and spear bent into a ’U’ shape, nearly snapping back on him. A sickening crunch came from Leonel’s arm as he tried to maintain his grip. He succeeded, but at the cost of his forearm bending in the wrong direction.

The pain didn’t reflect in Leonel’s eyes by much other than a flickering light.

Someone else would have used the momentum of the blow to try and make some distance, but Leonel had already regained his focus. He realized that this was exactly what Gervaise wanted him to do.

”Alright.” Leonel said lightly. ”Since you seem to really want to kill me, if I keep treating this like a joke, you just might think that I’m some sort of pushover, huh, gramps?” Leonel’s liquid divine armor spread over his skin and robes, snapping his forearm back into place. His King Force Dharma took shape above his head, and his body seemed flooded with the Force in an instant.

His gaze became a deeper hue of purple, and his hair looked as though sparkling amethysts were hidden within.

His body spun instead of retreating.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

With his grip on his spear tightening, he unleashed a torrent of cyclical blows that almost shattered the Regulator Chains.

By this point, Gervaise had already appeared high above the chained Blackstar and Sea Goddess. His hands were rapidly forming their own seals, his scepter floating about them.

Leonel only needed a glance to know that rather than killing him, Gervaise wanted to take them for himself.

”Overestimating yourself.”

Leonel’s eyes unleashed a glow, and at that moment, Blackstar and the Sea Goddess broke free of their time freeze and the Regulator Chains.

Gervaise’s eyes narrowed, realizing that Leonel had just done something quite profound. He was breaking the rules of summons, using his King Force to give them abilities they shouldn’t have.

With his connection with them, he had linked their Dream Force to his own, allowing him to bestow his abilities onto them...

This was King Force.

A Force truly fit for a King and his subjects.

ROAR!

Blackstar slashed out.

Gervaise was still in the middle of his seals and couldn’t easily back out without causing backlash to his Dream Force.

Leonel thought he had him... when a fifth Ability Index activated.

Gervaise split into two perfect clones. Blackstar’s claw broke through one of them, shattering him into a rain of blood and showering the now murky emerald waters below.

However, the second Gervaise didn’t even react.

’What?” Leonel was truly speechless this time. He had never seen an Ability Index like this one, something that was suddenly becoming a running theme.

If he had to call it something, it would be Schrodinger’s Ability Index. The clone

Gervaise had formed wasn’t a clone at all. It was him. 100% him.

However, the laws of reality couldn’t decide which one was the true Gervaise, and it wasn’t confirmed until after one of them died.

But the thing was... Gervaise seemed to have manipulated the scales somehow. With yet another Savant ability, he was able to decide that whichever died was the fake one ahead of time.

It was an ability that even Leonel had a hard time wrapping his head around. This was beyond just being powerful; it was practically rewriting reality.

Gervaise raised his scepter high. There was a pulse of light and a huge accumulation of Force gathered, forming an enormous star above his head. He looked like nothing more than a tiny shadow beneath its enormous body.

Leonel knew that it was yet another Ability Index... one that seemed the simplest of them all, and yet held a profound ability hidden away in the shape it took...

That of a Star.

Leonel took a breath and exhaled. He had already said that he would get serious, but even then... he found himself holding back somewhat.

Somewhere deep inside, he felt that his grandfather was still weaker than the

Demoness. If he couldn’t defeat him while messing around, the odds that he could

defeat the Demoness would be next to nothing.

A mixture of familial ties and a small strand of doubt buried deep within himself mixed together to disrupt his better judgment.

Leonel looked up to gaze into his grandfather’s emerald eyes.

This time, he didn’t speak. The light faded from his eyes and he seemed to become a

cold, calculating machine.

Slowly, he raised his spear, his Royal Crest Dharma and his Violet Star appearing to finish off the trifecta of his three Dharmas.

Leonel vanished just as his grandfather sent his attack down in a slow arc.