Dimensional Descent

 Heirlooms

The number of military encampments that Leonel and his brothers destroyed was only growing. Every time they acted, it was swift and decisive, and their advantage couldn't be described in just a few words. Of course, that had to be the case; a squad of barely more than ten was continuously taking down armies numbered in the thousands at worst, so there had to be a secret to it.

Obviously, that secret was twofold…

First, Leonel had a God Beast of Destruction by his side. This world was practically Blackstar's oyster.

And second… he knew how to pick his targets. Why would he go to a place he wasn't sure he could wipe out just yet? He didn't care how weak they were, whether they were a distraction or a vanguard, he didn't even care if they were forcefully enlisted from the ranks of the Four Great Families.

He killed them all.

By the time they got support, Leonel and his brothers were already long gone and no information seemed capable of reaching the ears of his enemies.

Until now, they were still under the impression that Leonel was leading large armies for the Fawkes, swiftly killing them all with overwhelming numbers. Never could they have realized that all Leonel was doing was with nothing more than a few brothers of his own.

A week later, they returned to Nana's army.

…

"Do the scan again," Leonel said while speaking with Anastasia. They had no choice but to return because the last few islands they visited were too off the mark. So obviously, Anastasia's previous scan had become outdated. But that was fine.

This was also well within Leonel's expectations.

"How is it?" Leonel moved to Nana's side after ensuring that Anastasia had everything under control.

In this last week, she had had the time to get used to the Dream Path and make some progress. Leonel was already eyeing an Incomplete World for her to absorb, but getting to it was going to take an extra bit of effort.

For now, it would at least be another week or two.

"Great!" Nana said with a hint of cheer in her voice. "I feel like I've made more progress in seven days than I've made in the last ten years."

Leonel smiled. "Show me."

Nana nodded seriously, beads of sweat still running down her forehead. It was clear that she had been doing everything in her power to not disappoint Leonel.

After having received so much help from him, if she couldn't at least hold up her end of the bargain, wouldn't she be too useless?

She pressed two fingers together and held them up before her chest. The Adurna shield flew from her back and suddenly vibrated before separating into hundreds of clones at once.

Nana flew into the skies with a slow cadence, her petite frame looking like a little ladybug caught in a windstorm. And yet, she was firm as all the power accumulated around her.

Leonel's pupils constricted.

Those hundreds of shields formed a honeycomb pattern and covered hundreds of kilometers both left, right, above, and below.

Can she really defend such a large area all on her own?

Leonel's gaze flickered for a moment and then he threw out a punch.

BANG!

The fist energy rebounded against the wall.

Leonel nodded once, flipped a palm to reveal a spear of energy, and then struck out casually.

BANG!

The energy rebounded again.

Now, Leonel was a hint serious. He was targeting not the core of the formation of shields, but rather the edges. Theoretically, they should be the weakest, and yet they hardly shifted.

His grip on his spear tightened just a little bit more as his gaze flashed.

He took a step forward and thrust out again, a valiant momentum surging around him.

BOOM!

The array of shields shook, but in the end, they maintained their state.

Leonel's eyes couldn't help but brighten. These Heirlooms… they were stronger than he expected. If they could increase Nana's strength by this much, it was truly shocking. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Nana was barely a talent better than his own brothers before he gave them Incomplete Worlds to devour the insight of. She was good enough to get some attention from the branch levels of the Adurna family, but she ultimately came from an "Impure" line and didn't have the greatest talent.

Compared to Leonel and Aina, she was far inferior.

For her to block his attention like that when the power was dispersed over such a large region, it was truly shocking. But what happened afterward was more shocking.

Nana's blue hair began to dance in the wind and her bright blue eyes only became brighter.

"Bind."

Her delicate voice spread over a long region, and one of the many shields blinked out of existence.

Leonel felt a pressure descend onto him, and his body was frozen in place.

His Dream Force shook and shattered it apart, but then Nana spoke again.

This time, several more shields moved out, layering Leonel in Bind after Bind as though the laws of the world were moving to the whims of Nana's words.

Leonel was still able to bear it at three, and even at nine, he could still forcefully shatter it apart with just a little bit more effort.

But the more they layered, the more he realized that he was slowly facing off against an insurmountable mountain.

'Fascinating… so this is a Path of Crafting as well, that's where these treasures get all their power from…'

Leonel felt waves of enlightenment hitting him as he stood in a bit of a daze.

Up in the skies, Nana became flustered, feeling that she might have accidentally harmed Leonel. She hurried to disperse her shields, rushing to his side to see if there was anything that she could do to fix things.

But when she got close, she somehow felt that Leonel was a

 world away, as though he was untouchable to her even though he stood right there.

Suddenly, Leonel's eyes brightened.