KNOW FEAR
Leonel's Destruction World moved and Ten Stars rotated high in the skies, revolving with various colors. As his brothers ran, the land moved with them and soon…
BOOM!
The Destruction World and the frontline of the armies crashed. Leonel seemed to have ignored everyone else, not aiming for the weakest enemies, but rather, the strongest. The very Gods that had descended from above, who were the cause of all of this, were the very ones that he targeted right from the beginning.
His brothers unleashed their might and their uniforms connected with one another, amplifying their power. The sounds of guns fired, but they were almost immediately surrounded. It was too difficult for them to kill in one shot like Leonel could… But that didn't mean that they could do nothing.
Drake was the only one that stayed behind with Leonel. He slowly pulled his sniper rifle from his back and exhaled a slow, turbid breath. Then he squeezed the trigger. Arrow and bullet flew through the air in a beautiful symphony and suddenly two heads exploded at once.
The pressure on James, Joel, and the others lessened considerably and they found that the movements of the Gods were becoming easier to predict. As powerful as they had become, it was hard to match the combat effectiveness of Gods that had lived hundreds of times longer than they had. But with the support of Leonel and Drake, the movements of the Gods were too restricted and there was little they could do.
Drake's eyes and Leonel's seemed to flash like lightning, capable of seeing through anything. Sometimes, with just the smallest bit of intention, a God wouldn't dare to move to a region, only for the target of Leonel and Drake to be completely elsewhere. And that was when the first of the Gods fell by Joel's hand.
Leonel took a breath and his eyes flashed with a blazing light. He knew that this status quo wouldn't be able to last. The enemies were both too numerous and powerful. If he wanted to overturn the situation and not sacrifice even a single life, he would have to take drastic measures at every turn possible.
"[ARISE]!"
Violet flames burned and Leonel's King's Might thrummed with life and vitality that could overwhelm a star. Before, using [Assimilate] was so easy only because the soul was already destroyed by Blackstar's Destruction Idol. However, the difficulty of using [Arise] on Gods was made obvious by Shan'Rae's resistance. If Leonel wanted to do such a thing now, it would essentially be impossible. However, it wasn't a matter of skill or will… it was a matter of energy. This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
With enough energy, he could do anything. He had even been able to [Assimilate] an Infinity Beast with Tolliver thanks to a Vital Star being present. Leonel knew that so long as he could solve the energy problem, he could solve everything. But doing such a thing was easier said than done… Unless he made a sacrifice.
Shan'Rae suddenly appeared by Leonel's side and she pressed a hand against his back. Large numbers of stars in her body began to blink out of existence. The blazing light in Leonel's eyes became brighter and brighter as Shan'Rae grew dimmer. At that moment, the slain God rose.
"My King!" He roared across the battlefield then surged into the army with a suicidal sprint. The expressions of several Gods changed. They could vaguely understand how Leonel had managed the first. He had the support of two True God Idols, as well as the help of the Life Tablet to keep the destroyed soul together for long enough to fire out the remaining energy. But this… this made no sense… Their brains were fried and they found it difficult to accept.
The Fawkes were feared, but it was well known that it was difficult to wield corpses even at the same Dimensional Realm. Usually, the average Fawkes would have armies a Tier or two below them. Genius Fawkes would be able to have some at their level and a few Tiers above. But no one… No one had ever heard of someone using these infamous Emperor's Might skills on someone that was an entire three Dimensional Realms above them.
If this was possible, how could the Fawkes have ever been eliminated?! This time, it was all [Dimensional Cleanse]. The power of the Stars had been within Leonel's body for many years, but he had only used [Dimensional Cleanse] to improve the speed of his recovery and nothing else. But that had all changed when he thought of a simple question. Why did his number of Stars correspond to his number of Nodes? Why did his father use these nodes as the foundation for [Final Destruction]? They were obviously meant to be centers to solve the largest problem with his current stage of [Final Destruction]… energy accumulation!
A normal person, even if they could gather up the resources necessary to move forward from here, would be entirely unable to absorb it without millennia or more. How could Leonel possibly wait thousands of years just to reach the Seventh Dimension? And who knows how much longer to reach the Eighth and Ninth beyond that? Would his lifespan even be long enough for that? But this changed his perspective on things, and it also opened up another path to him.
Right now, Shan'Rae was just at the Sixth Dimension, but the energy stores within her weren't necessarily less than any top tier Void Race member. In fact, it might be even more. The problem was that her body was too weak to expel it all at the same time. But now, with Leonel extracting it…
Shan'Rae's dimming body suddenly thrummed with life again and several more galaxies and stars appeared to replace the ones that had vanished. ... She was the perfect battery pack. Now, the real fun would begin.
Leonel drew another arrow and a lance formed once again. The lance of gold suddenly flared up and became a dense den of black flames that drew a line across the world. He hadn't forgotten. Today, it wasn't just the Fawkes that would shine, but also his grandfather's path. Before this woman his grandfather had once given his life to… Leonel would display the might of a Morales man.
His lips parted for the first time since his onslaught began and he spoke two words.
"Know Fear."