Chapter 3105 She Will Be
Leonel put the entire effort of his mind into analyzing Ramon's new Force.
Lucerne Force, Hammer-Spear Force, Ramon Force, or whatever he would like to call it in the future, was truly unique. And it was a route that Leonel had never expected a Morales to take.
The reason for that was obvious enough. Ramon wasn't a normal Crafter in the first place. He had a Metal Spirit just like Leonel did. Using a hammer to forge weapons wasn't exactly the most efficient way for them to do things.
There was no need to use hammers when their Metal Spirits could temper out impurities and refine metals to the perfect degree just by swallowing it for a bit.
However, Ramon seemed to have switched over, and Leonel could understand it somewhat.
He was still using his Metal Spirit. The hammer in his hand had his Metal Spirit running all the way through it and seemed to be a fusion of a Craft and a living being, a true beautiful representation of the pinnacle of the Life Grade.
However, he had wanted to truly feel the changes himself. So he had swapped over to a heavier-handed method.
At the same time, by using a hammer, he could temper his body as well.
He wanted to find a method to transfer his Crafting talent into battle talent that he had never had. The only way to do that was to put his body through a ridiculous amount of pressure.
He had managed to find a way to refine his Crafting and his body at the same time.
At that moment, he stood in the middle of the woods, each strike sending a rain of scalding sweat spiraling through the air. His back rippled with a dense pack of muscles and had vascularity that could make the Gods shrink.
Every time he swung, his entire body moved. Leonel could feel every muscle fiber constricting at once. But what was even more shocking than that was that he forced his body to absorb all of the shockwaves afterward as well.
With his current strength, a single swing of the hammer would wipe all the trees out just from the sheer wind pressure alone, let alone the actual strike.
However, Ramon had also learned to tune the hum and resonance of his body to absorb all the reverberating impact himself.
It was less complex than Leonel's path, but it was a shocking path nonetheless.
The question was how to give the Spear Force a nurturing aspect to counterbalance everything and have it reach a perfect equilibrium.
Leonel thought of several possibilities but soon enough, he had landed on the one aspect it could be.
Finally, over a month later, he walked forward.
Ramon only seemed to finally notice Leonel's presence now. Unlike the others, he was so engrossed he hadn't even known Leonel was there at all.
However, Leonel signaled for him to keep swinging.
"Do you know why you keep swinging like that?" Leonel asked softly, his voice resonating with the hum of the hammer.
Ramon's eyes blazed. Of course he did. His fiancée... his wife... the love of his life... she had died because he was too weak.
That was why he had to shred everyone who stood in his path apart.
At that moment, he realized the weakness of his Force and was about to destroy the nurturing aspect, but Leonel's next words made him freeze.
"It's because you wanted to protect."
Ramon's hammer froze in the air, a trembling Force resonating through the air. It felt like the world didn't want him to hammer it down.
Veins bulged across his arms, his eyes pulsing with red veins.
Protect... that was right... he didn't just want to shred his enemies apart, he wanted his Valorie to be there, standing at his back.
"And she will be." Leonel promised.
BOOM!