Dimensional Descent

Leonel crossed lake after lake and river after river. He knew that the youths were quickly following behind him, hoping to put some distance between them and the beast hoard coming from the dense forests.

The wild, thunderous roars and booming tremors seemed to be getting closer and closer.

Leonel's Internal Sight remained vigilant, but his expression was only growing more and more solemn. He noticed that his senses were growing less sharp. It was almost as though something was interfering with his ability to see the whole picture clearly.

'It must be the increased density of Force, or maybe its the fact that Force is so unrestrained and volatile…'

Leonel didn't have a perfect answer, but this was his best guess. However, he didn't get a chance to think of any more examples because his footsteps suddenly came to a grinding halt.

His heels dug into the ground in an exaggerated manner, it was to the point he almost fell backward.

Just now, he had reached the top of the largest hill in this stretch of land, only to find a sight that his heart plummet.

Though this was an island with a relatively circular shape, there was just a single path toward the center of it. This was precisely why the actions of the blue coy fish had stalled the youths for so long. With it taking control of the single path forward, they had to either find a way to bypass it or kill it the very same way Leonel had.

were flooded with deep valleys that

had already considered the idea of simply flying over these valleys. But, for whatever reason, that still ended in failure. As for exactly why, maybe only

eerie death pits once more, trapping them. The trouble was that they weren't trapping them outside, but rather,

had already known about the deep valleys that blocked the path to the center of the island. After all, he had been here for half a month, how could he not think of venturing further in to find more

had been blocked. He wasn't omnipotent, nor had he reached the point of being able to cover the island completely with his Internal Sight. As such, just like the other

Erupting Volcano and was able to learn that it was precisely because this one entry point faced the location the Eastern Lookout youths entered

why was all this important? Why was it that Leonel was frozen in place, even to the point

moment he reached the top of

mean that a group of humans were below. No. Each and

gold fur. Another was led by a tiger no smaller than the bear, except its

weren't imposing enough,

the smallest at just three meters in length, but such a thing hardly stopped its grotesque

next was a lemur, a monkey like creature with a zebra striped tail. It was far larger than it should have