Dimensional Descent

The engineers got to work with an avid quickness. Though they were assured that everything was under control, these men and women were ultimately used to lives spent in labs and private work stations. Something like a battlefield was completely foreign to them.

Though they had had some run-ins with danger on their way to the Fort, it had already been over a year since then. They had gotten used to their lives of comfort and leisure again.

Many of them weren't even willing to be here. But, they had lost the luck of the draw, so this was their only remaining option.

It was no surprise, then, that many of them would be shaking and quaking as they worked. But, luckily, there was the vanguard of troops protecting them from all sides. As they noticed they weren't in any danger, they were able to work faster and faster.

…

In the distance, Leonel and Aina watched all of this in silence. It had already been a few days since they began to monitor the Fort, so they were quite used to the flow of things. However, this plan the Fort sprung was completely out of their expectations as well.

Aina seemed to still be mad at Leonel and spent all her time cuddling with Little Blackstar. As though that wasn't bad enough, even Little Tolly betrayed him as well.

Usually, Little Tolly could only interact with Leonel due to the hazard it presented. But, who knew when the little guy got intelligent enough to steal Leonel's Force Crafter Gloves and pass them over toward Aina.

Somehow, both his partners favored Aina more than him.

Though Aina was still mad at him, Leonel couldn't help but chuckle at this.

Didn't this just mean he had excellent taste? Of course his woman would be beloved by all.

"Ah…"

when Aina turned back to glare at him. It couldn't be that she heard his thoughts, right? Her gaze seemed to

really believed it. Back then, Leonel thought his mother had ditched them so he

thought about it, his old man had told him a long time ago to stop confessing to Aina and

Damned old man.' Leonel thought to himself while smiling innocently toward

Suddenly, Leonel frowned.

'Milan… Joel… Raj…'

Leonel's jaw turned steely.

sense the change in Leonel's demeanor and looked toward the battlefield. At that moment, the Gate was opening and a few familiar

And, even if she had gone to more, everyone on the team wore helmets most of the time. So, she didn't recognize

what Leonel was thinking. Did

His gaze locked onto the battlefield, not moving a single inch

of killing him? Even if Leonel himself

So, Leonel waited.

build the Force

his side, Aina rose from her squat near the ground. On her back, the massive curved box that carried her ax was there. But, in her hands, a great sword

…

forward without

were near zero and the engineers looked as though they might finish

was the same feeling he got when the opponent was coming with a sudden exotic blitz. As the center of a football team, it

that the quarterback was the most important position on the field,