Dimensional Descent

"Hold on."

Leonel stopped Irolana just as she was about to release the flare.

"Hand the flare to me."

Irolana was confused but nodded in the end.

Leonel rolled the flare in his palm, scanning it from top to bottom.

"Let's move." Leonel said, gazing at the Titan Hyena's corpse.

The group quickly complied as Leonel continued to observe the flare.

If the Oryx could only see in red, that would be fine. But, according to Irolana and the others, they could also see infrared. This was a problem for two reasons.

For one, they'd be on a time crunch. Things would be fine as long as the sun was still in the sky. But, once it set, the Oryx would gain a decisive advantage.

During the day, the Oryx's red sight would interfere with tracking somewhat. But, at night, an Oryx might be able to pick out a human through hundreds of meters worth of foliage just based off their body heat.

The second issue was tied to this issue of heat. The signal flares Leonel was aware of were essentially controlled bursts of combustion. Even if it was masked with color, it might be an issue.

'Oh, so it's not the same. It works with a Light Prism Ore…. In that case…'

in their wake. In the blink of an

"Little Blackstar."

"Yip! Yip!"

and snatched the newly made signal flare. He vanished into thin air before suddenly appearing a hundred meters

the canopy, the little mink hid his body within the foliage and raised the signal flare up, his little paws swiping at

out. But, the dull nature of the sound was nothing compared to the tall light that suddenly

be swallowed by the clouds above. The most shocking part, though, was the fact it didn't disappear. It hung there like a beacon even long after the little mink

blue flare?" Irolana was

or three seconds. In addition, the color shot should have been red

think it's much easier then to just

off handedly, but he had already brought out the Titan Hyena

action, rapidly helping Leonel form arrow

him. They looked up into the skies, only now realizing that after taking their

result in a completely different color. It was easy to hone in on a large group like 'red' or 'blue',

accomplished this without measuring tools or even a proper working

Is it really alright to make it so difficult to find?"

absentmindedly followed Leonel without even knowing why. Maybe it was because all of his

really conducive to gathering more people? How many would actually recognize the signal for help? Not