Dimensional Descent

Several minutes ago.

Leonel's rage disappeared like the wind after he entered the forest. He almost couldn't stop himself from laughing. He really hadn't expected things to work out even better than he had thought they would. He felt like this was what people called digging their own graves.

Aina shook her head and rolled her eyes. Unlike the others, she could clearly see that mischievous light in Leonel's eye.

The Leonel she knew wasn't very good at controlling his emotions in the slightest. If he was truly enraged, he would have just attacked and thought of the consequences later. The fact he never attacked meant that he wasn't angry to begin with.

The only thing Leonel really didn't expect, though, was for Ingkath, Irolana and Moos to actually follow him. As for his lovely girlfriend, wasn't that already a given?

If Leonel had to be honest, their following made his task a bit more difficult that it would otherwise be. Their strength was definitely not up to par with him and Aina. But, Leonel definitely wouldn't turn them away. In fact, he would remember this well.

Taking a deep breath, Leonel turned to the three.

Unlike Aina, they didn't understand Leonel very well. So, they had been just as fooled by his previous act. Seeing the solemn expression on Leonel's face, they felt their hearts seize again.

After a while, Leonel smiled. It was quite true that the world couldn't be painted in black and white. The very same Ingkath and Irolana who had drawn a line between them just months ago had actually chosen to side with him today. The human psyche was quite a fascinating thing.

"Alright everyone, take these."

Leonel handed out another few packages of grenades.

"These… These are the grenades." Moos asked softly.

more even though he had said that

a Tier 4 existence and kill anyone below that. This one can even kill

three youths trembled fiercely when they

got to the difference between Tier 4, 5 and 6, you were talking massive gulfs one could waste a lifetime to

7 to Valiant Heart Mountain was considered to be the absolute cream of the crop. Only blue belts touched upon such a level, yet these three could only lower their

was baffling. Yet, Leonel had given them ten each.

you use them." Leonel advised. "Whether it's the Titan Hyena or the Oryx, I have a strong feeling that they won't work in

three nodded solemnly. But, Irolana soon raised

case, how do we

this location. Trying to escape through the

of Ores faction will definitely do their best to seal off the mine from new entries, so we'll need to

that enter a frenzy down there. Use the weaker grenades on them, they won't be

a strategic use of the stronger grenades can collapse a tunnel they would have otherwise used to pursue

it sound like the Oryx

Wait… night?

three looked up into the sky, their legs growing week when they noticed there

to quake, the trees swaying from side to side as though they were juvenile rather than the thick ancestral beings

Leonel said

…

bit into his cheek, his expression jittery. He had managed to take advantage of his seniority to build a campsite as near to the cave mouth as he could. Unfortunately, in order to succeed in this, he had to be more aggressive

close to the cave mouth. Under the order of the

camping in the forest. Though this was more comfortable

found themselves feeling empty. Their minds were filled with such a perpetual fear that they couldn't even find it in themselves to relax. They realized then that their current state was a far cry from how at ease they had