Dimensional Descent

Leonel's pupils constricted.

A Domain that cut off the senses. A sharpshooter that wasn't bothered by it. A leader that could ignore it all with intuition. And now a fourth team member that could make use of the all encompassing shadows to move where they pleased?

The composition of this team was enough to make anyone numb. But for Leonel, his eyes suddenly lit up. He had gotten the final piece of the puzzle he needed.

'Little Blackstar.'

"Yip! Yip!"

Shadow Rat suddenly found himself frozen, stuck in a state of corporeal and shadow. He couldn't retreat and he couldn't advance. It felt like some higher being had grasped onto his very soul.

PCHU.

In the darkness, a little mink flashed. When he appeared again, grasped between his little claws was a still beating heart. With just the smallest squeeze, it burst apart, falling in a rain of blood and gore.

Panda was the only one who could see this scene. The contrast between Blackstar's adorable little twitching whiskers and his bloody actions made even the apathetic veteran's heart seize.

To use a darkness domain and a shadow teleportation ability against a Sovereign of the Shadows… It was like leaping with both feet into an early grave.

was how long it took to communicate things. This was why it was so important to have Shadow Rat who was unaffected by the darkness, Double Shot who could mark his

they needed minimal communication even in the midst of such darkness. When Manson said 'ten meters', that was about the only communication that would come from

range, Shadow Rat had picked the time just after Leonel dodged to

little mink?! Why wasn't there any information

vanished. He realized that he had to pull his domain down. This was

sluggish. A mental coercion dulled his reflexes. All he could see were two floating orbs

how the old gentleman, a man known for

darkened, he felt that at least it was good that his domain would fade away… That would

and tearing a hole through his chest, taking with him a shadow that somehow felt eerily familiar to him. He couldn't even think about what this meant before he collapsed

lightly tapped his foot, appearing before Double Shot in a

allowed him to attach a marker to a given target that would give him information about their location and give him the ability to aim

low level marking ability because it didn't have a homing ability, but it was still enough to tell

was, he was still able to aim and shoot. But, how could Leonel

the instant Double Shot pulled the trigger. The latter however, was still a

the holster of his second gun he aimed and prepared to fire, only to

see a thing, he didn't need to, to