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.

things. This was why it was so important to have Shadow Rat who was unaffected by the darkness, Double Shot

come from others to himself. When it came to those with high level sensory abilities, Manson was the

two bullets that were shot from outside his range, Shadow Rat had picked the time just after Leonel dodged to attack as well. Usually, this was the perfect moment. But, in practice this time, he had

mink?! Why wasn't there

pull

then that his movements became sluggish. A mental coercion dulled his reflexes. All he could see were

he tried to speak coming out in a gurgle. He couldn't fathom how the old gentleman, a man

that at least it was good that his domain would fade away… That

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 completely,

his foot, appearing before Double

Shadow Rat could, but his ability was a Sensory Type under the category of Marksmanship. It allowed him to attach a marker to a given target that would give him information about their location and give him the

because it didn't have a homing ability, but it was still enough to tell that Leonel

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

out of the way of the bullet the instant Double Shot pulled the trigger. The latter however, was still

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

trembled, his shot firing awry. Even though he couldn't see a thing, he didn't need to, to feel that gaping wound that