Dimensional Descent

Vein's pulsed through Aulina's delicate brow, her face reddening beneath the strain as she released a low shout.

Joel and Arnold were ripped out of the waters, their consciousnesses still not having been regained. Panic took hold of Franco's heart as he wondered just how much water they had swallowed, but he didn't have the luxury of finding out now, he needed to bring everyone back.

Franco dug deep, pulling out everything he had. He stacked two people to each one of his shoulders, taking heavy steps back toward the coast. Every time his leg rose and fell, violent rippled of water would surge through, forming tall waves that drenched him through from head to toe.

Blood leaked between his teeth as he stomped back. He knew that the gravity whale was behind him, but he also knew that it had a choice to make.

If it moved, the curtain of gravity would vanish as Franco had enough distance to shoot away. However, if it didn't move, then Franco would just continue adding to the distance between them. Even if he had to turn his bones into dust, he would bring them out of here.

Unfortunately… What actually happened was far out of their expectations.

The curtain of gravity suddenly shifted as the whale's tail twitched. As though it was playing a cruel game with them all, the range of the curtain shrunk and began to concentrate on Franco.

BANG!

Unable to control what was happening, Franco fell to a single knee, feeling as though his bones had splintered. The pain was so excruciating that the blood vessels in his eyes popped, filling his whites with a crimson hue.

Franco roared, pushing himself back up inch by inch. But…

BANG!

The gravity curtain multiplied again, slamming Franco's knee back onto the waters.

sinking. But, it was also exactly

spatial affinity as they were inextricably linked to one another. This gravity curtain made it almost impossible for him to crack space like he usually did, especially since this whale was in the Fifth

BANG!

water. He tried to keep his back as straight as possible, but

gurgle and ignore her. This was the first time she had ever experienced such a thing in her life, but it was also because she knew she had pushed herself too far

teeth cracked beneath the power of his clenched jaw. He pushed himself as far as he could. But, no matter what he tried, he

his will

died. Until his nerves gave out, until his brain shut down, until his heart burst from pumping too hard.. He wouldn't stop

point his throat was torn to shreds. However, this pain seemed to be like an

astonished gazes, he rose back up to a knee, his toes bending and his ankles arching as he pushed his body forward. Even if he couldn't stand to his feet

coming to him from Gil. He knew that Gil was also at the end of his rope, scrounging up whatever small bit of will he had left to try an support his supposed

eyes as though it couldn't believe the audacity of these ants to still continue struggling. But… if they could barely survive against this, what would

BANG! BANG! BANG!

longer lift his knee, nor could he keep his back straight. His face crashed into

'I can't…'

using it to push himself forward. It was the kind of

no less, though. It felt as though its ploy to play these humans to death continuously slapped his face,

the suppression of its gravity curtain, the waves couldn't even rise up. A sonic boom of sound shattered their ear drums one

Franco was forced to take on the brunt of it, his mouth

Gil had was already sapped clean. What Franco

his back pushing him into the waters

and touched his