Dimensional Descent

Ieme's heart jumped.

None of the normal signs of an approaching enemy had been there. There wasn't an influx of Force, there wasn't an odd sound, there were no fluctuations in space… There was absolutely nothing.

It took him a moment to understood, but he soon grasped it. There were none of those signs to grab a hold of because they weren't there to begin with. Those boats weren't being propelled by Force, they were being propelled by nothing more than wind and the rapid waters. On top of that, because they were using the water, their movements were masked by the rivers itself. It was no wonder none of them had realized that something was wrong until they were already so close.

After understanding this, Ieme calmed. He had been through a lot in his life and as a man who had been willing to uproot everything on this singular bet, he was decisive and intelligent as well. He immediately came up with several weaknesses to this clever plot of Earth, one of the main one's being that if Earth was intent on using river flow for movement, that meant that they could only ever attack from one direction.

Ieme stored these conclusions away and immediately stood.

His gaze narrowed when he got a better look at Leonel's face. To think he would meet the man who killed his Three-Layered Hand Brother so quickly. It seemed that the Goddess worked in mysterious ways and had laid this opportunity at his feet.

The others weren't aware of this, but the truth was that after Leonel shattered the seal that would have been placed on him, he had gained the fury of the Evergreen Goddess. As such, his head was worth a large amount of Evergreen Force so long as he was sacrificed to their altar.

The real reason Ieme had been willing to take this enormous risk was that Leonel's head was worth more than ten times the Evergreen Force he had used to gain this speed advantage over everyone else eyeing Earth.

So, seeing Leonel now, it felt to Ieme as though everything was snapping into place, as though the world itself wanted him to succeed and like the Goddess was smiling down upon him.

"Prepare for battle!" He roared.

hours it had taken for Leonel and the others to get here. Though not everything was complete, it was enough to

the advantage

were men of Goddess, they were very much used to battle. In fact, even compared to other organizations,

and they easily stepped onto the

of six was closer, they got a good look at the design. Those who had some Crafter experience couldn't

six sleek boats suddenly simultaneously released their parachute systems, cutting their speeds in half as heavy anchors

meters, they had come to a grinding halt. But,

wings of silver the boats suddenly deployed. Despite their thin and frail appearances, they hardly rocked as they brought the

miniature fort on the ocean, turning the

"Fire!"

boomed over

Leonel was the only individual present. At least, Leonel was the

what was happening, a rain of hundreds of arrows suddenly shot out from

'This speed…!'

guard. From the boats appearing, to them coming to a grinding halt and suddenly firing, not even half a minute had passed. The sudden shifts

"Again!"

the first wave even

large shield of wood. Their speed was exceptionally fast, especially under the influence of their nearby Shrine. And