Dimensional Descent

Leonel turned his gaze away from the youths before him. He couldn't just leave them here, but it seemed he would have to if he wanted to find out what was going on in this place. There was no way he could trust these people who had a vested interest in having as little competition as possible with the wellbeing of his people.

"Blackstar, you stay here and protect them."

"Yip! Yip!"

"If anything goes wrong, you can just reach out to me. I will return immediately."

"Yip!"

Little Blackstar leapt out of Leonel's arms and softly landed on Aina's lap. The little guy scurried around in a state of half familiarity and half hesitation.

Though Little Blackstar couldn't speak like a human, his thoughts were no less complex and his connection with Leonel was very deep. Because of this, the little guy was aware of a great many things though its summation couldn't be articulated.

In the end, though, Little Blackstar's tense body relaxed and his hesitation drifted away. Scurrying up Aina's arm, he found a resting spot on her shoulder before giving Leonel a reassuring twitch of his long whiskers.

Leonel immediately got the gist of Little Blackstar's thoughts. They were something to the effect of 'I won't let anyone touch a single hair on her head.'

had said to protect everyone, how had

by if any

on the ground, causing several beast

a bit too used to snatching energy from the atmosphere, though. It would have been much faster if I relied on my

the Control Tier of his ability slowly coming under his wing more and more everyday, Leonel was

a lot of the concepts he had used in forming the spider beast construct he had prepared for Aina's father. But, now, they only had a small amount of spatial properties but were mostly designed to be Leonel's eyes

the line of the outer borders when he suddenly found that his

in particular stood out about this person. He had normal black hair and he wasn't too tall, being a head shorter than Leonel himself. He had a broad and stocky build and made his shoulders appear to be quite strong and his irises seemed a bit blacker than would be natural, but considering the low light of the surroundings, it

confidently, his expression not really giving much

to be in a rush at all, standing in place

the space between the two of them was, the gravel and rocks that surrounded them shifted ever so slightly from time to time. Under such pressure, it was very much possible that the

had yet to return. Their purpose wasn't entirely clear, but if

that Leonel was alone. Taking him out would only be a matter

fell into thought for a

to start off his days in this place on the

had already silently vanished into the village and though he hadn't said anything to Leonel,