Dimensional Descent

'So this is where their spatial rings are coming from, how fascinating. I've never come across something like this…'

To the people of Earth, taking inspiration from nature wasn't something new. There were countless examples of engineers using evolutionary traits of animals and plants in their inventions. But, it seemed that things might not be so different in the wider Dimensional Verse.

Leonel wasn't sure what came first between this mysterious bush and spatial rings, but he wouldn't be surprised if the latter required inspiration from the former. Forming a spatial ring was such a complex process and one of the rare crafts where affinity for the element was almost intrinsically important, so the deduction made sense.

'This bush is very dangerous, though. To warp space in a Seventh Dimensional world is no joking matter. It's hard to tell if it'll just shift me through some distance, or if it'll tear my body apart. Even the former could be dangerous if it was pulling different parts of my body at different rates.'

Leonel observed the bush for a moment before stepping forward. His hips swiveled to the side and his body pushed through as though he was pressed up against two walls. He pulled through, hopping onto one leg and ducking his head in the next moment.

If others were observing him, he would look as though he was doing some sort of ridiculous ritualistic dance. However, those with a sharp eye for spatial fluctuations would see something very different, something much more akin to a young man walking a tight rope between life and death. And yet, Leonel didn't seem to be flustered in the slightest.

After observing the bush for some time, Leonel realized that there were no sudden changes related to this plant. Every influence on space was like a steady flow of water, and any obstructions and snap decisions could be observed.

Soon, Leonel was within arm's reach of the bush, but he didn't hurry to pick at any of the odd spatial ring constructs. Instead, he continued to flicker around the bush, dodging the changes and fluctuations in space.

correct, I could probably gain a nice amount of merit trading in all the spatial rings of this bush.

spatial affinity stacked up well to most things within the Sixth Dimension thanks to

it, in this world, he could probably only teleport a meter or two at most, and he wouldn't even be surprised if it was just half a meter. But, this bush had a passive area of effect of at least

innate instinct to protect itself. Obviously, a bush wouldn't have the intelligence of beasts or humans, and its thoughts and senses wouldn't be as flexible, so it had still managed to allow Leonel to get this close. But, it would be a different matter entirely if

was confident in taking one as most other people had, he would have to retreat immediately. If he got greedy and tried to take a second,

Leonel had also deduced something else

rings were an integral part of how business was done in the Void Palace. There wasn't a single transaction he

environment. From the treasure trove of Wise Star Order, there were three spatial devices of that caliber. He had tested his theory on the weakest of them with

a good chance that unless you had a treasure on the level of the Segmented Cube, these spatial devices would be

enough spatial devices. It was too easy to run out of space and if it wasn't

the more important points, Leonel could tell that the spaces within most of these natural space rings were

weakest rings only have a one cubic meter space. The middle tier only have an eight cubic meter space. The largest only have a

hadn't told Leonel that he should hide the Segmented Cube previously, this most definitely did. In a place where spatial devices were so greatly restricted, Leonel, who had almost unlimited space would

even possible anymore? By the time he returned to Village 0012, he was certain that

going to be a villain for now, I