Dimensional Descent

"They passed already? What the hell were you all doing?"

"Fuck you, where were you?"

"I went to double check something. I had to after what I noticed, just in case he had left behind any of the Spatial Bristle Bush Cores."

"And?"

"Nothing. He took it all."

"Tsk. You should have already known that after the first time you checked."

"Never mind that, it looks like he was already prepared for a barricade. We can't waste time here for too long. A beast tide has already formed and we need to make it through before the real big shots get here. This is nothing like previous years, it's like they really want as much of us to die as possible. Even the storefronts already vanished by the time I got back."

Leonel had noticed this as well. Not long after the voice announced the start of the True Selection, the storefronts and their clerks had all vanished, likely to take part in the Selection at a new location. But, this also left those who needed things stranded while also making all the homes they had built useless.

were, of course,

with an hour left, Huon had chosen to go out to check a few things. Since Leonel had managed to return unscathed, it was more likely than not that he had had some gains and their initial estimation of him was wrong. He was definitely a threat to them monopolizing the rewards available to

tenants of previous years were still here. They were still on their own, very little would be explained to them, and their main goals were to gather as much resources as possible while making it to the various checkpoints for any semblance of

It was just that simple. The trouble was that a 'mountain' of the Void

a cautious approach. After their own deductions and Orinik's 'informative' talk with them, they had gotten complacent. But, Leonel's return snapped them

all were quite rare especially in a region limited to Fifth Dimensional existences.

had only managed to gather less than ten between the both of them. Yet, somehow, if Huon was correct,

be enough to slow them down. And, because they didn't want to alert Leonel, they had chosen to remain in the shadows and

happened? What's his strength? What weapon does

which means he has a weapon that can survive in this atmosphere without special refinement methods. Or, it was already specially refined for

them?" Huon

that you didn't, you would have to rely on yourself to get. But,

brothers fell into this category of people, of course. However, they had thought that they would be the only two of this village to

injuries and died, all of whom seem to have been hit by an odd

we could get them for