Dimensional Descent

Leonel took a breath, his grip on his spear tightening slightly.

They were everywhere. Or, at the very least, it truly felt like it.

The center of the Nest was an enormous, perforated, ball of rock. Pathways of all shapes and sizes, winding in all sorts of different directions, jetted out from the perforations.

This perforated ball of rock hovered above what looked like a green sea. This oddly discolored sea gave off a strong, pungent smell that seared one's nose hairs and tingled the skin. It looked like a vat of acid and Leonel wasn't convinced that if he took a dip, that it would react any differently from one either.

The number of Rapax that moved through this construction weren't small. But, there was something odd about their movements. Despite the fact Aina had just killed one of their own and they were in fairly clear view of them, none seemed to react.

That was when something that should have been obvious all this time clicked for Leonel.

'The Rapax are blind.'

Leonel had never noticed any eyes on the Rapax. In fact, their pill shaped heads were covered by their metallic carapaces so he had just assumed that their eyes were underneath and they had a method of seeing through the metal casing. However, now Leonel realized that that assumption had been stupid to make. He was still trying to see everything the Rapax did through a human lens when they were decidedly not human at all.

The Rapax must have used a different method to track their prey, and since they had no reason to lock onto this particular location, they wouldn't react immediately.

the Rapax would be so inept. There was a large distance between the location he stood upon now and the perforated spherical rock that hung ahead. There was no pathway that connected

though, that if they truly did find a doorway, the reception wouldn't be nearly this benign.

fell into silence alongside Aina. The pair slowly backed away and retreated to the corner they had just

It made Leonel a bit skeptical about how the Rapax had engineered this place. It seemed that this 'window' was actually a

seeing things at long distances. And, secondly, it likely wouldn't be long before the Rapax they had killed

there were enemies here, something the Rapax were already aware of. It was also possible that it could

it's an observation station?" Aina concluded the

"I think so."

we'll need to find another entrance. But, even if we do, it'll be

entrance. I've already memorized the layout of that spherical hive hovering in the center of that acid lake. The issue isn't that, it's just… What would we find

maze, we can work with it. If it isn't, then

by the way?" Aina suddenly

"Hm?"

It's still strong, but there's something oddly mutated about it, as though

realized it. After a moment of thought,

It's one thing for the Rapax to force their young to be born in such an environment, but it would be another thing entirely if they just allowed the Anarchic Force to kill them. The girl is sharper

fertilizer, has a sort of muting effect on Anarchic Force. This isn't because Anarchic Force is