Dimensional Descent

"I've got it." Leonel suddenly spoke.

There was no point in watching Emna run around like a headless chicken; He didn't believe that she would find much of anything else even if she dug to the center of the asteroid;

Emna looked up with surprise; It had only been a few seconds, why did Leonel make it sound so final? Also… why was he holding that contraption…?

"This is a communication device; I haven't analyzed it yet, but it should be embedded into a network of other similar communication devices; So long as we analyze it properly, it won't be very difficult to find the locations of the other stations; I believe that this is all there is to find;"

Emna's brows raised. She could somewhat tell that although Leonel was being a bit reserved with his words, he was absolutely certain about his assessment.

"You want to do the analysis personally?" Emna asked;

Leonel nodded; "Deconstructing this will take someone at least nearing the extremities of the Silver Grade, and it would be even better if they had a working knowledge of the Gold Grade; The Force Arts used are highly complex and a single mistake could cause the entire network to collapse; I feel the most comfortable if I do it;"

"Okay;" Emna agreed readily; but she was inwardly surprised; Leonel seemed to be implying that he was at such a standard; which was shocking for someone so young; Just making it into the Sixth Dimension shouldn't guarantee being a Silver Grade Crafter;

organization truly didn't have anyone near that standard; They only had a few Silver Grade Crafters; but they were

that case will you

head; "There are about three big issues I have to deal with as quickly as possible before they spin out of control; I need to return to Earth

Leonel's voice trailed off;

though she had thought of something; but couldn't quite confirm it; However; after a few moments; her expression suddenly became a hint solemn; a hint regretful; and then

that Leonel suddenly fall silent; Emna's heart skipped a beat; There was nothing but silence; and in the depths

expressionless gaze seemed to put all the

"I…"

where to start; For some reason; she felt herself shivering; This was already the second time she had lost her composure in front of Leonel; She; an assassin known for her nerves of steel; couldn't even quite make herself look this man in the eye; His presence seemed sturdier

a

appeared outside of the usual noble families. They felt far stronger than the most powerful three of Earth. the Fawkes family.

great internal strife which made it difficult to stop outside influences from also encroaching onto their territory and

didn't feel like those four families were trying very hard. They didn't press where they had to and they gave up a lot of opportunities seemingly without cause or reason. but regardless. the end result was

the Void

to vanish as though this was exactly what