Dimensional Descent

There was a vast expanse of wilderness.

The mine was located in an oasis of sorts, a small patch of forest about a hundred or so kilometers from edge to edge that also happened to have a few mountains that surrounded it.

Outside of this oasis though, the land was mostly barren. This was probably in part due to the Evolution Ore, another part due to the Godlens hogging much of the Force, and only finally due to the natural environment.

But it was within this endless expanse of dull, unkempt and dry lands that the young man kept running, and in the opposite direction of Godlen city at that.

Soon, Leonel could see the destination, probably even before the young man did, and it was mostly because of Anastasia because it was simply too well hidden.

He could have called this land a desert if not for the fact there was no sand, it was that barren. It was simply a wasteland. But within this wasteland, there was a... hatch?

It was too perfectly hidden, a one by one meter patch of perfectly covered land in the middle of nowhere. Even if you knew what you were looking for, it would be impossible to find without senses like Anastasia's. But even then, Anastasia would have overlooked it if not for the fact Leonel had told her to look closely.

Leonel simply didn't believe that this young man would run any further. Not only was he nearing his limits, but the wilderness extended tens of thousands more kilometers. Whatever he was looking for had to be here.

And he was correct.

The young man rushed up to the inconspicuous piece of land, stomped his feet in an odd rhythm, and then the hatch opened up.

He looked around, probably out of habit, then hopped inside.

The hatch closed after him and he disappeared from the world without a single word.

and

to Anastasia, there was an underground city down there, but he didn't have her

man's strength was anything to go by, there was nothing impressive about this city. However, it was his turn to

curiosity. Plus, if there was someone who was accidentally alerted by Anastasia's sweep, he would

knew that the odds there was anyone who could sense Anastasia was minimal, but since he didn't have

the young man went,

intention of getting himself into another ridiculous situation he would have to escape from, at least not until he

training rooms using the Evolution Ore. Once that was done, he'd probably take out the Core of the mine and have Anastasia deal with it. It was a valuable resource,

his cozy spot and

could feel an insatiable desire around him, one primed for more darkness, greater darkness, seeking it and rejecting

a state of

He couldn't just feel exactly what the

context that he had never had before, especially when he felt the Dark Force begin its attempt to suffocate his

a flash of enlightenment and

was the absence of light, at least this was how

held him back for so long when it came to his Universal Cycles, he chose to scrutinize every foundational piece of knowledge he had

that led him

it. It supposedly made up the majority of all that was, and yet he

felt that this meditation room he had created of blackened gold crystals was tugging at

absence of Light Force, it was its own