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

an underground city down there, but he didn't have her observe it any more

the young man's strength was anything to go by, there was nothing

too weak to just hope into enemy territory just to satisfy his curiosity. Plus, if there was someone who was

who could sense Anastasia was minimal, but since he didn't have the strength, there

man went, Leonel nodded to

least not until he had more strength. He

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, there was no

and

Ores, he could feel an insatiable desire around him, one primed for more darkness, greater darkness, seeking

sunk into a state of meditation, entering

obvious and clear. He couldn't just feel exactly what the Evolution Ores wanted to accept, but also everything they wanted

gave him context that he had never had before, especially when he

felt a flash of enlightenment

the universe, darkness was the absence of light, at least this was how

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

that led him down an interesting path...

didn't have a thorough understanding of it. It supposedly made up

had created of blackened gold crystals

just the absence of Light Force, it was its own existence, it had its own