Dimensional Descent

"Hey, Actus, weren't you sent out on a mission?"

"Haha, I managed to pawn it off on some rookie," Leonel laughed uproariously.

Actus was a burly man with a rotund belly. He was quite friendly with a lot of people here and he was probably the last person one should try to impersonate. And yet, Leonel had still chosen him.

As expected, everyone seemed to notice his presence pretty much immediately, but this was what he wanted.

"You dog." The soldier laughed and shook his head.

"Well, it's not all good, he took my task so now I gotta take his and scout the mines."

"Ooo," the soldier put up his hands and waved them about in mock-fear, "the horror. You must be pissing in your boots."

"Actus" grinned and patted the soldier's shoulder.

"Maybe if you were as charismatic as me, you'd have an easier time than standing on your feet all day."

"Fuck you, bastard. I have better things to do than flirt with men all day."

The two laughed and walked by one another, "Actus" into the mines and the soldier making way for him to enter.

Leonel smiled to himself as he entered the mine. That was quite easy, now wasn't it.

was one of the outcomes of him diverting away from

this was quite easy. In truth, this method was even more effective than a skin mask or even a Force

could see through it was if you were a Dream Force expert, and you had to be one of greater skill and within greater affinity than Leonel himself. Of course, it had to be a combination of the two. Meaning, so long as one had greater skill, even if their affinity

wasn't something Leonel had

looks. The first layer was filled with miners. They were part of an expected demographic, people of not much strength and very little options. They wouldn't be the kind to dare to stop Leonel even if they felt that something

luckily, they had only found three of the four entrances to the second layer. So long as he didn't have to explain himself to

speed, instantly winding through a maze of corners and swerving

his Earth Force, it was a simple matter to build it

that Earth Force was often an afterthought for him and he didn't use it often enough in battle. But as was normal for him, he quickly threw this

Ever since he had come to understand the importance of minerals in his body, it had fused quite well with his improvement in Life Force comprehension. It

that the trouble was coming already. However,

"Halt!"

Leonel turned around as though he

What are you

doing the same thing you

know the rules, you're supposed to scout in pairs. I'll have to write you

his eyes. "You're always such a stickler for

"My name is Grim!"

"Ah, right, much better."

stifling a laugh. Grim, however,