Dimensional Descent

[Bonus chapter courtesy of Mr. Mostert <3 1/6]

Leonel looked at his haul. He had over 50 Forgetful Orbs now. He felt that he would at most need 20 to reach the Life State, and that was if things went horribly. He should be guaranteed to succeed now.

He crushed the first one, and that familiar feeling of forgetfulness came back. It was like that moment just after you woke up in a new place... what was familiar had suddenly been replaced by something else, and you lay there confused for a moment, wondering what had happened to the world around you.

Even so, the confusion wasn't deep enough that you felt fear or trepidation. You were sure that there was a reason you were in this unfamiliar world, a reason for these soft bed sheets that were just a tad different from what you were used to... a reason why you were staring at a door when usually you would be staring at a window... why the shading and lighting wasn't exactly what you were used to despite the fact your internal clock told you that you should have woken up at around the same time.

Leonel basked in that feeling, and then he caught onto something new. It was actually a hint of fear.

This fear didn't come from his situation, but rather that feeling of loss that came with much of the context of his Dream Force being stripped from him.

His Dream Force wasn't just an external Force; it was him, and its rise in strength was the anchor that allowed him to find himself... his true self.

To him, Dream Force wasn't just a means to an end; it was the ends, and the context around how he had reached this stage wasn't just a casual enlightenment here and there... it was him, his true self.

Every step he had taken carried with it the weight of the person he was now, and there was a certain beauty to that. But it was likewise the reason he suddenly felt a hint of fear using this Forgetful Orb.

it back? What if it would be lost to him forever if he took one too many?

heavily and it was hidden deep within

a Dream Sovereignty

the fear-laced ones he had had until this point. But after some thought, he didn't feel that they were

found his true self? How he had purged the influence of the

of his Sovereignty? It was because that was the first feeling he had

several words to describe it. Tranquility, confidence,

Forgetful Orb, this being the fourth time overall and the first

noticed it? No, it definitely wasn't there; he had dug up as much as he could, he was certain,

to finally

away. If it was the first thing,

fear wasn't coming from his Dream Force itself, but rather it losing

come with increasing difficulty to keep moving up like this. He already had one Sovereignty attached to a

him take a step back

and Dream Sovereignty? Was there a dividing line between

something attached to his

could he describe his Dream Force in that way? How many

to fall into that category, but was it really separate? Or was it just another name for darkness? He didn't feel that it was the same