Dimensional Descent

Leonel felt a slight dizziness that soon disappeared. He could vaguely feel that his quick recovery was anything but natural, however he didn't have much evidence to back this.

He found himself in a long corridor, dimly lit by flickering torches that hung from the walls. Large irregularly shaped stones formed the bricks that built the surroundings, giving the place the feel of an ancient tomb.

Just as Leonel was about to take a step forward, something completely unexpected happened.

[Subject detected. Leonel Morales, 17]

[Credit: First to enter Sub-Dimensional Zone. Accomplishment recorded]

Leonel stared blankly at the wrist watch on his arm.

[Earth is currently in a state of metamorphosis, ascending from the Third Dimension to the Fourth. Its present state is that of an In Between Dimension. To complete the evolution, certain requirements must be met. The Ascension Empire will rely on its citizens more than it ever has before, Godspeed]

To someone else, maybe these words would have had a calming effect. But to Leonel, his chest tightened as he tried to suppress the desire to simmer with rage.

Leonel didn't know what was going on, but what he did know was that whatever 'metamorphosis' was happening didn't account for this oh so 'helpful' aid on his wrist. This meant that the Ascension Empire knew that this change was coming and did nothing to prepare for it.

No. That wasn't accurate. They had prepared. It was just that they felt the lives of the billions who fell from the skies weren't worthy of protecting. The Empire was capable of creating technology that worked in this 'In Between Dimension', yet they hadn't made it widespread.

Eventually, Leonel's anger turned to laughter, his grip tightening around his metal rod to the point his knuckles turned an unhealthy shade of white.

[Subject: Leonel Morales]

[Ability detected: Sensory Type]

[Ability grade: D]

[Warning, margin of error for subject Leonel Morales is outside reasonable bounds. Only 5% of DNA recognizable. Abnormality recorded. It is advised that subject not trust his life to this data]

[Sub-Dimensional Zone detected: Mayan Tomb. Spanish invasion]

[Sub-Dimensional Zone grade: F]

[Clear requirements: Enter Chief Priest's Sacrificial Room. Save Chief Priest]

[Side Quest: Unable to detect. Scope of system too limited]

[Reward: Unable to detect. Scope of system too limited]

Leonel reined in his rage.

His initial instinct was to smash the watch on his wrist, however he knew this was foolish. His deductions told him that it wasn't normal for one who entered a Sub-Dimensional Zone to gain so much information without doing much of anything.

'If this is a process of a world evolving from the Third to Fourth Dimension, I have a hard time believing that this is the first time such a thing has ever happened. Something about this is too systematic, too planned. It doesn't have the erratic nature one would expect from organic evolution.'

being teleported into a new sub-dimension and having quests to clear sounded too phony. Leonel would die before believing this wasn't created by someone. And, he also had a feeling that said someone wouldn't expect its new batch of evolutionaries to have technology capable of doing such

Leonel concluded three

guesses. They likely wouldn't be 100% accurate. But there was a good

it likely wouldn't be useful for very long. Maybe

That didn't stop Leonel from keeping in mind the possibility that the Empire he had grown

took a deep

hesitate to destroy you. Monitoring my movements

was as difficult as ascending to the top of the world. However, Leonel had a feeling that with these changes… The Ascension Empire's control was just that much weaker. Maybe they themselves knew this as well, or why else would they allow

his thoughts. What was he doing? He was in the middle of a hostile environment with his life on the line. It was

The Spanish had guns!

'Dammit!'

hesitation, Leonel sprinted forward, his mind oddly clear. Every time he passed by a torch, he unceremoniously put out its

turns and dead end pathways. Second important point, guns from this time period can only fire once as long as I don't give them time to reload. Third important point,

footsteps and the sounds of armor clanging bounced off the walls and into Leonel's

almost draw a perfect map of the trajectory the sounds followed, etching a path from his position to that of the Spanish with a line of three turns. It was as

the heavy armor the Spanish wore, Leonel's

apart, good. One group is

a football field. The way his sweaty hands slid across his silver rod, the butterflies

slammed his back against a wall at the edge of a corner, holding his rod tightly to his body with

on was the horizontal line of a 'T', while the Spaniards were walking toward him along the vertical line. He had managed to put out all the torches through the horizontal path, but had only made

his

him to inwardly curse. He knew how to speak three languages. English, French and Latin. He had a choice to learn Spanish, but because Aina

come

the back of his mind,

but it was much different from the sounds of armor he had heard before.

of them pulling

think of this solution. But he knew that was asking for too much. Still, this put him in a better position. It wasn't possible to aim a musket if you only had one hand, let alone reload it. That

on… Come on… Turn right…

course they

torch was in the lead. Without hesitation, Leonel swung down his rod fiercely, aiming for the hand that

but he didn't need to

these leather guards were on their hands and

are scuttling around

to the ground. Leonel kicked it away as far as he could without hesitation, collapsing the

He was certain of it, he was several times stronger than he had

The sound of sharply whistling wind rang out

hesitation, he dove backward. The feeling of a blade just barely tearing his compression shirt and into his skin played in his head in

flew as the sword hit against hard

mortal man swung a weapon full force at a stonewall, what

had attacked broke his wrist just like his companion. But what choice had he had? With them descending into darkness, his only

health. Can't let them