While the Head of Dawnlight still tried to find out how Kyle had escaped, Kyle quickly flew through the emptiness of space.
Although it wasn't completely empty.
As he nervously flew through space, he passed by several powerful beasts, which looked at him occasionally.
Naturally, Kyle had used his Dimensional Descender to go to the Beast Dimension.
The Dimensional Descender took a while to activate, but as long as the enemy didn't attack during the activation, nothing would go wrong.
Luckily, the Head hadn't known what Kyle was doing and thought he was about to launch a powerful attack.
'This only works once,' Kyle thought. 'Most likely, he will do some research and find out about the Dimensional Descender. I mean, I also didn't know that such a thing exists if I hadn't searched for a way to gain a bunch of Momentum.'
'At least, everyone else should be safe. I bought a lot of time, and the guy mostly focused on me.'
'Still kinda sucks that Explosive Karma is gone, but that doesn't mean that we have to stop trying. Creating an Organization should be the easiest way to become Legendary Crushers, but we don't really need to do that.'
Kyle kept flying through space, looking for a certain Planet, but it wasn't that easy.
While new Planets appeared in all Dimensions at the same location, everything that happened after their creation would not happen in all Dimensions.
Some humans harvested entire Planets, while some powerful beasts destroyed Planets just by fighting near them.
Kyle looked at the other beasts in space with nervousness.
'I no longer have positive Karmic Luck, which means beasts are more likely to attack me. However, I also don't have a Sin Aura yet. I guess, in a way, I look like a regular beast to them right now.'
Every time Kyle flew past a powerful beast, he was gambling with his life.
'I can't keep gambling like this. I need to return,' he thought as he deactivated his Dimensional Descender while also creating another disguise.
Sadly, his new disguise would only have a limited effect. Seekers identified each other via one's aura, and changing one's aura wasn't easy.
A Seeker's aura represented themselves. If they wanted a different aura, they needed to change themselves.
Laws, Realm, values, fighting style, personality, and so on.
White Energy gathered around Kyle, and moments later, he reappeared in the Main Dimension.
He had moved quite a distance. Nobody who knew him should be around this place. Kyle quickly flew to the nearest Planet with a neutral Teleportation Formation Array. Fighting on these Planets could cause problems for Seekers and their Organizations, but it also wasn't completely forbidden.
The Organization that started the fight would just need to pay a hefty fine.
Most likely, Dawnlight would be willing to pay that fine if it meant getting rid of Kyle.
When Kyle reached the Planet, he traveled to the Teleportation Formation Array.
Yet, just before entering and buying a ticket, he noticed someone.
'Ah, fuck,' Kyle thought as he sensed a member of Dawnlight standing beside the entrance of the hall. 'The only reason this guy hasn't noticed me is that he's just a Medium Crusher. Also, he's inspecting other people right now.'
'But if I go there to enter the hall, he will definitely notice me. There are not that many people around this place with negative Karmic Luck, and my aura is also quite noticeable.'
'If I go in there, he will report everything to Dawnlight, and their Head will get here before the Teleportation Formation Array activates.'
'They probably stationed a bunch of people around the different Teleportation Formation Arrays. If I want to escape, I would just have to fly out of the Secondary Sector. Might take a couple of weeks, but it's my only way out. I mean, they can't keep watch over every Planet and bit of space.'
Kyle's brows furrowed. 'They should know that. Did they think that I wouldn't notice their sentry? I mean, if they had placed an Advanced or Fulfilled Crusher in that place, they would have probably found me.'
'Why didn't they, then?'
'Do they actually want me to escape by leaving the Secondary Sector the hard way?'
Kyle frowned.
'Yeah, I can see the problem. I'm not actually dealing with Dawnlight.'
'I'm dealing with the Contrast Empire.'
'If I use a Teleportation Formation Array, I can immediately go to a territory controlled by the Array of Stars, putting me beyond their reach.'
'However, if I want to use one of the Teleportation Formation Arrays, I would need to get to one outside the Secondary Sector.'
Kyle took a deep breath.
'And on my way to it, one of their more powerful Seekers would find me. After all, if I'm no longer in the Secondary Sector, I can also be attacked by Sages, Spirit Lords, and Ascendants. I might be able to fool a couple of Crushers, but I can't fool Seekers in a higher Realm.'
'Most likely, as soon as I leave the Secondary Sector, some random Sage will kill me. On top of that, they probably already know that I used a Dimensional Descender. A Sage can descend Dimensions with their own power, which means I can't escape in that way either.'
'I could travel to the other side of the Secondary Sector, which belongs to a different member of the Big Four, but it's possible that there are some agreements. I mean, Dawnlight's members are not supposed to enter the territories of other Organizations, but Manny also isn't supposed to do that, and he did it anyway.'
'As long as they just station one Medium or Minor Crusher in every Teleportation Formation Array, they will find me. Their Head probably won't be able to get there in time, but there are other ways they can use. For example, they could destroy the Teleportation Formation Array entirely. Yes, that would be an insanely expensive act, and Dawnlight would probably go bankrupt.'
'But they are not the ones paying the fine. The Contrast Empire will pay it.'
'Also, if they actually want to go hard, they could also tell a minor noble to declare me a criminal. While not many people in the Secondary Sector are directly working for the Contrast Empire, they are technically still citizens. As citizens, they also have the duty to kill any criminals.'
'Even more, I killed five Fulfilled Crushers without entering a True Battle with them. My Karmic Luck dropped drastically, and they can use my negative Karmic Luck as a reason to argue that I am a criminal.'
Kyle silently retreated from the city surrounding the hall containing the Teleportation Formation Array and dug into the ground.
'As long as I show myself anywhere, I'm basically done for.'
'At least, I think I will be. For now, all of this is just conjecture.'
Kyle took out his Communicator.
'The Teleportation Formation Array Network from the Array of Stars might not extend to the Secondary Sector, but the Communication Network still works.'
'I gotta ask the others.'
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