Leon, after a while of controlled descent, landed slowly and precisely on the ground, his feet touching down gently thanks to his refined aerial maneuvering.
TAP!
The ground beneath his feet felt slightly warm through his boots, but he knew instinctively that in actuality, its temperature was quite dangerously hot—probably hot enough to burn unprotected skin on contact.
This whole place is like standing on a massive heating element.
He had noticed from above a structure that looked like some kind of settlement up ahead in the distance. Around him stretched a tough, mountainous terrain composed entirely of red rock formations that seemed to absorb and radiate heat.
The ground had numerous cracks visible on its surface, spider-webbing across the landscape like wounds in the earth itself.
There were many volcanoes visible far away in the distance, too, their peaks smoking ominously against the crimson sky.
