Before the vast sky, the cohort beheld an innumerable landscape stretching endlessly before them. Within it lay the faint visage of a small cluster of buildings. They were rudimentary and plain in construction, far removed from the grand structures of the Mist City, which remained locked in another realm, unknown to any how long it had existed there.
Still, it was a sight they had longed for.
Katrina wept openly. "I am finally free."
Fea remained silent, yet her expression spoke more than words ever could.
The crewmen and James embraced one another in joy, laughing and shouting as they jumped, gripping each other's arms as if afraid the moment might slip away.
Rosacer withheld any outward display of emotion, yet within him surged a quiet rush of joy and relief. The pressure that had weighed upon his heart began to ease as the distance between them and the Tombs of the Heroes steadily grew.
