Even though their speed significantly improved ever since Lane pulled out the night vision goggles, it still took at least fifteen or so more minutes of quick march before they could hear the distant murmur of the river, still faint, far away ahead of them. Then at least an hour more, perhaps even two, before they had reached the riverbank.
It took… far longer than they had expected. Looking at the map, the river seemed to be rather close to the gate… So they had assumed that it would be a quick march. But the map lacked the scale - not all dungeon maps were well-drawn. With so many Gates, the Association didn't have enough resources to spend on making detailed maps of each dungeon, and it seemed like this Gate was one of the more unlucky ones that only received careless, sloppy treatment! - so they couldn't tell for sure…
