The week following the destruction of Ashwick passed quite fast, and that was because Reidar, Jake, and Lena left the place almost as soon as they were done with the quest. They didn't stop to rest, and they didn't stop to grind levels.
Mara had to be killed. She was likely one of the church's higher-ups, and finding her meant knowing where the progenitor was.
The landscape had changed as they traveled northwest. The forests around Creamont and Ashwick gave way to rockier, more uneven terrain.
The church's outpost was located at the region's border, a place that had been sparsely populated even before the apocalypse came.
Now, it was a desolate stretch of wilderness that served as a buffer zone between the regions.
Reidar rode in silence on the back of his mount. Jake and Lena flanked him. Mara had escaped, and with her, the knowledge of Silas's death, so they had to reach the woman before she organized something that even the three of them couldn't face.
