The race continued at this blistering pace for several more minutes until the landscape broke open, revealing a vast, sparkling blue ocean. The mag-lev railway extended over the water on massive, glowing pylons.
Jayden took in the breathtaking view of the sea rushing by underneath him, the salt air whipping against his suit.
Finally, the coastline of the Arcadia continent appeared, and Autumn City came into view.
Jayden ran straight past the city's railway station… the arrival platform visible, the crew there who had been expecting the Aero-Apex finding instead a blur that passed through their field of view without slowing. He kept going, peeling off the tracks and darting up a grassy hill that overlooked the metropolis. He finally skidded to a halt, his chest heaving, his legs trembling from the sheer exertion.
