Max and Nancy moved across the sky like two streaks of light, one silver-white and one faintly golden, cutting through the vast expanse that stretched between Starfall Haven and the direction of Witch God Valley.
Beneath them, the land of the Eternal Hourglass spread out like a strange and ancient world, with endless golden sands shifting in slow waves, broken ruins half-buried beneath the desert, and distant storms of distorted time twisting between the horizon and the sky.
Every now and then, Max could sense dangerous auras sleeping beneath the sand, but none of them rose to stop him, perhaps because his speed was too great, or perhaps because the killing intent lingering around him after wiping out thousands of demons had not fully faded yet.
Nancy flew slightly ahead of him, guiding the way with familiar ease, though her expression had been unusually quiet ever since they left the area outside Starfall Haven.
