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It took a while for the mood in the Leopold Carriage to become relaxed.
It had become so hard to remember any time since they had been on this journey that they hadn't been attacked during any period of laxity. Because of that, even after they looked back and saw the Carriages of their pursuers smash against the invisible barrier, they remained on edge that it was only a matter of time before they were being chased and/or attacked again.
Eventually, though, it dawned on them that they might have shaken their enemies and were 'home-free'. Only they most definitely weren't 'home'.
"Where are we anyway?" Meline asked then.
"Nowhere in particular, it seems," Kyre said as he flexed a map, "The few maps that detail past the Acheron Empire label this region as Wildlands. Unclaimed."
"It acts as a buffer between the next region and the Acheron Empire," Caius supplied.
All eyes turned to him now.
"And where is the next region?" Roxanne asked.
