The sisters locked eyes.
Oddly, they didn't think he had escaped south back to the safety of the Empire. A far more horrific assumption crossed their minds.
"Could it be... he crossed the barrier?" Celestia whispered.
"To go Outside."
Ignoring Viktor's previous warnings, the two princesses immediately climbed the stone steps to the top of the barrier.
Rumina cast a high-tier mana detection spell. Celestia pushed her innate sensory perception to the absolute maximum, scanning the apocalyptic wasteland.
—And unfortunately, the insane conclusion they both arrived at was correct.
Almost simultaneously, they spotted him.
Far out on the left flank, completely bypassing the charging monster horde, was a lone figure riding a heavily armored warhorse. He was speeding directly into the uncharted Wilderness, heading straight for the 'Sacred Forest'.
Crack.
