The gray walls of Wolsend eventually faded into the mist behind him, taking the militaristic province of Northmarch with them.
Percival rode Argus through the divide, riding south. The Ironcrest Mountains disappeared, and so did the cold terrain of the borderlands.
The cold of the North would be missed, but in the distance, the rolling, fertile hills of Oakhaven Shire awaited.
The journey, however, wasn't just travel.
Every time Percival spotted the distinct, shimmering distortion of a Gate—usually between Gamma to Beta—in a passing village or town, he stopped.
He paid the Gatewatch and entered the dungeon.
Throughout his journey, he had cleared three Gate Worlds. Two C-Ranked and a B-Ranked.
He cleared a Den of Cursed Goblins in a nameless hamlet. He shattered a Stone World of Golems in a quarry town. And he purged a Nest of Razor-Bats near a river crossing.
With the Anchor Ring, he exerted his Dual Class's Skills with no drawback whatsoever.
