Changes In The Village

[Both convicts, Jake Wilderth and Carmin Liche have successfully served their sentences. They will be returned to their respective Villages in 3, 2, 1... 0.]

The pulling force that had dragged them into the abyss did not come from below them this time, but from above. Before Jake had time to gather his wits, he was already out of the lava, soaring some ten meters above the emerald magma.

After spending so much time with his eyes closed in molten rock, he blinked in a daze, unable to acclimate to the dim lighting of the Pit. Without the fiery embrace of lava to invigorate him, he felt uncomfortable, like a newborn baby.

Nevertheless, Jake was still lucid, and with a mental scan, he got all the information he needed. He didn't notice that he had performed this mind sweep without thinking about it, something he needed to do consciously not so long ago.