Changes In The Landscape
"Who'd have. Thought it. Would take. Only a month. To return." Grugda sighed helplessly from his spot beside Kace. He was wearing a complicated expression on his face as he watched the sight of Stonefall growing in the distance.
Kace could understand his feelings. It had taken them a year to make the same journey on foot. Sure, they were chased from the heroes and could not take a direct route, but the airship's speed was still impressive. Since a week ago they had begun to see signs of how much influence the monsters had in this area now.
They had flown directly over a small town that Vaskra had kindly informed them was now completely inhabited by Orcs. Since then, they had occasionally witnessed small groups dragging carts towards the direction of Stonefall. Apparently, these were resources that had been gathered from the many settlements. They essentially had the same purpose of taxes back on Earth.