Going East

Alex realized that Scarlet was not returning at all. She had gone south, and most likely to her family.

In some ways, Alex understood why she did what she did.

'Sigh, I suppose that makes sense,' he thought. He walked down the giant set of stairs and left the mountain range.

The grand bazaar stood before him, but he had no plans of visiting it. He turned towards the east and started walking in that direction, hugging the mountain range as he went along.

There were people coming in and out of the Oasis, and along the way, Alex asked a few that were going east. 

Most weren't or said no, but there was a tribe that was going way east, so he started traveling with them.

He sat inside the carriage and in his free time brought out the map of the Southern Continent that he had been so excited to see.

He unfurled the scroll and saw the map he had seen before. After just a glance, it was enough for Alex to be shocked.