Valley of Life (Part 2)

Valtak flew faster and faster, opening a Warp Steps after the other. After less than a minute, Lith recognized the mountain border that separated the Kingdom from the Empire as they crossed over it.

The scenery changed so quickly that if not for the drop in temperature and the perennial snowy peaks he would have missed it.

'Fuck me sideways, Dragonspeed is not just an expression.' He thought. 'I have no clue where we are and without dimensional coordinates, I can't use Warp Steps. I'll be at the mercy of this overgrown lizard.'

Lith's paranoia demanded him to always be in control but now he was in a position of weakness.

The landscape alternated between grasslands and mountain ranges until it became barren. The soil was black and nothing grew there except for a few stalks of some weed too stubborn to give up.