Even though Ryan had managed to rescue the dwarves from the tower's basement and recruit Runa, the talented but obsessive blacksmith, the work in the mining city had ended with the total destruction of the bandit base.
The journey back to the safe zone was swift, flying over the terrain under the protection of Karol's magic while leaving behind the problems with the local guild and the doubts of the liberated dwarves.
The group remained stable in the air, with Irina and Runa still processing the magnitude of the power Ryan had displayed when he brought down the tower with a single blow.
Ryan's priority was to return to the hidden base to put Runa to work on the relic needed to move the entire village before their enemies closed in on them.
The flight was steady, taking advantage of the air currents Karol skillfully manipulated so that exhaustion wouldn't halt the group's progress.
