"Looks like I am lost."
Hide muttered to himself, letting out a dry, exasperated sigh as he stopped in the middle of the sprawling, chaotic thoroughfare.
He was standing in the heart of a massive bazaar located just outside the main borders of Area 10. Area 10 was the glittering capital of Ufrifa, and looking up, Hide could see exactly why it was called the gem of the western continent.
The entire central metropolis was completely encased in a colossal, semi-translucent dark dome. It was a marvel of structural engineering made from an advanced, heavily tinted glass that deflected the brutal desert sun, keeping the city inside perfectly climate-controlled.
But out here in the external bazaar, there was no such luxury.
The air felt overwhelmingly oppressive, radiating a suffocating heat that felt exactly like standing directly in front of an open oven. Every breath of the dry wind threatened to pull the moisture right out of his lungs.
