Raptor Seven and Raptor Eight left Grefort behind shortly after sunrise the following morning.
The route carried them north across farmland, scattered industrial estates, and smaller communities connected by the coastal highway.
The fighters kept enough separation to avoid interfering with each other's cameras, though Raptor Eight remained within visual range behind the lead aircraft.
They passed several towns along the coastal highway. The first had emptied almost completely. Cars remained outside houses and stores, while only a few scattered red markers appeared inside Raptor Seven's local Radar.
Whether the rest had escaped or been consumed by the infected remained uncertain from the air.
Another settlement farther north was still occupied. Neutral markers filled the buildings and fields behind its barricades, while only a few red contacts moved outside the perimeter.
