This is an era where information flows extremely poorly; even with a group of warlocks, who are developers of technology beyond their time, their numbers are too few and their quality varies greatly, so they can hardly make an impact on the broad social level.
Since leaving Airetusa, Lann has been heading south.
He plans to travel straight across Videns' territory and then enter Sintra.
The more he heads south, the thicker the unsettling, hysterical atmosphere of fear hangs in the air.
This is the feeling exuded from the words and actions of the local residents.
Every household is packing their luggage, packing each day, then unpacking when they need something from the packed parcels, back and forth.
They are confused and at a loss.
To survive, they must be ready to flee north at any time. But they are too poor, and the land they've cultivated, the houses they've built, and the immovable property... these things are hard to abandon.
