"Cousin, which direction should we go?" asked Amara, who was piloting the flying boat.
Darian paused to think. The World of Life was vast, and they couldn't use spatial artifacts to speed up the trip — otherwise, all the Risen in the area would sense them, and they wouldn't be able to complete the mission quickly.
According to Howlyn, the World Tree was sealed in a secret place. And beyond that...
"The traitors always make the Academy send people here every time it opens. There are barely any records of people making it back alive… but I'm sure the former leader and the High Elders, who were traitors too, hid the truth. Probably, among the people sent to die, there were traitors themselves — they get something out of this place and return alive in secret."
