The Assignment's Generous Reward

The light of dawn had brought with it greater prospects for the voyage to all aboard the vast vessel that was practically flying over the clear waters, looking to gain more and more speed with every several kilometers it covered in a second.

The fact that there was still a considerable distance to the Central Boundary even with such speed, and even while accounting for elapsed time since departure, was staggering.

The broad horizon that featured nothing but the clear waters ahead – and not a single island whatsoever – only served to reinforce just how difficult it would be to traverse with normal teleportation means.

What also reinforced this idea, were the changes in the sky. Vaguely, the cloudy blue sky was getting marred with what looked like faint, greyish....scars. They looked like webbing cracks past the clouds, etched into the atmosphere.

In all honesty, it was easy to miss, but Replicus had noticed it rather quickly.