Ashore town

With the abandoned homestead offering no answers, only deepening the knot of disquiet coiling within him, Jaegar knew his next prudent course lay in removing himself from this place posthaste.

Although he would have liked to stay for a couple of days and play around with the princess, he felt like his return had been long overdue. And he had to watch out for his arcane energy, as he had poured a lot in his previous battle.

Yet his mystical reserves remained dangerously depleted after the arduous battles and subsequent translocations. Attempting to teleport again in such a state could prove catastrophically perilous. And he just didn't know how far the empire was from the place he was.

And he didn't want to risk being here anymore, as it may not be favorable to him.

No, he would need to conserve what morsels of arcane power still thrummed within his very lifeblood and seek more conventional means of transport for now.