Rika and MarKus were next door neighbors, in fact all of them lived close to each other, but she didn't see any of them that day until she arrived at the gates. She didn't leave her house until a little later in the day, but she was still early for their meeting time. She was just too excited to be exploring the land outside of the immediate outskirts. She didn't take much with her, just a small bag of items and food she had saved up.

Even as MarKus explained their route, she could barely keep the excitment in. They would be moving over nearly the entire continent! There had to be something new to see. And, of course, she was excited to be fighting the monsters with others again for the first time since she was separated from her last group.

"How long will our journey take?"