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The ride from Dreamer's Rest Tavern all the way to entrance of the Holy Lands was unexciting if anything. A meager five chasms all nagivated by fancy grav-trains, Alexia keeping her word on sparing no expense made the trip go by quickly.

Holo had personally handled her business in Keith's Bay quickly and efficiently as always with the banks there, the majority of her fortune now stored as she restocked her caravan with even more and far better fancy cloths that she stored heavily in magic boxes that were then stored in bags of holdings. As soon as Holo was done, the trip continued with ease.

Along the way, they had only been stopped a quick thirteen times by crusaders as well, most just asking about what Holo might be selling, the collars making the “party” go fairly unnoticed as none of the caused any trouble, the one time that there might have been trouble Holo of course used her silver tongue to defuse quickly, and even got a large bribe in her favor, which she readily shared with the party, a set of discount tickets for the worlds famous Juro, that could further be improved if anyone could get the famed chef some selective ingredients.

All in all though, the party while having some minor points of small talk though, all remained mostly quite with little to truly talk about, aside from Sam and Valen who talked back and forth in some ancient tongue that the others couldn't understand, clearly discussing something, their privacy further improved by a spell that added a sound similar to static to mask their words in the old tongue.

Of course, it wasn't anything major, mostly just Valen explaining a few rules about the Holy Land in private to Sam, as well as detailing what all kind of spells were in effect, and how even the enchantments in the world were all partially time-locked making them so hard to get past without knowing exactly how access some more of the restricted sections of his home.

At last though, as they were nearing the chasm to the Holy Lands. They world they were in at the moment was nothing more then a giant mess of small stony islands and water, a dense fog over the world and hundreds of massive stone and wooden bridges connecting the islands. As they reached the halfway point though, Valen just got up. “I've left a detailed map with Samuel. He can properly guide you the chasm.” Valen explained as he let his strings and threads appear for a few, all of them flowing far into the fog as he looked out into the mess. “Alexia should already be waiting for you. If not, then wait for her in the clearing on the other end of the chasm. Sam will secure your passage including your wagon Holo. Do not venture past that chasm and try not to make a lot of noise if Alexia is not there. The … beasts... of her home world can tear clean through entire platoons of well armed Crusaders. The beasts have learned to fear the demon in Alexia, but it will be very important to be careful.” He stated as he got off the wagon and walked beside it for a few. “And I will state this again. DO... NOT... FLY...” He stated extremely firmly. “Not even an enraged Elder Dragon can withstand the deadly attacks that will befall you if you try to defy the world. You can glide with in reason, hover a few feet off the ground at best, but under no circumstances should risk flying.” Valen stated again, handing a large scroll to Sam, it containing the map. “I have work to do, and I can feel someone … something following us. I ensure you are not followed further. Make sure Alexia gets that scroll.” Valen stated before letting the wagon continue along as he stopped and then turned and started to walk back the way they came.

This left the party in the wagon alone for a while, but with Sam guiding them and following the map, they soon came a large island with a small hill on it, and just like the map detailed, there was a decent sized light house there leaning out over the chasm, the last leg of the trip to the Holy Lands taking less then an hour from when Valen departed. As they approached, the light house quickly shined a bright light over them, showing off the small chasm in the hill side, measuring roughly a hundred meters long and maybe half that wide, the lighthouse sort of centered along one side, just barely leaning over the chasm, magic holding it properly in place.

As they reached the edge of the chasm, several magical wards appeared, all clearly of crusader magic, hundreds of texts and prayers of the crusaders offering guidance and words of warning about where the chasm led. As they moved even closer, they could see a figure off walking up from the opposing end as well.

Alexia just looked over them all as they approached. “Let's make this quick.” She hissed a bit, clearly irritated and annoyed, fully dressed back in her hoodie and sweat pants, her hands in the large pocket on her hoodie, her hand occasionally shaking some out of her direct control, even if she attempted to hide it. “I assume that my ally has explained things fully to you?” She asked. “You all know not to fly in my home world correct?” She hissed some, but ultimately Alexia just walked up to the chasm not really waiting for an answer. “Sam will help you all land safely, I'm just going to dive in before you and will be waiting on the other side.” The feline stated, just jumping up well above the chasm, landing hard against the large light house tower that was built there, before using a power charge technique to propel herself like a rocket into and through the chasm as fast as she could.

With her speed, Alexia always had the lead as they all fell through the chasm, Alexia not even sparing any glances back as she made the dash through the chasm in a little over an hour, only even trying to slow herself when the chasm turned red.

It was still something of a high impact landing as usual, the feline smashing into a massive tree and cracking it, not even really following her own advice as she landed. She easily recovered though and just left herself fall to the floor of the jungle, quickly searching for a source of water and just moving into it, a strong blue glow appearing over as she soaked her feet in the large puddle at the edge of the giant clearing, Alexia taking a few to look over this large clearing since she so rarely used this passage.

It was very large and spacious along the outer edges of the world, the trees around the clearing an easy kilometer tall if not twice that high,the chasm buried deep in the walls of the crater's edge, several times larger then the chasm entrance on the other side.

In any case, it did not take long for the others to arrive though, Alexia slowly looking over them, still glowing a strong blue as she was finally fully relaxed, not even a trace of anger on her face, the feline looking entirely calm as she slowly pulled her hood back. “Welcome to the lands I call home.” She said softly, calmly even just looking them over as they landed.

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Holo just watched as Alexia met there and said her piece. Of course she could notice the shaking some from Alexia's hands hidden in her hoodie, even noticing how tense her tail and ears were beneath her skirt and hood. She would have spoken up, but Alexia just jumped off the lighthouse and blasted through the chasm at some very powerful and strong speeds, Holo fulling understanding the warning about how Alexia was most likely the fastest among them. “Is she always like this Samuel?” Holo asked, Sam slowly giving a nod after a few. “I see... well we should probably not keep her waiting for long. How do you propose to help us land safely now my dear dragon?” Holo asked looking to Sam as he took several steps away from the others.