As he reached the outskirts of Edan, the landscape shifted. The dry, dusty earth gave way to vibrant greens and the sound of rushing water. But even here, the shadow of the Skyands was visible. Massive, crystalline structures sprouted from the ground like malignant tumors, pulsing with a sickly purple light. The Berserkers were fighting a losing battle, their mana-infused arrows shattering against the Skyands' shields.
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with Dex as they navigate the wastes.
Jax stood up, his joints popping like dry twigs. He needed allies, but Magalan was a fractured mirror, each shard reflecting a different kind of madness. The Berserkers in the lush forests of Edan clung to their mana and their laws, suspicious of any technology that wasn't wrapped in wood and vine. The Morkons, hiding in the dark, damp tunnels of the Grotto, worshipped pain and stagnation, convinced that the world’s end was a divine gift. And the Outlaws, the scavengers of the wastes, cared for nothing but the next fix of Stim or the next pile of scrap. As he reached the outskirts of Edan, the landscape shifted