After parting ways with Battier and the others, Colin's group didn't dare return to the Church of Morninglord to report, fearing that Orelia, sleeping in the carriage, would be discovered at any moment.
They drove the carriage along the coastal trade route.
They hurried past Umberlee's Trace, then followed the main road north.
Worried about Orelia, Colin didn't spare a thought for his newly learned Specialty, instead focusing solely on making haste with the others.
Though it might sound perilous, they encountered almost no danger on their journey.
After all, they were all Black Robes—field operatives. An injured, unconscious Tiefling in their carriage wasn't that strange, so most city-state Guards or passersby wouldn't ask too many questions upon seeing them.
After several days of hard travel, the reassuring sight of the Black Tower in Thousand Masts City appeared on the horizon.
