The inside of a rift is a new world... but not a full world. It was just a fraction of it. Sizes may vary, but even the smallest, however, could span a few dozen kilometers at the least.
Even if we assume this is the smallest one, barely 500 square kilometers, it would still take a long time for us to scrub the entire space in search of the boss.
This is why rift raiding parties require scouts with them.
Without scouts, the party would waste precious hours searching inefficiently.
You'd end up cutting through empty terrain, burning stamina and resources, while the clock on the rift kept ticking. I'd watched it happen more than once in the previous timeline—parties spending four hours covering ground before anyone thought to ask if they were even heading the right direction.
Unfortunately, right now, none of us were built like scouts.
