Hours had passed since Honoria and her search party first descended into the river valley in search of the missing German Emperor, and yet they still had not found any additional clues. While this was a short period of time in the real world, it was several months within the Divine Realm of the Great Goddess of Teotihuacan.

The Byzantine Princess was just about to give up her search when she found something of interest near the waterfall. There were signs of a struggle, and a primitive obsidian ax lying on the ground. Clearly, Berengar and whoever he was chasing after had fought in this location. Honoria instantly called out to her comrades, signalling her findings.

"Over here! I think I found something!"

The soldiers under Honoria's command quickly followed her orders and investigated the scene of the conflict. It did not take much effort for them to see the footprints leading to the nearby cliff. What was curious was that there was only a single pair of tracks, which filled Honoria's mind with a sense of confusion. There was no sign of remains, and thus she could not fathom what had occurred with the person Berengar had fought with.

However, now was not the time to worry about such concerns. Since Honoria had followed Berengar this far, she would not falter now that she had come across a cliff. With fierce determination in her mint green eyes, the byzantine princess grasped hold of the ledge and began her ascent.

The rest of the search party followed their commander's actions and slowly but surely scaled the edge of the cliff beside Honoria. It took some serious effort, but eventually the unit rose to the plateau above, only to be met by a large and untamed woodland.

Honoria sighed in disbelief as she witnessed this. She had no idea what path Berengar had taken as his tracks seemingly vanished the moment she climbed to the top of the cliff. She could not help but vent her frustrations as she gazed into the myriad of directions that displayed themselves to her.

"God dammit! Where the fuck did he go?"

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