*** The car cruised down the deserted road. The four individuals within couldn’t help but stare out into the sparsely populated ruins of the old world that decorated each side of the road. They were well past city limits which meant access to sky roads was mostly limited by the lack of infrastructure beyond the cities that made up the ten quarters of Ardhi. “Going by air would have been faster.” Tristan muttered, earning a nod from Aaric who was driving the futuristic car himself. “Indeed but the thing about the Emperor is that he doesn’t give a s**t about what’s beyond his cities. Everything in between was no man’s land where people have to essentially scavenge to survive. Many who decide to move out of the quarters and into no man’s land are rebels who do not agree with the Emperor’

