Here he was, dismounting from a horse-drawn carriage alongside twenty-five individuals who would become his subordinates and Soran's disciples. This marked the third time he had done this, but with each instance, as Soran ventured more into the open world map, he became acutely aware of the immense changes that had taken place in this world.
His conviction that Anubis was on par with the gods and goddesses had proven true, and this was the evidence. In terms of appearance and physicality, the map's shape and terrain remained unchanged—colors, contours, air humidity—everything was identical.
The most significant difference was that this was no longer a game world like that of The Last Fantasy.
