"I believe that was what was said, shortly before my group ended up trapped in a plane of frozen time," he said, still bristling a little. "Still, a change of location could be interesting."<br/><br/>The kingdom continued to tick along, as it always did, and the speculation of the new expansion to foreign lands, which could hardly be kept a secret, inspired a surge of trading and investment that helped to boost the economy.<br/><br/>Dispatching forces to the western borders of his land didn't reveal anything - if Pitax forces were out there, they were keeping track of his forces' movements, and kept away.