I think this is an improvement over a realm reborn due to its simple premise and feeling more like an adventure.

But it still doesn't feel like the characters have that much character interaction. There needed to be more interactions where the characters aren't just talking about the problems going on or how to fix them. There should be more scenes like the campfire scene between Ysayle and Epstinien where characters get to feel like actual characters rather than just "we know what to do actually and if we don't know what to do we just introduce another character that conveniently knows what to do"

(I love the dark knight quest tho)