Chapter 60

Early in the morning on the day of the «Reset», everyone gathered in Milica's office. They were sitting around the table, and Milica was treating her disciples to a rare tea from her collection, which she had prepared herself. It was going to be a long and important conversation.

After each of the disciples took a sip and appreciated the taste of the tea, Milica finally broke the silence.

"I think we should start," she said to her disciples, and everyone looked at their master seriously.

"For starters, Idan and Arabel have more or less mastered their bloodlines, and I'm giving them my permission. Now they won't be a burden if you encounter obstacles on your way," Milica's words were mainly addressed to Eulalia and Nemo. Unlike their master Milica, they did not always accompany the couple during training. They had their own concerns and interests.

Eulalia and Nemo were happy to hear this. They won't have to put everything off again, and they'll finally be able to take action.

"Let's start with the main question—how to leave Limbo? But before we delve into this topic, let's first figure out what Limbo itself is." Milica asked her disciples.

As soon as she asked this question, she felt the gaze of a mysterious being on her. Milica immediately realized that this was Limbo.

She and Limbo had a deal where Milica wasn't supposed to share Limbo's secrets. Otherwise, Limbo had every right to devour her.

That's why Milica asked her disciples this question—to test their understanding of Limbo and to see Limbo's own reaction.

In response to this gaze, Milica just grinned.

Eulalia volunteered to answer the question, telling what Idan and Arabel had already learned about Limbo.

Yes, Limbo was a really weird place. Even the couple's System was "surprised" and caught off guard to discover that such a separate small world had its own primitive consciousness.

"As you have already understood, Limbo is a special place. I'm not sure if there are other worlds like this in Junonia. In all the time I've spent here, I've realized that Limbo has his own unique purpose." Milica was walking on the edge, her words coinciding with her own conclusion and what she had learned from merging with Limbo.

"As you know, there are three cities in Limbo. Each of them is a special place, and after each «reset» they serve as safe havens. Their location remains the same, and the distance between the cities and the Limbo border is about the same." With these words, Milica got up from her seat and, going to the closet, took out a small parchment.

When she returned, she put the parchment on the table and opened it.

A map of the entire Limbo was drawn on the parchment.

Map

As Milica said, Limbo's map was shaped like a circle.

The entire territory of the circle was divided into ten regions. On the map that Milica showed, all the regions had the shape of triangles. In addition to the central triangle formed by the three cities, circles of different colors were depicted in each of them.

"As you can see, this is a Limbo map. It wasn't compiled by me, but by the Adventurer Guild over the long period of their existence. We can say that this is the most detailed and accurate Limbo map to date," Milica said.

Then she began to explain.

Limbo was divided into 10 regions. After the «reset», one of the nine Limbo's Forbidden zones always appears in all nine regions except the central one. Each of these zones consists of three layers — outer, middle and central.

Of all three layers, the outer one is considered the least dangerous. The middle zone is already a danger for most residents of Limbo. And the central part is the most dangerous place, where mortality exceeds all imaginable limits.

And, of course, Milica began to list the Forbidden zones, giving a brief description of each of them.

**Forest of Doppelganger** is the place where Idan and Arabel first found themselves. It is a dense, green forest filled with life. However, its uniqueness lies in the presence of unique creatures capable of copying others, creating exact copies.

Another distinctive feature of the Forest of Doppelganger is the manic cruelty and sadism of all its inhabitants.

**Lake of the Dead** is one of the most mysterious and dangerous Forbidden zones. It is a huge lifeless dark lake surrounded by silence. Rumor has it that this lake is teeming with the living dead, ghosts, and other dead creatures.

According to Milica, she has never dared to explore this lake. Every time she had the thought of going there, her intuition warned her of the danger. And she always listened to that voice and made no attempt to enter the lake.

**Valley of Stones** is an amazing place, which is a Forbidden zone, entirely composed of stone. The trees, plants, and even the living creatures that live there are also made of stone. But the most unusual thing about this place is that every day it is constantly changing and being rebuilt, creating a confusing maze for uninvited guests.

Because of this feature, exploring the valley becomes very difficult. Also, because of the nature of the stones, all the creatures there have very strong defenses and having to deal with them is still a problem.

*Caves of insect Swarm** is a huge formation consisting of many tunnels teeming with scary and huge insects. This is another place where Milica did not dare to go because of her fear of huge insects.

**Ice caves** is a mysterious place resembling a huge piece of ice, inside of which an ice maze stretches. It's easy to get lost in this maze due to its monotonous icy environment. The danger lies in the extreme cold prevailing in this place, as well as in the multitude of strong monsters with icy abilities.

**Valley of Lightning** is another Forbidden zone, similar to Valley of Stones and Ice caves. Everything here is permeated by the element of lightning: instead of rain, lightning falls from the sky, all plants and trees generate lightning energy, and the space itself is filled with monsters associated with this element.

**River Maze** is one of the strangest, most confusing and dangerous Forbidden zones. It is an artery and veins consisting of many rivers that flow into the central part. It is very difficult to explain the logic of this place. Where do the rivers originate from and what forces push the current into the central part?

To reach the central part, you need to swim through a maze of rivers teeming with water monsters, which from time to time will violently attack all intruders.

**Lava Lake** is a huge lake filled with lava instead of water. Unlike the Lake of the Dead, Lava Lake has several trails that lead to its central part. However, it will not be easy to overcome this path due to the extremely high temperature and fiery monsters that attack, emerging from the lava.

**Wind Cliffs** is the last of the nine Forbidden zones. It consists of many small flying islands connected by a web of ropes that stretch high into the sky, flying away from the ground. The central part of this zone is located on the highest island, and to reach it, you need to climb ropes, moving from island to island.

The main difficulty of this route is the strong winds, which become stronger as they approach the central island. In addition, flying monsters' nest on these islands, which will not welcome guests.

Milica introduced all nine Forbidden Zones and said that she had explored them all, with the exception of Lake of the Dead and Caves of insect Swarm.

And only in half of these zones did she manage to reach their central areas. Which surprised her disciples a lot. If their powerful master couldn't reach the central part of these Forbidden zones, then how could they do what she couldn't?

The four of them were just speechless at this time.