Chapter 94

"I think the situation is not as terrible as we imagine," Eulalia said after gathering her thoughts.

"Master said that all Forbidden zones have their own rules. She argued that all these zones are special trial zones, the complexity of which depends on the subjects. All of them follow the same rule: the difficulty must be such that the subjects have a chance to pass them. And even Limbo's consciousness cannot change these rules," Eulalia recalled Milica's words.

"If master's words are correct, then most likely, even if Limbo manipulates the Forbidden Zone, it cannot cross a certain line. And perhaps we are faced with the most difficult trial that this Forbidden Zone can offer our group," she thought.

Eulalia's words brought some relief, but at the same time alarm.

If she's right, then they're facing a difficult task.

"Whatever we choose to step back or continue, it only serves Limbo's mind," Idan said. — If we retreat, we will fall into an ambush prepared by outsiders and locals. If we continue, we will continue to face waves of beasts that will exhaust us and delay our progress.

Everyone agreed with his words.

They could retreat, face a prepared ambush, and return to the city. But then everything they had done before would be a waste of time.

If they continue on their way, it is unclear whether they will be able to succeed in exploring the central layer.

"We will continue!" said Alois again. "We cannot retreat. You all came here understanding all the risks. And we still have hope that we can succeed in the central layer!"

With these simple words, Alois made it clear that he knows what they are looking for in the central layer of the Forbidden Zone. They realized that as the one who had spent the most time here and had a high rank, he should be aware of all the research of the Forbidden Zones.

Alois was indeed aware of the Temples and the attempts to conquer them, but he never tried to get to them and capture them.

At first, he was preoccupied with survival, and then, having found a suitable disciple among the newcomers who got into Limbo, he devoted himself to his training.

Now that he had the opportunity to explore and see the famous Temple for himself, he wasn't ready to just back off. Especially considering that among their group, unlike the other expeditions to the Temple, there were two strangers from another world. Perhaps their presence can change what others could not achieve.

Idan and Arabel, having heard Alois' words, were ready to support his opinion. Out of the entire group, probably only the two of them, despite the complexity of the situation, did not want to give up and continued trying to get to the central layer.

After all, they needed to complete the task they received from the System.

Liam hardly had an opinion. He always followed his master because he trusted him without limit.

Eulalia and Nemo, looking at each other, and then at their younger comrades, realized that they were not ready to retreat and were determined. They agreed with Alois, and the whole group was ready for the challenges that Limbo had prepared for them.

As expected, after a while, they were attacked by a new wave of beasts. There were two platinum-ranked beasts among them.

This time, Alois took the initiative and stepped forward. He drew the sword from his back and, without hesitation, hacked at the crowd of beasts.

Idan and Arabel didn't even have time to notice if he was using an aura. But when they saw the consequences of this blow, not only they, but also Eulalia and Nemo froze in surprise.

With a single swing of his sword, he dispatched half of the beast wave. It didn't matter what rank the beasts had below platinum, there was only one fate awaiting them all —a quick death.

It was a Diamond-ranked power.

With the decrease in the number of beasts in this wave, the pressure on the others eased, and they could handle the situation without Alois' help. Eulalia fought one of the platinum—ranked beasts, and Liam fought the second one.

Alois personally instructed him to deal with the second platinum beast, and following his instructions, Liam immediately attacked.

Nemo has already started using magic and his entire arsenal in battle against several golden-ranked beasts. Even though the beasts outnumbered him, they were unable to suppress him. On the contrary, Nemo began to dominate them, suppressing them with his power.

As Milica predicted, if Nemo goes all out, he can easily fight platinum-ranked creatures, even though he himself is still at the peak of the «Gold» rank.

Nemo was not afraid that Limbo's consciousness might find out about his abilities and prepare to fight him. He was sure that even if he were to face the doppelgangers, they would not be able to fully recreate his power. After all, the doppelgangers couldn't copy and receive the power that Izzy had given him.

Even a "Perfect Doppelganger" won't be able to copy it. Therefore, he was confident that he could at least adequately resist the famous horror and nightmare that lurks in the center of the Forbidden Zone.

Thanks to Alois, most of the low-ranked beasts were destroyed, and Idan and Arabel didn't have to strain too much to deal with the remaining ones.

And finally, they saw what their big brother and their future "champion" is capable of when he uses all his strength.

Before, when they were training, Nemo only relied on his sword and honed skills.

However, in a fight with these dangerous beasts, he not only skillfully used a sword, but also a shield that usually hung serenely on his back.

His skill was evident in the way he deftly dodged attacks, parried them with his shield, and attacked as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

In addition to his swordsmanship and shield skills, he also used magic.

During the battle, the couple were able to count about four different elements that he used: fire, lightning, wind and water.

The beasts didn't stand a chance against him. He was too strong for them.

Alois was pleasantly surprised when he saw Nemo's abilities. He realized that, as before, he had underestimated the elf disciples. This is the third disciple who has exceeded his expectations.

But the most amazing thing was that Alois, like Arabel and Idan, who had been using aura energy for a whole day and could sense its presence, noticed faint echoes of aura in Nemo's movements.

The couple was pleasantly surprised by this discovery.

Nemo recently claimed to have no aura.

However, looking at him, the couple was sure that there was a tangible aura emanating from him.

And looking at him, they wondered: is it possible that he really has an aura, but due to memory loss, he also lost knowledge of how to use it?