Victor's eyes flickered with recognition at the title.
'A Mana Defense Officer...'
She continued quietly.
"We wound up in the Uncharted Wilds a year back. Patrol mission went wrong. Communication severed. Extraction failed."
Victor slowed.
"…The Uncharted Wilds?"
Aria glanced at him sharply.
"Yes."
"You're saying this... we're in the Uncharted Wilds right now?"
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"You weren't aware?"
Victor stopped completely.
For a second, the purple haze seemed to thicken around him.
"This… is the Uncharted Wilds?"
Aria stared at him.
"Of course it is."
Victor felt something cold settle in his stomach.
Now everything made sense...
The constant danger...
The unpredictability...
The icy region and all other regions...
The Sylrith dominion hidden within what appeared to be normal terrain.
The unending hostility of the land itself.
The Uncharted Wilds wasn't just a dangerous place...
It was a forbidden zone.
