Persephone's voice did not rise, but the words still echoed across the enclosed chambers they were in.
"The quest is for you to become the Overlord of the entire Wilderness within one year." Her mismatched eyes stayed on him as she said it.
Gabriel did not step back, but his jaw tightened, and he stared at her for several seconds like he was checking whether she was joking.
"One year," he repeated. "You understand how wide the Wilderness is."
Persephone answered without blinking. "I understand."
Gabriel's gaze shifted as if he could already see the map in his head, and he spoke.
The Wilderness was not one place. It was a whole region with endless zones, ruins, forests, rivers, and towns that were far from each other.
