Chapter 486: Installing The Territory Anchor
"What do you need to do this?" asked Geminia, as the owner of this Forbidden Area where they were now.
"Nothing is required for the usual anchoring of the Territory Anchor," Idan replied. "But to make this Anchor the Main One, you need to find a place that meets certain requirements."
"But Belle and I haven't figured out exactly what the location requirements are yet," Idan admitted.
"So that's how it is.", — Geminia thought. Then, with a quick glance at the other women, she disappeared, taking Idan with her.
"Huh? Where did they go?" wondered Lucinda, while Sierra and Milica showed no surprise.
"Although Idan said that he didn't need any special conditions to bind the so—called Anchor, Geminia probably decided to play it safe and find a more secluded place than this Temple," Sierra suggested, and Milisa nodded, agreeing with her opinion.
"Don't worry, they'll be back soon," Milica added.
"Heh, you do understand what will happen as soon as they return, right?" Even Sierra, being a Legendary-ranked being, couldn't hide her excitement when she asked this question.
"Are we going to visit Little Sister and Idan's Private Territory?" asked Lucinda to make sure she understood correctly.
"Exactly," Sierra nodded. "I can't wait to see what kind of territory they got, and how we will be there. After all, their Personal territory, according to Idan, is in their home world, and it remains to be seen how the other world will react to our appearance."
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Idan and Geminia appeared at an unknown location, and Idan looked around curiously. They found themselves in a small clearing, in the middle of which was a pond. Other than this pond, Idan didn't notice anything special.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"We are in the central part of the Restricted Area, where no one can access except me," Geminia replied calmly. "This is one of the safest places in this forest."
"Oh!" exclaimed Idan in surprise.
"If I understand correctly, you need a safe place to install the Territory Anchor," Geminia continued. "And this place is perfect for that purpose."
"Until you find out what requirements are needed to make the Anchor the Main One, install it here," Geminia pointed to an open part of the clearing, slightly away from the pond.
"Do you mind all this?" asked Idan.
"Me? Against? Why would that be?" wondered Geminia.
"How can I explain this… Belle and I came from another world and we want to connect Limbo with our territory," Idan said with some uncertainty in his voice.
Meeting creatures from another world who invaded their home world and behaved in a bad way left him with unpleasant memories. Back in Limbo, he tried to put himself in the shoes of Geminia and the others to figure out how they really felt about him and Belle.
"Don't think so much, Idan," Geminia said, looking at his doubts.
"I'm only in favor of all this," she confessed. "As I said earlier, I've been in Limbo for a long time, and even I've started to get tired of the monotony."
"Although thanks to you, Nemo, and the others, everything has changed," Geminia said with a smile.
"I also believe that you do not pose a threat to us and our world," Idan was pleasantly surprised by Geminia's words. Her confidence was based not only on her personal experience of observing and interacting with the couple, but also on the fact that the world of Junonia did not perceive Idan, Arabel and other inhabitants from the world of the couple as enemies.
In fact, Junonia treated them the same as her own residents, without restricting or suppressing them.
Geminia's recognition was of great importance to Idan.
Following Geminia's instructions, he walked to the center of the clearing and finally decided to set up the "Territory Anchor".
Idan had no idea what this Anchor would look like, and basically imagined it as something similar to their own Anchor, which was actually invisible to them.
However, his expectations turned out to be completely wrong.
When Idan asked the system to set up an anchor and chose a suitable place for it, a huge glowing circle-shaped pattern appeared on the ground. On this pattern, one could see strange inscriptions that were constantly rotating and changing.
After appearing, the pattern began to absorb mana from the environment. This immediately made Idan uneasy, and he looked at Geminia.
Geminia watched with interest, and only after a while did she turn her gaze to Idan. Seeing his concern, she smiled.
"Don't worry," — Geminia said.
"Everything is happening as I expected," she added. "Although the pattern has its own defense, it is only gold-ranked, and any creature of platinum rank or higher can destroy it if they want to. That's why you needed to find a safe place to install it."
"As for mana absorption, it will stop soon," Geminia assured Idana. "The pattern has just appeared, and it needs energy to maintain its strength."
Indeed, soon the rate of mana absorption from the environment decreased to a barely noticeable level.
"The rate of absorption is low, and it won't cause any problems," Geminia assessed the impact of the Anchor on the environment.
Idan looked at the "Anchor of the Territory" with surprise. The description did not say that it was necessary to find a safe place to install the Anchor. So he thought he could install it wherever he wanted.
[Ding! "The Territory Anchor No. 2" — Limbo is set.]
"So, our territory also has such a pattern?" thought Idan.
"Of course, there is," he replied to himself. All that remained was to find out exactly where.
After all, the "Territory Anchor" appeared only after their Personal Territory merged with the core of their spatial storage. Before that, their Personal Territory had no Anchor.
[Host. There is no need to worry about the "Main Territory Anchor". Unlike a regular Anchor, it is not represented as a pattern like this one. The Territory itself is the Anchor].
"Oh!" Idan was surprised to hear the words of the System, which came to the rescue, sharing the necessary information.
"Are we going back?" — Geminia asked Idan, interrupting his thoughts.
Idan nodded.
At the same moment, they returned back to the inner hall of the Temple, where Sierra, Milisa and Lucinda were waiting for them with Izzy in her arms.
"Oh, there they are!" said Sierra.
"How did it go? Was it successful?" asked Milica.
"Yes," Idan confirmed.
"Ha ha ha!" laughed Sierra, and then asked: "Then who are we waiting for?"
Idan smiled at them all.
With the establishment of the "Territory Anchor", he had the opportunity to create a permanent Access Portal that would lead to their territory. This portal won't disappear even if Idan returns to his world.
With the help of this portal, those who are allowed access by Idan and Arabel will be able to come to their Personal Territory for a limited time, which will depend on their rank.