Sylas didn't have much resistance to the mission at all. In fact, he couldn't ask for anything better. It was just that he also knew that this matter would be quite dangerous.
Any portal in the surroundings would certainly have the eye of the government on it. And even if he ignored that, there would be waves of beasts in the surroundings.
The good news was that he was only meant to document their appearance, so it shouldn't be too dangerous if he was cautious.
After accepting his task and a section of the map that he was responsible for, Sylas set out.
This region was known as the Ice Ring Forest. It was just short of the true hellscapes of snow and ice on the Aether Plane, but it had its own frigid regions.
