Once Vlad successfully extor—Ahem, compensated by Aldric for the mental trauma he had suffered, he left for the next quest in Stormhill together with Max, a hill among the countless others that surrounded the edge of the academy's campus, farthest away from the main building. Among these hills, the professors' dorms were also built.
As Vlad and Max reached the summit of the first hill, the sight stretching beyond the campus left them speechless. Countless hills of varying heights and landscapes extended as far as the eye could see, each seemingly existing in its own world. Some were shrouded beneath an endless curtain of rain, others lay buried under pristine blankets of snow, while a few blazed with the searing heat of active volcanoes. Every peak possessed a distinct environment, as though the laws of nature had been divided among them.
