Chapter 460: Arctic Iceberg Mountain (7)
In the far northern reaches, the Arctic Iceberg Mountain was battered by relentless blizzards day in and day out, creating a land inhospitable to ordinary humans. Yet humankind, by its very nature, could adapt to any extreme... unlike elves who dwelled in forests, dwarves in their subterranean halls, or merfolk beneath the waves.
Thus, even without formal nations, the Arctic Iceberg Mountain was home to as many as thirty cities. When including the settlements of the snow folk, the population soared far beyond what one might initially imagine.
Furthermore, moving southward from the north toward the central continent, human settlements gradually expanded in a fan-like shape. At the edge of this expansion stood the final barrier safeguarding the masses.
The Ice Spirit Plateau Fortress.
But today—
That bastion had fallen.
Not to a horde of monsters... but by the general's own decree.
"The general's command?"
"Explain yourself at once!"
"It's true... The order was given to open all gates and release the 'Mirage' onto the surface."
"My God..."