The border of the Rhine Kingdom, the Extreme Cold Zone, Sekain Prison.
Gales howled with blowing snow as a steam car traveled along a road as smooth as ice. Chains wrapped around its wheels, producing a clattering sound as they crushed the snow and ice, sending large chunks of ice flying.
The military steam car had not gone far before it was blocked by a roadblock ahead. The obstacle was formed from several thick steel rails crossed over one another, all covered in icicles. Forget a steam car—even a Tank from the Duchy of Nier would be wrecked if it crashed into it.
A fortress loomed faintly in the snowstorm ahead. The enormous structure was almost entirely made of metal, giving off an impassable feeling. In reality, it was not a fortress, but a prison.
Bang~
The door of the steam car shut. An officer wearing a Rhine Kingdom military uniform and a colonel's insignia stepped out. He held the dispatch in front of his face. The wind and snow were simply too fierce; the cold wind cut across his face like knives, freezing him to the bone.
A signal flare rose into the sky, particularly conspicuous amid the snowstorm. A dozen seconds later, orderly footsteps came from ahead. A group of soldiers in white uniforms rushed out of the snowstorm and quickly established a temporary defensive line around the area.
Bang, bang, bang~
Heavy stomping sounds approached. The colonel standing beside the steam car looked into the snowstorm and saw a figure nearly three meters tall being escorted over by numerous soldiers. Each soldier held a metal rod, and the iron chains on the rods were connected to the towering figure.
"What the hell is that?"
When the figure came closer, a momentary look of astonishment appeared on the