Three Steps to the Summit

Three Steps to the Summit

No one had said they couldn't build another Ice Wall outside New Karsus Pass.

But as long as the Warmother of New Karsus Pass wasn't a fool, she would understand what this Ice Wall meant—with it in place, the pass had lost all strategic value and become nothing more than a toll gate.

Beyond the Ice Wall, Luxanna would have complete control over the order of the Western Freljord Subcontinent, while Avarosa would lose all control over this land it had always considered its own. Even news from Frostport would take several twists and turns before it reached them...

But then again, did this matter to Avarosa now, even if that was the case?

Probably... not.

Ever since entering the Lakstak Plains, even Ashe, with all her boundless energy, had no time to manage anything in Frostport. Compared to Frostport, Lakstak City—the place where the Three Sisters' power had first risen—was undoubtedly more important.

With Freljord's oldest traditions and a position at the heart of the entire region, everything in Lakstak City seemed more critical than anything in Frostport.

If she wanted to unite all of Freljord once more, then shouting herself hoarse in some remote corner like Frostport would never let her voice reach the whole region. Only in Lakstak could she make all of Freljord hear her.

The summit soon to be held in Lakstak, with the Frost Witch's support, was the clearest proof of this. If Ashe hadn't entered the Lakstak Plains and established herself in Lakstak City, she would never have been able to host a summit of this scale.

The Warmother of New Karsus Pass occasionally exchanged letters with Ashe. In her private letters, Ashe had repeatedly told her how much she looked forward to this. She believed her efforts