Following Gepard's earlier directions, the three-person party trudged through the snow on Belobog's streets toward the most luxurious hotel in the city, the Goethe Hotel.
The streetlamps along the way gave off Geomarrow's distinctive warm orange glow. Yet as they approached a secluded alley near the city center, the temperature in the air plummeted strangely, and even that orange light was swallowed by a warped icy blue.
[March 7th: Ah, that's the alley Gepard mentioned, the one contaminated by the Fragmentum, right? I can't believe it's so close to the city center...]
[Dan Heng: If it's left alone, the shops and hotels nearby will probably have to shut down before long, won't they?]
At the Origin Internet Cafe—Star Dou Main Store, Snow Empress sat upright at her station and moved the camera toward the alley covered in icy-blue crystals.
"So this is the spatial erosion phenomenon known as the Fragmentum?"
A trace of gravity flashed through Snow Empress's icy eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through wind and snow.
"These ice crystals are not naturally condensed moisture. They are a calamity capable of warping physical reality itself. No wonder this city's livable space has been compressed again and again."
Ice Empress, seated beside her, gave a cold snort upon hearing Snow Empress's words and made her character wave its weapon on-screen.
"Who cares what kind of calamity law it is? If a monster dares jump out of that alley, I'll freeze it into an ice sculpture and smash it to pieces! I can even farm some drop materials while I'm at it."
On the game screen, barricades had already been set up at the entrance to the alley.
Two Silvermane Guards wielding halberds were stopping an elderly man whose expression had collapsed in despair.
[Stern Silvermane Guard: Back off! This