A week later, Eileen's mage reconnaissance squad safely left the Borean Tundra, following the route marked on the map.
The Magic Reconnaissance Squad encountered many strange native creatures along the way. The plump, simple-looking Tuskarr in particular left a deep impression on every member.
With a mission to carry out, the Mage Squad deliberately let their arcane energy radiate outward to deter beasts and intelligent races from troubling them.
Yet the hospitable Tuskarr still brought the Mage Squad a large block of whale blubber to keep them warm when they entered the deep northern mountains.
From a distance, Abney watched two plump Tuskarr set the block of blubber on the shore, then wave to her, their fat bellies wobbling. She was both touched and amused.
Unfortunately, the Tuskarr could not speak Common, so the squad had no way to thank them for their gift.
In truth, those two Tuskarr did want something from Eileen's Mage Squad.
Kunani, chief of the Kalu'ak Tuskarr, had discovered that these friendly outsiders commanded supernatural powers. He tried to establish a friendship with Eileen's Mage Squad, hoping to enlist their strength against the Kvaldir and lobsterfolk threatening the coast.
Chief Kunani was somewhat disappointed when the two Tuskarr envoys failed to bring their distant friends back. But after Seruk and Tanaka told him that the human Mage Squad had headed toward the northern glacier, Kunani still gathered the leaders of the tribes, lit a bonfire, and prayed for these foreign warriors.
An enormous threat lurked within the northern glacier...
Without a map to guide her, Eileen could only rely on the magical compass in her hand as they continued north.
Soon, they entered a world of glaciers.
Dense cold shrouded the towering glaciers. From afar, the frost and snow mingling with the bitter winds seemed