"So you were honored guests. You should have said so sooner. This... this is rather embarrassing."
Yang Yi rubbed his bald head, looking especially hideous in Werewolf Form, like some deformed, savage monster... He still held a charred human head in one hand and seemed a little embarrassed.
He stepped aside, and the Ice Nest Elders hurried upward, afraid that something else might go wrong. Fear made them desperate to escape this place.
Just then, they were astonished to discover that the ship's shape had begun to twist and change, gradually turning black as though coated in charcoal. At the same time, an unpleasant burned stench filled the air.
The temperature began rising inexplicably, and the trails of frost they had left on their way in had already melted into water.
Had anyone been outside at that moment, they would have seen the entire Treasure Ship changing. Numerous bonfires inexplicably appeared on the deck, and skeletons carrying torches poured foul-smelling grease over them and set them alight, instantly sending up thick clouds of black smoke.
This was actually the Nightmare Star's Mimicry function. After the ships combined, it also affected the Treasure Ship, causing it to transform into the "Firebearer." In less than thirty seconds, it was ablaze, and all the merchandise had vanished.
The fire lit up the surrounding snowfields, melting the ice and snow and bringing warmth.
Amid the ice and snow.
A young man on the verge of freezing into an ice sculpture was saved by this, feeling warmth for the first time in a long while.
"Sis... can you feel it? That firelight is so warm."
He stared in a daze at the burning Treasure Ship. In his arms lay a woman covered in solid ice. Though he had done all he could to thaw it