"Where are we going now? Are we really treasure hunting?"

"Yes."

"Wow~ Treasures of a lost ancient kingdom? This is like something out of a legend! I'm so excited right now. I wonder what kind of things people made back in the day?"

A sled pulled by frost wolves.

Perka, sitting across from me, chatters endlessly.

I should’ve left him behind when I had the chance.

Perka had thrown a tantrum, lying on the ground and insisting he come along.

He wasn’t my slave, so I didn’t need to take care of him. I tried to brush him off lightly, but then the guy shifted his target to Ashies.

A perceptive little rat.

He wasn’t exactly a friend, but he’d become someone she saw every morning. It seemed they had grown closer. Ashies asked to bring Perka along, leaving me no choice.

Whatever the case, the fact that Ashies was taking an interest in something was a good sign.

"Don’t get too excited. We're here to fight magical beasts, not for a picnic. Don’t expect me to take responsibility if something goes wrong."

Our current mission was to retrieve the treasures Darka had asked us to find. It was the final chapter of the Lake Fortress storyline.

Eliminate the leaders, recover the treasures, and deliver them to Darka. In return, he would grant us Lazurite, along with hints about the Frozen Kingdom.@@novelbin@@

With Ashies' near-complete combat capabilities, defeating the magical beasts wasn’t a problem. The hard part was locating them.

Darka had given us a map, but like most maps in games, this one had its flaws. The markings were faint, barely legible, and cryptic phrases were scrawled at each location.

The first time I did this, it was a nightmare.

With the abundance of monsters in Aisengar, it was hard to tell if the one you hunted was the right one. On top of that, the drop rate for treasures was atrocious, making the grind even more frustrating.

Of course, over time, as playthroughs and guides accumulated, it turned into just another quest.

Fortunately, I still remembered the details.

The first target:

A transparent monster slumbers within the glacier, having swallowed the treasure.

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