War Magic

It was a child living in Yaku, a city very close to the Frozen Mountain Range, who noticed its existence.

"Huh?"

The extreme cold descending from the Frozen Mountain Range.

Because the child had been born in a village that made its living from mana stones infused with that cold, they knew the positions of the mountains in the Frozen Mountain Range they had seen all their life.

But now.

"Mom?"

"Yes? What's wrong?"

The child pointed toward the Frozen Mountain Range, where only shadows could be seen through the snowstorm.

Following the child's pointing finger, the woman turned her head, and the child's voice reached her ears.

"The mountain..."...