The gate that Inferno had worked so hard to unlock several months early no longer existed. A thick sheet of ice covered the gate and the walls it attached to. Pon and Nix had to tunnel under several meters of snow even to find it.
"What do you think?" Pon leaned against the iced-over gate. The entire city had turned into a giant block of ice. The cold radiating from Eidengal would have been problematic for anyone not versed in fire.
"Before we went to the Bone Fortress, Gideon witnessed Khione mentioning Eidengal."
Pon frowned at the mention of the Ice Goddess. "Did they know we were coming?" The old man held up one of the spear-like objects they pulled out of Nix's Shadow Raven. It was approximately two meters long and as thick as a man's wrist. Both ends were tapered to a sharp point. "Taking us out from that kind of range is impressive as hell. Think about it; the wind, visibility, and the speed we were moving."
