"And this is your apology?" Kim Haru's voice, tinged with the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree's icy chill, pierced through the hearts of everyone from the Haneulsae Trading Team. "How insincere."
"...What do you want?" Roh Baekjin asked after a moment of silence. "As long as you spare my teammates' lives."
"Are you in charge?" Kim Haru asked.
"I am."
"Remember what you just said."
After speaking, Kim Haru patted the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree beside him.
The ice spreading across the ground began to shrink and melt away, and the biting chill in the air gradually diminished, returning to a normal temperature. The ice encasing the Level 3 ability users thinned more and more until it completely disappeared.
At that moment, all of them collapsed uncontrollably to the ground. Any part of their bodies that had been frozen was now entirely numb, devoid of any sensation.
