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"Look, we're seeing the Daisetsuzan Mountains, Elvis."

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"Indeed, Mr. Ars. I used to see them when I was in Uruk under Mr. Byte, but it's been a long time. We are really going to cross the snowy mountains now, aren't we?

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"Are you scared, Captain Elvis?　I was going to leave you in command of this Eastern Expeditionary Force, but shall I not?"

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What are you talking about, Mr. Ars? I'll do it. Let me do it. I'll follow you to the end of the road for you, Master Ars.

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"I see. Well, I'm looking forward to working with you. I'm at ....... Was it Paul that Elvis recommended?　You take it from here."

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Yes, sir. This way, sir.

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　We are the Eastern Expeditionary Force, and we are going to the village of Atmos.

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　Ahead of us loomed the Great Snow Mountain.

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　We must now cross this mountain.

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　Rion told me to go with Thanatos to the village of Atmos, but I had to take the army with me.

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　So I asked for volunteers from Fontana's army and the first one to come forward was Elvis from Vulcania.

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　Elvis was a young man who came to Vulcania shortly after the establishment of the knighthood of Vulcania.

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　After he was taken into the Vulcanian army and trained, he fought a siege against the army led by Pessi of the House of Uruk, and together they were almost burned to a crisp by the Black Flame.

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　After that, he was in Baltonia for a while under the patronage of his brother Bite, but later I pulled him out and he is now working in Vulcania.

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　He participated in the battles in the labyrinthine streets of Percival's territory, and is the man who married the female searcher Lusica.

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　Apparently, this Elvis has a little too much faith in me.

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　So I decided to organize an expeditionary force to the east with him as the leader.

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　Since we are going to cross the snow-covered mountains under the extreme conditions, it is easier to entrust the command to someone who will follow my words faithfully.

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　Besides, we would definitely have to pass through the Uruk area before climbing up the snowy mountains, and I thought that Elvis, who had been there for a while, might have some knowledge about the mountains.

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　The first thing Elvis did when he was selected as the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Force was to recommend people.

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　He asked me if I would take a man named Paul who was in the Uruk area with me.

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　Paul was a well-known eccentric in the Uruk region.

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　He was also known as "Paul who wants to die" or something like that.

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　He was originally from a family of knights in the service of the House of Uruk, but became a knight of the House of Barth when his brother Bight brought the house under his control.

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　He is said to be a reasonably good knight.

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　The reason why Paul was considered to be an eccentric is because he was an unparalleled lover of mountains.

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　He was always thinking about Mt. Daisetsuzan and was planning to cross it and go to the east someday.

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　And it was not just in his imagination, but he actually did it.

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　He went deep into the Daisetsuzan Mountains and continued to climb up the mountains.

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　As a result, he got lost many times and worried people around him.

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　However, he never stopped climbing even though he was lost countless times in the mountains of Daisetsuzan.

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　That's why he got the nickname of "death-hungry.

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　But that pole may come in handy this time.

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　He may not have any experience in the snowy mountains, but he surely knows more about them than I do.

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　More than anything, I liked Paul from the first conversation we had when we first met.

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　Because when I asked him why he was so obsessed with the Daisetsuzan, he replied, "Because there are mountains there that need to be crossed.

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　I never thought I would hear that answer in this world.

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　After taking a rest in his brother Bait's territory of Baltonia, he set out for the snowy mountains in earnest.

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　Under Paul's direction, the Eastern Expeditionary Force, mounted on Valkyries, entered the mountain.

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"If what Paul says is true, does it get less cold where that mysterious stone is?"

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"I am sure of it, Master Ars. I have been in the mountains many times and have come across such strange stones on several occasions. I have survived several times by resting there because it is colder around the stones.

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"From what Paul told me, I wonder if they absorb the surrounding cold like ice nymphs?　What about Thanatos?　Did you have something like that when you came over the mountain?"

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"Yes, that's true. Sometimes it was a little colder in the snow, I think. But I didn't think it was because of the stones. I was too tired for that."

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"I see. Well, I guess it's best to see it in person. Let's try to follow that stone as far as Paul knows.

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　According to Paul, a mountaineer, there might be a secret to cross the Daisetsuzan.

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　If it was really snowy and cold, these mountains could not have been crossed by people from the east with only a small amount of luggage.

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　There must have been some key to success in crossing the mountains.

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　In Paul's opinion, it must be the mysterious stone in the Daisetsuzan.

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　After many attempts, Paul found the mysterious stone.

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　It looks more like a large rock, or a crystal, or a block of ice, than a stone, and the cold is better around it.

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　Perhaps there are such places in Daisetsuzan where the cold is calmed down, and they might have moved onward, resting there.

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　If I were to name them, I would call them ice-absorbing stones.

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　Paul led us to the place where the ice sucking stone was located.

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　We straddled the back of the Valkyrie and came to the place.

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　In the mountains, which would take days to reach on foot, there was a large stone that looked like an ice crystal, and it certainly seemed different from the other places where it was cold.

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"Eh ......, what's going on?　The ice nymphs are behaving strangely."

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"Hey, hey, Mr. Ars, it's cold. It's cold when the ice spirit leaves!

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　But then something strange happened.

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　As soon as I got close to the ice sucking stone, the ice spirits I had summoned began to move.

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　In order to reduce the coldness of the soldiers during the movement of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, I had summoned ice spirits by using [Ice Spirit Summoning], and had attached them to each soldier to absorb the coldness.

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　However, the Ice Spirits were drawn away from the soldiers and attracted to the ice-absorbing stones.

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"No good. The ice nymphs won't listen to me. They're stuck to the ice sucking stone and won't leave. ......No matter, I'll rest here for today."

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　Maybe the ice sucking stones are a comfortable place for the ice nymphs.

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　It has never happened before, but instead of listening to me, the ice nymphs like balls of light are gathering around the ice sucking stone and flying around in a fluffy manner.

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　I have no choice but to make this my campsite.

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　I build a series of shelters around the ice sucking stone with my magic power, and make it my base of operations.

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