The dark clouds still loomed over the Jingtao’s sails when shards of ice, carried by the waves, began striking the hull with a sharp, crunching sound.
Matthias leaned against the cold railing, the sea wind cutting like a blade against his skin. His eyes locked on the silhouette of an island emerging from the mist. A flicker of relief crossed his face.
After surviving the attacks of giant crabs and wandering endlessly through the fog belt, they had finally found Fairyharbor Island.
But as the ship drew closer, shock rippled through the crew.
The island bore no resemblance to the legends of “eternal spring, flowers blooming all year round.” Instead, an endless sheet of ice stretched across the land. The ground was buried in white frost, the air so bitterly cold it stabbed at the skin like knives.
Jagged black-blue ice ridges rose along the shoreline. Waves crashed against them and instantly froze into intricate ice blossoms, layer upon layer, forming an endless frozen plain.
“Your Highness… is this truly Fairyharbor Island?”
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