The men tilted their heads in confusion. What did this guy mean when he talked about flooding the ice fields with lava and changing the climate itself?

Danesh scoffed and said, “That’s impossible. Are you telling us that you plan to divert the lava from the south all the way up here?”

The lava fields in the south were so far away that it had taken them nearly a week to walk all the way to the north, and it would certainly be impossible to divert the lava across such a distance.

Harpoon stomped his foot on the frozen, almost rock-solid snow and said, “Are you planning to dig up the lava underneath the snow? Well, I’m hoping that that’s not what you meant by digging. There’s no way lava would exist somewhere this cold, right? Besides, even though there was lava underneath the snow, I’m sure it wouldn’t be at a depth we could simply dig through. I know we’re strong, but the rocks here become harder the deeper you go.”

Kang Yoon-Soo shook his head and said, “We can’t dig for lava beneath the ground.”

“Then where are you going to bring the lava from?” Harpoon asked.

“We’ll dig it from the ceiling,” Kang Yoon-Soo replied.

“What did you say just now…?” the men asked in unison, feeling extremely confused.

***

The party walked for quite a while before hearing a loud, thundering sound fill the air.

Booom! Creaaak… Creaakk… Creak…

“It’s a crevasse,” Henrick said while looking at...