Breaking the Ice and Building Hope

They also had Fire-type ability users on standby.

Kim Haru learned about these incidents from Gang Yuwon's daily reports and occasionally witnessed similar situations during his visits to the ice excavation site.

However, even though Kim Haru observed these efforts, he never brought up the idea of paying these ability users extra for their work.

At most, he instructed the kitchen staff to prepare an additional portion of food for them.

As the days passed, the ice on the river became thinner.

In the beginning, the workers' excavation speed couldn't keep up with the rate at which the river froze.

However, as the excavation area expanded and the Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree accelerated the softening process, they finally reached a point where the rate of freezing couldn't keep up with their progress.

Upon hearing this news, Kim Haru handed the pigweed he was holding to Kang Hose and immediately rode a sled to the site.