Chapter Five'I've never seen anything like that before,' Melcorka said. 'What is it?'
'It's like a river,' Bradan said. 'Except that it's made of ice. It's a river of ice. Truly we have seen wonders since we left Alba.'
The allied force halted at the side of the river.
'We call it a glacier,' Erik said. 'It is the ice flowing toward the sea.'
Bradan surveyed the glacier; he could see it moving infinitely slowly, with chunks of ice grinding and shifting on top. 'It will not be easy to cross.'
'The Ice King is on the other side, so they say,' Almick said. 'My people have never been over there.'
'So you don't know if the Ice King is there, or even if he exists at all,' Bradan said. 'All we know is that somebody blew the horn that controlled the bears and somebody is putting pressure on
