Synopsis

The chapter focuses on the group's exploration of a new icy dungeon, where they encounter ice monsters and suffer from cold-induced debuffs that weaken them. While battling, the protagonist becomes suspicious of their fellow party members, suspecting that one of them might be a mole working for a mysterious organization known as the 'mafia'. The chapter ends with the reveal of a powerful lycanthrope boss and the group setting up camp, still unsure of their companions' true loyalties.