Location: Greenland
Place: Upernavik Airport
Upernavik Airport was normally one of Greenland's quieter airports, with only a limited number of aircraft arriving and departing each day. Today, however, there was nothing ordinary about it.
Its proximity to the region where Erza had established her enormous ice palace had turned the airport into a temporary military gathering point. Government representatives, military commanders, and high-ranking officials from across the world had assembled there, while armed personnel secured every entrance and strategic position around the facility.
The runway itself looked more like a military base than a civilian airport. Armored vehicles stood in organized rows beside advanced weapon systems, while hundreds of soldiers waited under the freezing Greenland sky. Almost everyone present kept glancing toward the horizon, waiting for the final delegation to arrive.
Then the distant roar of engines echoed through the air.
"There they are."
