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Chapter 34 - Chapter 34 Climbing the Volcano

Solar shares his experience with Lunar, speaking of the fifth thing in the queen's wills, which is to climb the volcano where phoenix rests.

Solar: The volcano going to erupt within two years, the volcano being sealed in ice, the volcano laying twenty miles away from eastern forest where Eastern Lion Tribe inhabits, it is the volcano where phoenix rests, it is the volcano where vampire girl naps, it is the volcano that I must climb for you.

Lunar listens to his experience to climb the volcano where phoenix rests, and wonders what kind of magical things might lay ahead of his journey?

Lunar: The volcano going to erupt within two years, is because the sleeply phoenix is going to awake within two years. The volcano being sealed in ice, is because the only power that could be against the power of volcano is the power of ice. The volcano waiting for you, is because there's a friend of mine being sealed inside.

Solar: To reach the volcano is required to pass through eastern forest where Eastern Lion Tribe inhabits. To pass through eastern forest is required to apply for Eastern Lion Tribe's permission. To gain Eastern Lion Tribe's permission is required to offer a gift.

Lunar: What kind of gift did lions desire most?

Solar: Potion of Healing. After the battle between both tribes, their lion fighters being injured, must be in want of a bottle of Potion of Healing. A bottle of Potion of Healing could not just heal a lion fighter, it could also help a lion family back to normal life with healthy father or brother. Obviously, lions have no talent on magic potion brewing, and there's no potioneers at their tribe.

Lunar: Where did their healing potions come from?

Solar: Robbery. In another words, it is asking for gifts from tourists. Eastern Lion Tribe reigned over eastern forest, and made their own rules, which tourists must offer a gift, when they passed through their territory. Swallows that flew through, must offer their feathers; animals that walked through, must leave their furs; tourists who traveled by, must leave a gift to pass through eastern forest.

Lunar: What kind of gift did you offer to pass through eastern forest?

Solar: Potion of Healing.

Lunar: How could werewolf tourists be allowed to pass through their territory?

Solar: Lions were yesterday's enemies, but they are today's friends. There's grievances between both tribes, but there's also conversations between both tribes. It's the war that had brought the sufferings to each tribe.

Lunar: They were invaders, and so it's all their faults. But being faced with the threat of volcano's eruption, migrating west would be the only one choice for their survival. If there was no threats to their peaceful life, who would wage a war?

Solar: There's always some reasons to wage a war, which they couldn't refuse to fight. They would fight for territories, resources and religions. Sometimes after living for a peaceful period, they would start to wage a war, and start over the tragic history.

Lunar: Human history is a war history. There's always wars in all ages of human history.

Solar: Those people who wage wars, they know how many fighters would be buried at the battlefield, they know how many families would be broken, they know how much the price would be taken. But still they would wage wars to sacrifice the less for the many, to cause the temporary pains for the permanent benefits, to spare all costs for the greater cause, that's worthy of fighting for.

Lunar: The war is like an active volcano. The war's eruption would be much crueller than the volcano's eruption. Being faced with volcano's eruption, the many could run away and survive through disaster. Being faced with war's eruption, the many couldn't. After traveling through eastern forest, you would climb the volcano being sealed in ice. How could you climb the volcano being sealed in ice?

Solar: Many majestic mountains are extinct volcanos. Climbing the volcano is just like climbing the majestic mountain. It's not hard to climb the volcano, and the hard part is to enter the seal of volcano casted by the Gypsy witch.

Lunar: How could you be allowed to enter the seal of volcano?

Solar: I stuck to a crystal snowflake that's given by the Gypsy witch. I heard about the volcano from her, and expressed my intention to climb the volcano being sealed in ice. She said that it would take a token with her aura to enter the seal of volcano, and offered me a crystal snowflake, which allowed me to enter her seal.

Lunar: Tell me how did you feel, while climbing the volcano?

Solar: Climbing the volcano was like climbing Himalayas. The seal of volcano could not just seal the power of volcano, it could also seal my power. I was like a climber, who's climbing the highest mountain in the world. I couldn't breathe, while climbing by half. My feet were in hell, but my eyes were in heaven. The stars were dotted on the ceiling, and I was encouraged to climb higher and higher. As if I could stretch out my hands and touch the stars, as long as I could climb a little higher.

Lunar: When I first reached the peak of the volcano, I felt I stepped on the whole world under my feet; I felt I crowned the stars above my head; I felt beyond extraordinary. There's a heavenly lake, right?

Solar: The heavenly lake created by the power of fire and ice. The altitude of mountain gestates glaciers, when the mountain stops and crystallizes water vapours into the ice. The power of volcano melts glaciers, and melting water merges into a heavenly lake.

Lunar: How did you feel, while standing at the edge of lake?

Solar: Standing at the edge of lake, I had an urge to jump, as if there's something inside that called me to jump for.

Lunar: Did you jump in heavenly lake?

Solar: Yes. I would have missed my opportunity to meet with a Japanese vampire girl, If I didn't take a leap of faith to jump in heavenly lake.

Lunar: How was she?

Solar: She missed you so much.

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