arrival at the volcano, saving andrius and where he is...

[AWS team point of view]

While andrius turned into a block of ice, team AWS and buck have reached the entrance to the volcano area already about 10 minutes ago...only neither of them want to go inside.

'It's too hot and we haven't fully entered yet,' - said wutong as he got as close to alba as he could get.

"..." - Alba meanwhile is increasing the cold around her to be able to stay and pass this area... but, she has to use her mana to keep it and she doesn't know if it will last while passing the area.

'Oh come on... they're not bad, we're not even in the center' - buck spoke while smiling exaggeratedly.

'Say it for yourself... we are not used to this heat, we come from the forest and snow... places where one is not so hot while the other rather freezes you' - Silvi spoke as she approached alba and hugged her... and I can't help but think - 'so cold'

'Uh-huh.. well, we better move if we want to get out of here fast' - buck said as he stopped stopping them and started walking.

'Hey wait...' - Silvi yelled at him since she wasn't mentally prepared to go in there yet but buck kept walking.

'Come on, you're right if we want to get out of here fast we shouldn't stand still' - said wutong as he started to follow buck.

'Tsk... fine' - Silvi clicked her tongue and then began to walk, still hugging Alba.

Poor alba was being treated like a doll but she didn't complain…she didn't want to keep her body colder than her while she flew…a lot of work.

And so the AWS team and buck entered the volcano area... what will happen to them inside... find out later. (:v)

[3 hours later]

[Team Point of View ATK]

While the other team was entering the volcano area, it's been 3 hours since andrius had entered the mist and tsubasa, kanna and orobashi were starting to get worried... orobashi not so much.

"Will Andrius be alright?" - Kanna asked worried as she looked at Tsubasa.

'It must be, it's a monster with an affinity to ice, its body is very resistant to extreme cold' - Tsubasa answered trying not to seem worried so as not to worry Kanna more... he knows that she can go and enter the mist to try to find to andrius... that would be bad.

*ssssss*

'Well... I don't know if it'll be alright...' - Orobashi spoke a little nervously while avoiding looking at Tsubasa.

'...why do you say that orobashi' - asked tsubasa fearing a little what orobashi will say... he wasn't one to get nervous if it wasn't that he was hiding something important.

*ssssss*

'well... when i went in there... having my magic aura to resist the cold... even so, i started to freeze...' - answered orobashi nervously while tsubasa and kanna stared at him as if they were to kill for not telling him that before.

'YOU, WHAT... WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT BEFORE, YOU EVEN WITH YOUR MAGICAL AURA WERE FREEZING ALIVE AND YET YOU SENT ANDRIUS THERE... A LOW RANK MONSTER WITHOUT AURA... WAIT' - Tsubasa started yelling at orobashi, she thought he didn't go in there because it was very cold and knowing how he is he must have preferred to wait for it to happen and then it would happen... but, he didn't say that even with his magical aura he was freezing him... He was going to continue scolding him but he realized something.

'Y-you said, that you were freezing even protected by your magical aura... and there is only one thing that can do that even monsters... orobashi answers something... as you entered did you feel something?' - Tsubasa asked Orobashi while she hoped it wasn't what she was thinking.

*ssssss*

'Well... as I entered I began to feel a lot of magical energy I thought it was a strong mid-range monster so I tried to reach him to talk and ask what he was doing here... but, the more I entered the more I froze and I could hardly move... so before I could think of anything I felt sleepy because I had spent too much mana to get away from the place' - Orobashi replied sincerely as he hoped that Tsubasa would not bother him so much.

'...' - kanna wanted to run away to see how andrius is doing... but, tsubasa gave her a look that said "wait" so she decided to wait for tsubasa to finish thinking.

'... orobashi, believe me if I was in my true form, I would have given you another lesson like last time... but, there are more important things, let's go we have to find a way to get andrius out of there' - Tsubasa said annoyed then get up and start to go towards the mist.

"wait... tsubasa, what is there... there, for you to be like this" - Kanna asked nervously, she knows it but she doesn't want to accept it.

'well... inside there must be an essence of ice and to almost freeze orobashi it must be a medium rank...' - tsubasa replied as she looked at the mist finding it a little different.

*ssssss*

'it seems that andrius did something to the essence so that the mist is dispersing' - orobashi said as he used her magical aura to feel the change in the area where the mist is.

'kanna... you can return to your true form and use your wings to create a gust of wind that disperses the mist faster... here there should be enough space for you to do it' - tsubasa said to kanna as she nodded and he returned to his true form... tsubasa is worried about andrius... but, he doesn't want to enter that cold place.

*ROOOAAARR*

After Kanna returned to her true form, she gave a roar as she stretched her body a bit, since she had time that she didn't return to her true form.

'...' - orobashi was surprised to see kanna's true form... it's the first time he sees a dragon so close... he always avoids them since in the inner zone those who remain there are very territorial and they don't like that they get too close to their territory... once they almost killed him for it... he was an earth dragon, at least he left for the central area a long time ago.

'Well... you can start kanna' - tsubasa warned kanna that she could start... because, she had already moved away with orobashi from the place where kanna was.

Kanna nodded as her wings were surrounded by lightning to start moving her wings at high speed.

[5 minutes later]

"huff huff huff" - after 5 minutes you could see a white dragon lying on the ground tired after using her wings to clear the mist... first time she moves her wings so much.

'Well done kanna, there's almost no fog left' - tsubasa congratulated kanna as she approached the beginning of the tunnel that leads to where andrius is.

*ssssss*

'Yes... well done' - orobashi congratulated her so well since now she didn't even have to enter that cold place.

'...' - kanna didn't even want to try to think... her wings hurt and she had spent more than 40% of her mana maintaining the lightning that increased movement speed.

'Okay... let's go' - tsubasa said as she began to move since with all this it took a long time to go in to look for andrius.

*ssssss*

'come up, I'll take you' - orobashi said to kanna as she returned to her human form... to then feel and sit on orobashi as he began to move.

[10 minutes later]

Tsubasa, Kanna and Orobashi could be seen looking at the piece of ice in the middle of the tunnel... but, they weren't interested in the ice block, they were interested in what was inside the ice block.

inside the ice block was andrius when they saw him, kanna almost jumped to destroy the ice block to get him out... but, tsubasa told him to wait since it would be dangerous if he ends up killing andrius by accident.

Now tsubasa is using her spiritual fire magic to melt the ice… but, since this ice is not normal she needs a long time to melt it completely.

[10 minutes later]

'...' - andrius was speechless at the situation he was in... not long ago he had completely frozen... even though he knew he would live even if he was completely frozen... he didn't know how to feel after being completely frozen... at least now he sees what captain america felt when he fell into the frozen water.

'Andrius, are you alright?' - asked tsubasa a little worried about andrius seeing him so quiet after he will wake up minutes after she has melted the ice.

'Yes... I'm fine, just a little disoriented... you know it's my first time being turned into a block of ice' - andrius replied as he sat down and looked at her.

"andrius...it's good that you're okay" - kanna spoke as she jumped on top of andrius and hugged him.

*sssssss*

'Well done... but where is the essence of ice?' - orobashi spoke as he nodded and then asked the important question.

'...' - andrius was silent as he thought whether to speak or remain silent... it's not like he had a choice, besides tsubasa nodded to tell him after seeing my hesitation.

'Save it to my storage' - I answered what I wanted to hear... well half answer.

*sssssss*

'... well, now that everything is fine, it's better to continue since I have to complete my mission' - orobashi was silent for a moment and then he turned and left since he has to finish his mission.

'eh...wait, orobashi, andrius just came out of a block of ice, can't you wait another hour for him to recover a bit?' - Tsubasa was surprised to see Orobashi start to leave.

*SSssss*

'No... I was supposed to get down there a long time ago but that delayed me, I can't delay any more Tsubasa' - Orobashi shook his head, since he can't delay his mission any longer.

'it's ok tsubasa... he's right, we can't stay still any longer, we need to find the girls, now after knowing that there is a dangerous mid-range monster down there we have to hurry even more' - tsubasa who wanted speaking again, andrius cut her off as she got up and began to walk... she couldn't delay the mission of going to look for the girls any longer.

'(He sighed) ok... come on, but for now try to walk slowly we don't know if you're completely fine, you just came off the ice' - tsubasa sighed as he accepted but still advised me.

'well... let's go, if not orobashi will leave us behind' - I said as I began to walk a little very slowly since my body is still cold inside... I need time before I return to my normal temperature.

then walking slowly I started down the tunnel followed by tsubasa and kanna. Orobashi was already gone.

'I hope they're okay...' - I thought as he closed his eyes and kept walking.

[AWS team point of view]

'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THIS IS FUN' - said buck as he laughed out loud, he was coming down from the top of the volcano while he used a very compressed ice board to slide down the path.

'...' - the girls were watching as buck did somersaults on the ice board while they were on a bigger board.

'buck...he's crazy...isn't he?' - asked wutong as he saw buck walk past a normal range monster, he tried to attack but buck dodged as he did a 360 in the air and fell back to the ground like nothing.

'now you're realizing it...' - said silvi while she held on tightly to the ice board... she was the only one who refused this madness... but, since no one listens to her, now she has to go down like this.

"WATCH OUT..." - Alba shouted as she moved the ice cube to the side avoiding a fireball that was coming towards them, courtesy of a monster that was passing near them.

'Buck didn't say there weren't monsters around here...how come there are so many' - silvi complained as she used mental shock on a monster preventing it from attacking them...she didn't want to kill it since she wasn't going to kill it to eat.

"I don't know...he had said that he didn't know why there were so many monsters here in this area either" - Alba replied while he shook his head...and told her what buck said.

'What... when did he say it?' - Silvi asked confused since she hadn't heard him.

'when you were in your "i don't want to go down like this" moment he had realized that there were many monsters on this side of the volcano' - wutong answered while he repeated silvi's words before getting on the ice board.

'...' - Silvi didn't answer since she had strongly refused this idea, that when they said that they would still do it she got upset and she ignored them for a while.

"Get ready, we're coming..." - Alba spoke as she moved the ice board according to Buck's instructions, who had already reached the bottom and was waiting for them while showing them a "safe" place to stop.

alba, wutong and silvi held onto the board tightly as they expected the ice board to start moving abruptly but when they got to the spot buck was pointing at...

'AAAHHH!... HOT, HOT, HOT' - Silvi started to scream after the ice board melted very quickly leaving them on the hot floor.

'WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS " - shouted alba as she got up quickly and began to fly and then move away from the place.

'...' - wutong couldn't even think her legs were burned and now he is using his magic to heal himself.

'HAHAHAHA... while I was going down I saw that perfect place to stop without much trouble, there under the ground the hot lava passes there' - buck started laughing because he had fun while going down the volcano with the ice board and he started them to mark the place where the lava river was that connects with the place they used to stop.

'but... why, there were no safer ways to stop, without getting burned' - wutong confused by the method buck took to stop.

'but she was the fastest HAHAHAHA' - buck laughed out loud without realizing that the three girls were doing their best not to use his magic and freeze, burn and bury him.

'Well... now that we cross the volcano now... we only have to cross that river of lava and we will reach the dangerous forest' - after laughing, buck became serious while saying the last routes to leave the place.

'...' - the girls agreed trying to forget what happened to them... except one, silvi was planning a way to take revenge since she was the one who suffered the most in this.

'Well... let's go we're not far from finishing' - buck spoke as he began to walk towards the lava river.

"... I don't have that much mana after keeping the ice table full' - Alba spoke as she leaned on Silvi's back tired... to make the ice table to buck so that he is strong enough to go down and then making hers strong enough for all three and on top of that keeping her sending mana to her so she wouldn't melt so fast left her out of mana.

'...don't worry, I'll take you' - said silvi as she began to walk on all fours.

'What... and now, who can help us in this heat...' - asked wutong after seeing alba tired.

"I..." - spoke a voice of a man in a red and yellow suit, he had a yellow heart and red CH letters on his chest while he put a plastic hammer in his hand.

'who?' - asked wutong after seeing the weird guy arrive out of nowhere.

"THE CHAPULÍN COLORADO... THEY DIDN'T COUNT ON MY ASTUTENESS... THE GOOD ONES FOLLOW ME... AY!" - the man introduced himself while he made a presentation pose and then tried to get off the rock he was on and fall.

'... are you OK?' - wutong was speechless when he saw the man or Chapulín as he calls himself... but, after seeing that he fell from the rock I can't help but ask.

"It's okay, it's okay, all my movements are coldly calculated" - he answered as he got up and massaged the blow on his head.

'Ah...' - wutong was going to answer but then he heard Alba's voice yelling at him.

"WUTONG YOU COME... OR WE WILL LEAVE YOU BEHIND" - Alba's voice was heard yelling at wutong.

'let me see...' - he said to the grasshopper and then turned to where silvi, alba and buck were, who had walked a few steps away... after seeing them he quickly turned to say something to the grasshopper but when he did he didn't see him in where it was before.

'What... where, where is Chapulín?' - wutong was surprised and started looking for the grasshopper.

'What's going on wutong, as soon as dawn stops throwing off the cold, do you already have hallucinations due to the heat?' - Silvi asked as she looked at the confused wutong who is looking everywhere.

'eh... it seems so... but, she looked so real' - said wutong still confused by what she just saw.

'mmmmmm... I also had a hallucination because of the heat here the first time he came... hehehe' - buck spoke and then laughed as he remembered what he saw in the hallucinations.

'...' - the girls stared at him in silence before taking a few steps away from him.

"Well... let's go, I don't want to stay here anymore in this heat" - Alba said while she made signs to Silvi to move.

'Well...' - Wutong disagreed as she tried to forget what she saw.

then they began to head towards the lava rivers in order to reach the dangerous forest

and so the groups were almost at the final subtraction to be able to meet... but, which team will find the other first... we will find out in another chapter of... [the great king with a quest system and chat group]