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After they went to Mount Artenia, they went straight to the Peak of Passion. In there, people will be experiencing deep emotions and strong imaginations. They'll feel hopeless when they try to walk to the peak, there's a possibility that they could commit suicide because of the hopelessness.
They went to the Peak of Passion. George hesitantly backed out but remembered that Lucy was in there so he joined again. Every step they took, one drop of sweat fell.
They tried their best to reach the Peak of Passion, they're almost tired but Nick wasn't tired at all. Nick was very immune in walking or climbing mountains, he had always doing it since he was a child. He climbed mountains by himself and tried to achieve his goal to reach the highest peak and break the world record. They carried their huge equipment bags as they were walking through the mountain.
"Remember, be careful. One step you make, you'll acquire your biggest fears and problems. Try to put them aside and try focusing in one thing-- like you wanted to kill Basilisk as Brad wanted, and Lucy saved as George wanted," Warlord Ish'katu explained while they were one step away from the Peak of Passion.
They entered the Peak of Passion, the mountain was very dark and the clouds can't be seen, hundreds of tears fell on their face. Pains and troubles got into their way. Nothing could take the problems apart, they concentrated in doing their part.
"Brad!" George cried and his face was reddish.
"WHAT?" Brad answered back loudly with all his fears and troubles inside him.
"How are you doing?" George replied and prevented himself to get mad.
"Fine!" Brad exclaimed as his body was moving to different directions.
Warlord Ish'katu was focusing and no pains got into his way, he already moved on years ago. He forgot everything that he'd been through. The miseries were completely gone and he just focused in helping Brad and others.
Brad felt everything that was stuck on his heart-- her mother dead, and the miseries he'd been through. It was heartbreaking for Brad and all he had to do was hold his head. He almost punched the rocks beside him and jump on the cliff and commit a suicide.
The mountain was dark as there was nothing in it-- the mountain that should be climbed carefully and slowly. Brad was moving in different directions and suddenly stepped on the edge and rocks fell. Brad became nervous and didn't know what to do. The wind mixed with the darkness and whispered into their ears and said all their pains and past.
They moved slowly and about to finish the never-ending sadness. Things became dark and the rocks beneath them became unseen. All was black, they can't see anything anymore even a white dot or a thing that will shone upon them. Walking across the mountain became complicated and the more they walk the narrow the land they stepped on.
Nick got a very brilliant idea, he grabbed his wand from the pocket and held the wand firmly and he slowly swung the wand and the bright light came and lightened up their way so they can walk across the mountain peak. Few more steps they will finish the horrible circumstances. Suddenly, George fell, not knowing that the ground was getting narrower and not safer. He fell and he quickly touch the edge and tried to pull himself but he couldn't. Warlord Ish'katu saw George grabbing something that will hold him up. He hastily grabbed the hand of George and pulled him up. It was successful that the warlord saw George about to slip his hands from the edge. Luckily, if the warlord wasn't around, George would die.
They finished to pass through the Peak of Passion, the problems were really gone and they didn't remember anything that happened to them actually. They also didn't know what came into their mind while crossing the mountain. There were no clues for them to determine at all.
"It was quite fun." Warlord Ish'katu said joyfully.
"What happened to me?" Brad asked, "How did I cross the mountain?"
"You tried your best," Warlord Ish'katu replied happily.
"How about me?" George interrupted.
"I don't know..." Warlord Ish'katu sighed, "tried your best too?"
George didn't answer back. It was quite happy when they finished the Peak of Passion. Their first task was the most difficult to make for them.
Suddenly, a burnt torn paper fell right in front of Brad's face. It fell slowly and Brad took it and tried to read it:
You will never win!
No one would win against me!
The paper burnt itself and turned into ashes after Brad read the torn paper. The atmosphere became awkward and the sky turned into the color of the wicked flame of Basilisk. The clouds turned black and the trees were burnt and not a single leaf was left.
They continued to journey along, things became weird in Brad. The more they walk, the more weirder it gets. They decided to venture to the forest and find somewhere to sleep. They found a large forest underneath the huge mountain beside the mountain that they were stepping on.
They swiftly went to the other mountain but as they were almost near the forest, someone broke in. A dark wizard with a gray cloak and embodied with a purple crystalline aura, a minion of Predatios he was, Nick told them to back. "It's my fight."
All of them agreed and nodded. Nick took two steps to the minion. They both released their wands and Nick secretly put the ring in the socket and the wand became water. The minion was shocked and the same time, amazed. Nick made the first move, he made the ground that the minion was stepping on into water and he drowned. He tried to get up, but the water became deeper and deeper as Nick wanted to make it deeper.
Suddenly, the minion got up and was floating from an invulnerable bubble. He released himself from the bubble and prepared to fight again. Nick pointed the wand at the trees in the forest and it became water. He commanded the water trees to persuade the minion of Predatios. The trees moved and went near the minion and kept attacking the minion.
The minion went furious and killed the trees in one blow. The trees vanished and turned into ashes. He sent a huge fireball to Nick and Nick made a larger water ball and quickly pushed the fireball and the fireball was gone. Nick controlled the water ball and splitted it into six, it surrounded the minion and he hit the minion and he died. The minion left a mark written in a parchment, it had a different language, Latin. Warlord Ish'katu read the scriptures and the scriptures said:
You killed one of the best minions of mine.
Prepare for more.
Expect more.
The mark suddenly disappeared, the leaves had been crumpled and the trees swayed. The grass made noise and someone had been messing again. Ethan went out their hiding place and rapidly scared Brad. He was intimately shocked and he fell on the ground.
"Chill, it's just me, Ethan." Ethan chuckled.
"So, you're Brad? Nice to meet you," Warlord Peskalta offered a hand shake.
"Yes, nice to meet you too." Brad accepted the hand shake.
"Stop messin' around, Ethan." George suddenly interrupted.
"Why do you care?" Ethan grinned, "And, what are you gonna do about it?"
There was a quick silent and leaves again had been crumpled and Trevor and Larry interrupted the silence with their warlord.
"So everyone has their warlord?" Brad said.
"Yes, and every warlord would guide their war trainees and encourage them in many ways," Warlord Peskalta replied, "we will help you in times of trouble and we are hired by God Roklas."
"Oh--"
Trevor and Larry tried to bully Brad but their warlord has a keen eyes and they had no way to escape.
They were finding for a place to sleep, it was getting late noon. Luckily, they found a big spot for them to sleep. Nick grabbed his wand and pointed the tip of the wand at the bags of the warlords and it suddenly unzipped itself and the tent bags went out their equipment bags and unfolded itself and made a tent. Also, Nick pointed the wand at the trees and it became small logs and twigs. He made this into their bonfire. It became their campsite.
"Anyone wants to hunt for food?" Nick asked.
Everybody raised their hands except Trevor who was acting strange recently. He was always lying on the grass-- feeling sick. They hunted for food except Trevor.
George grabbed the golden bow and the golden quiver with plenty of metal arrows, it was a gift from God Roklas after Lucy got kidnapped so he sent a gift to cheer up Lucy.
They went to the inner part of the forest and suddenly, a deer got into their way. George quickly nocked a metal arrow on the string and hastily released it and the deer got hit below its neck. The warlords rapidly carried the deer to their campsite.
After they put down the deer at their campsite, Trevor was gone. The warlords ruefully went to Brad and others. They quickly ran, heart beats became faster as they were running.
"Brad!" Warlord Ish'katu exclaimed.
"I'm here, why?" Brad answered back with a loud voice. The heart beat of Warlord Ish'katu slowed down.
The warlords swiftly went to where the voice came from. As they went to the place, they saw was Trevor, mimicking the voice of Brad.
"Where are they?" Warlord Peskalta interrupted.
"I don't know." Trevor shrugged his shoulder and suddenly transformed into a minion.