“You can set me down over there.” Angelina who hitched a ride on Fluffy Tanya’s motor pointed towards a spot up the mountain where some other Tomb Riders were present.

“Be careful.” Fluffy Tanya steadily alighted her motor onto the melting slope while giving Angelina a concerned look. “Are you sure this is okay, A.J? I’m so sorry for trashing your motor.”

“It’s fine. To begin with, that vehicle wasn’t my main motor.” Angelina put Fluffy Tanya’s mind at ease by taking out a resplendent emerald Motors Cube from her Storage Ghoul Crystal. Seeing this made Fluffy Tanya remembered something.

“Is that the motorcycle that you usually use…?”

“It is. I wanted to hold off on using it as long as possible to maintain its top condition. But now that this is all I have left I will have to make good use of it.” Angelina tossed forward her Motors Cube which quickly transformed into a savaged motorcycle with beefed-up Ghoul reinforcements and slick chrome visuals.

“Selain get ready to show off your stuff.” The throttling mufflers poised at Selain’s posterior exuded clear steam enough to scorch a baby’s bottom.

“Wow! That is one badass motor you have there. The upgrades are truly dashing.” Fluffy Tanya complimented Selain’s well-established framework. “Let’s go meet up with the others.”

Presently at the forefront of the surviving group of Tomb Riders who made it across the sea of deadly flames, Armoured Hero was taking stock of the situation. “Is this everyone who made it?” He was shocked to identify the dwindling numbers of Tomb Riders who accompanied him on the slope.

“I can’t believe we lost so many.” Water Lilly wanted to cry but she couldn’t afford to portray weakness before her devoted followers.

As for Meliodas and Ghost Rider, they were nowhere to be seen among the remaining group of Tomb Riders. They already abandoned their duty as leaders and went ahead to safety by themselves. Some speculated that they already ventured higher up the mountain.

“Then we should also do the same. The lava is rising fast.” With Armoured Hero at the spearhead, the remaining Tomb Riders commenced dashing their motors further upwards the melting slope.

Due to the horde of mountain Ghouls who were also fleeing in the same direction, the Tomb Riders found it difficult to advance as quickly as they wanted to. They all had to be vigilant not to get squashed or eaten by the surrounding Ghouls.

“Dammit! These bastards are everywhere! Why are there so many rushing ahead of us?”

“This is expected. The western region of the Ghoul Graveyard has already been consumed by lava. The only safe direction to flee is where we are headed.”

“There is no guarantee that the lava won’t reach this far out.”

“At least we managed to survive a while longer. That’s a blessing.”

“Or a curse! What if our deaths are more painful than the others who died back there? I can’t handle much torture.”

“Stop focussing on such negatives thoughts. We’re alive for now. That is what matters.”

Water Lilly rode closer towards Armoured Hero as she ascended the melting snow mountain. “Armoured Hero, what do you think will happen to us from now on. No matter how hard I try, I can’t think of a way to escape this Ghoul Graveyard alive. It’s only been 3 days since we arrived here, therefore, the trans-dimensional gate won’t be opening until 4 days from now. By my calculations, this entire tomb will be engulfed in flames before then.”

“My thoughts exactly. As it stands, we’re only doing our best to delay the inevitable. The moment we run out of places to flee, death awaits us.” Armoured Hero surmised correctly. Even with their aeronautical Ghoul engines, they wouldn’t be able to maintain their grasp in the air for long. Just only until they ran out of ghoul energy. Which was why he instructed the rest of the Tomb Riders to conserve as much of their aerial drive force as possible.

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After a few more minutes of tyre blazing, Armoured Hero’s crew successfully caught up with Ghost Rider and Meliodas who were already at the very summit of the exaggerated mountain peak.

“There they are! Those bastards who left us to die!”

“Some leader they are. I’m never putting my trust in them again.”

“Out of all the 6 captains who came here, Armoured Hero seemed to be the best among them.”

“What do you mean seems? He is definitely the best among them! We would have all died many times before if it weren’t for his incessant bravery. No wonder he is called Armoured Hero.”

“Hm?” Armoured Hero happened to overhear what the other Tomb Riders were saying about him, but he was too occupied with keeping everyone alive to care about their thoughts of his valiant character.

“We made it to the top.” Fluffy Tanya and Angelina arrived at the summit almost about the same time.

“I still can’t believe that this is that same mountain peak that used to stand tall above the clouds just a few hours ago.” Angelina maintained a bewildered complex as she continued to observe her burning environment. “That big flame Ghoul with all those high ranking halos swarming around him is getting closer. But it kind of slowed down a bit. Maybe because of its conflict with that yellow presence.”

“Hmm?” Fluffy Tanya stared into the distance at the imposing Fire Lord Ghoul. The others did the same. Even though hordes of mountain Ghouls were rushing past them, they didn’t feel all that threatening. The Ghouls cared too much about their own existence to busy themselves in eating a couple of puny insects known as humans.

“What’s that thing over there?”

“Where?”

“That thing in the sky? Could it also be a Ghoul?”

“Impossible? Isn’t that just a normal cumulonimbus cloud?”

“Define normal. That thing is shooting out fricking huge ass chains! Am I the only person seeing that?”

“I see it too. Those are definitely chains shooting out of the cloud.”

“If that monster set its sight on us. How the hell are we able to slay it? Can clouds even die?”

“We’re not equipped to deal with something of that calibre.”

“I can’t imagine what would happen to the human race if those powerful Ghouls escape this Ghoul Graveyard.”

“If that happens then humanity will surely go extinct right?”

“This is exactly why the Nox research team has been tirelessly searching for a way to permanently shut down a Ghoul Graveyard. So far we’ve failed in every aspect of the thought. I really hope they figure out a way soon. Otherwise…”

“Hey, you guys look over there!” Someone interrupted Trisha to direct the Tomb Riders attention toward a particular locality. “Aren’t those fellow Tomb Riders cruising on the opposite side of the mountain peak?”

“Huh? Really?”

The expansive mountain peak had a roughly circular shape with a huge portion of the centre sunken deep. That centre was gradually being filled with pouring lava.

“Let me check the Automatic Guiding Cube to verify.” Armoured Hero re-activated his Automatic Guiding Cube to see if the hazy silhouettes he spotted afar were indeed Tomb Riders.

Many lasers shot out of the Automatic Guiding Cube. They spread asunder in various directions. One of these particular rays went into the direction of the suspected Tomb Riders and connected with another Automatic Guiding Cube.

“There is a connection!” Said Armoured Hero in shock. He brought up an interface which broadcasted an aerial depiction of the Tomb Riders. “It’s them! It appears that Cool Zephyr’s crew is still alive.”

“What? That boastful lady is still breathing?” Meliodas seemed surprised, moreover, displeased when he heard this news. Trisha couldn’t stop herself from saying something to him.

“Dude, do you have a problem against women are something?”

“Was anyone talking to you?” Meliodas got irate after hearing Trisha’s annoying voice slipping into his ear canals. “Shut your f*cking stinking mouth bitch before I toss you into that lava pit below.”

This negative sentiment caused Trisha’s anger to soar. “I want to see you try, you brain dead cunt. Do you think that I’m afraid of your ugly scar face?” She motioned to activate a Soul Insignia.

“What ugly scars. These are true marking of a real man!” Meliodas retorted boastfully.

“If you’re a real man then I would hate to meet a fake one. I can tell from your disrespectful attitude that you’re quite impotent. That must be why you dislike women so much.”

“You f*cking bitch!” Being called an impotent man drove Meliodas to do something unforeseen. He used an adjustable component from his draconic motor to slap Trisha over the edge. She started falling into the deep mass of lava building up below. He did exactly as he said he would.

“He hit her over!” people were incredulous!

“What the hell is that bastard’s problem?” Some Tomb Riders had a hard time believing that Meliodas had slapped Trisha into the fierce lava pit!