"We made it!" Prince yelled. Sphinx and Kraken were waiting for us curled together rather cutely by a tree. I was exhausted from using so much magic to keep Fenrir at bay, but I managed to collapse the cave entrance before collapsing myself.

"I'm exhausted," I whined.

"Here is a riddle: We need to find Uni, but Flame should rest...what shall you do?" Sphinx asked, his tail wagging excitedly.

"Why does it feel like he's enjoying this too much?" Prince asked, eyeing him.

"I-I'll be fine," I said as I tried feebly to stand.

Volcan put his hand on my shoulder and gently pushed me back down as he said, "We'll split up. Invent and I shall look for Uni while Prince and you shall stay here with Ice." He then turned toward Kitty, "Sphinx indicated that Ice is immortal so we shouldn't need to worry about finding her quickly, so we don't need all of us looking. And if I'm right, Uni will be guarding another weapon so the only ones without a weapon should be the ones looking for her." Kitty nodded.

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"I shall accompany you two. That means I'm entrusting Ice's safety to the two of you.... Kraken don't let me down!" Kitty said, eyeing Kraken and Sphinx who both nodded in agreement.

"Good luck guys and keep your wits about you. Fenrir could find another way out for all that we know." Prince said before pointing toward...those ruins we had seen when we were trying to find the Fire Kingdom, "We'll be over there. For some reason, I feel like it's safer over there." Kitty and the other creatures seemed to not like that idea, but she said nothing against it either. Volcan nodded before he, Invent and Kitty headed off. I carefully got up but couldn't move a single step.

Sphinx came over, changing into his Sphinx form to catch me before I hit the ground, "II'LL CCAARRYY YYOOUU OOVVEERR TTHHEERREE." I simply lay against his fur as Prince carried Ice until we found a safe-looking spot.