As the ground beneath our feet began to give way, the mountain we were in began to collapse around us. In the midst of the chaos, we realized that Hurk, an elite enemy soldier, had managed to take the mountain's water before making a quick exit. we watched helplessly as he managed to escape with a handful of men. There was no way to stop them and no time to go after them. So Hiroshi and I turned our attention to the rest of our group.

As we gathered together, It wasn't hard to see the panic in their eyes. We stopped to assess the situation and caught our breath. Babu's voice rang out, urgent and loud, "This place is about to collapse! We need to get out of here, and we need to do it now!"

Hiroshi tore more strips from his jacket and handed them to us, instructing us to use them as masks to protect ourselves from the poisonous gas that would soon engulf us. Mila voiced her doubts about the efficacy of the makeshift masks. Hiroshi replied, "It will buy us some time to escape, but it won't last forever."

Mila suggested retracing our steps to escape, but Hiroshi shook his head. He explained that there simply wasn't enough time to make it out that way. "By the time we get up, the mountain will already be falling on us," he said. Lezlie proposed following the path that the elite soldiers had taken, but I quickly dismissed the idea. "The road we came from is already covered in ice," I pointed out.

The reality of our situation began to set in, and Babu's exasperation mirrored our own. "What do we do now?" he demanded. We were running out of options, and the clock was ticking. The only thing left to do was to act quickly and decisively, or else we would all perish together.

As the poison gas began to seep into the area, it hung heavily in the air like a thick fog. Time was running out, and I knew we had to act fast. That's when I noticed a massive cylindrical chunk of ice in front of me, with a sharp tip. Looking around, I saw a thin layer of ice on the wall and an idea struck me. I turned to my comrades and urgently called out for Hiroshi and Babu's help.

With their attention on me, I explained my plan. "We'll use all our strength to push this ice mass and break the thin wall behind us," I said.

Babu pointed out the mass's weight, "It's too heavy, Ryuu. We might not be able to apply enough force to break the wall."

I quickly added, "Mila and Lezlie, if you can wet the floor with your powers and make it slippery, we can gain speed."

Babu stressed the urgency of the situation, "Whatever we're doing, we need to do it fast, Ryuu!"

Lezlie and Mila climbed onto the ice floe and used their powers to make the ground slick. We all pushed the ice mass, but our progress was slow due to its weight. Despite our efforts, we couldn't gather enough speed. I turned to the others and said, "Keep pushing, but get on top of the ice when I give the signal."

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Hiroshi urged me to act quickly, "Hurry, kid. We don't have much time."

I stopped pushing the ice floe and began to run back to gather momentum for the upcoming hit. I needed to strike it with all my might to break through the wall and create an escape route. Once I had enough momentum, I turned around and sprinted towards the ice mass. My speed increased, and I could see the mountain collapsing behind me.

As I approached the ice floe, I shouted, "Get on top of it now!"

With everyone on top, we hurtled towards the thin ice wall, crashing through it with the force of the ice mass. The wall shattered, and we burst through it, leaving behind the collapsing mountain. The icy wind whipped past us as we slid to safety, and I couldn't help but feel grateful that we had escaped in time.

Despite surviving the treacherous slide down the crumbling mountain, I couldn't relax just yet. Ahead of us, a massive boulder appeared, and Hiroshi quickly shouted, "Lean left!" Without hesitation, we all shifted our weight, causing the ice to slide to the left, narrowly avoiding the boulder. But the danger was far from over as we continued to descend at a perilous speed. The impact of hitting the ground at such a rate could have been catastrophic.

Mila was the first to realize the seriousness of our situation, "Hey! We got off the rock, but we're still going down too fast! We have to do something!" Hiroshi immediately took control, "Son, find a way to slow us down. Mila, use your strength to make our fall easier."

I did as he was told, putting my hands on the mountain to slow down the ice, while Mila summoned a small lake with her power to soften their landing. Lezlie was using her magic to help as much as she could to slow us down even more. Though we managed to decrease our speed, we couldn't avoid launching into the air upon hitting a path.

We crashed into the lake, and I swam towards Mila, who was floating unconscious in the water. I grabbed her and brought her to the shore. Hiroshi and Babu rushed to Lezlie, who was unconscious, and checked that she was okay, but fortunately, no one was hurt. We were all breathing deeply, lying on the ground, relieved that we had survived the fall. Babu tried to lighten the mood, gasping for air, "I think it wasn't bad for our first time," and managed a weak smile. We were all exhausted and happy to have survived the dangerous slide down the mountain.

I could feel my heart racing as we caught our breath after the dangerous slide down the mountain. But Hiroshi's words quickly brought me back to reality. "Don't get your hopes too high, Panda. This was the first and last time," he said, his voice serious.

Our moment of relief was cut short as a group of soldiers appeared before us, guns pointed at us. Panic set in as I braced myself for an attack, but to my surprise, they were soldiers of the kingdom. As far as I could tell from the outside, the soldiers of the kingdom were working together with the soldiers of the merpeople.

We were confused and didn't understand what was happening. Why were they pointing guns at us? Had we done something wrong? As the soldiers accused us of kidnapping the princess and causing conflict between kingdoms, I realized that we had a lot of explaining to do. But the situation we were in was not good.