The sun was rolling toward the horizon, so Sunny and his companions left the dark interior of the Ash Castle and scaled the slopes of the caldera once again. The pillar of smoke rising into the sky gave birth to billowing black clouds, and flakes of ash were falling down like snow.
The last volcano was surrounded by snow-covered mountains from all sides, and their pristine white peaks loomed oppressively in the distance.
While Kai and Slayer were preparing for battle, Sunny assessed his army.
He had a Saint, a Transcendent Shadow, and two dozen Supreme shades at his disposal. Each individual Obsidian Wasp was powerful and lethal, but strangely enough, Kai and Slayer — the Ash Beasts — were much more deadly than the shades despite their inferior Rank.
And, of course, there was Sunny himself — the Ash Tyrant.
With a sigh, Sunny drew the map of Ariel's Game in the ash again and studied it with a somber expression.
