Chapter 4

Firetop Mountain

Part 1

It's been a couple of days since Black and Sol met on the road near the Solar Tree's location. Ever since that meeting, the Messenger of the Sun didn't notice or even see the sign of the brown crow that keep following them. They are all alone on their road to Sol City.

Sol have been traveling for a couple of days now, but there is no sign that she will stop soon. The only time where she actually stop walking is when the sun completely sets. Eating only the fruits and nuts that she found in the numerous forest, caves, and old and abandoned houses, she keep on walking on while praying that she made it in time to save this woman named Mani.

At last, after numerous days, she finally reached a mountain that will lead her to the other side of Istrakan. But something is wrong... Two floating giant cube was blocking the way. One of them is color red and floating on the top of the red, there is a blue colored cube. Some unfamiliar symbols were craved on it hinting that these two are not just ordinary cubes.

"What is this?" Asked the Solar Girl while staring at the floating cubes.

"This must be the Dark Seal."

"Dark Seal?"

"Yes. Its blocking the way to keep everyone out and its getting their energy on Immortals. But you can remove them if you defeat the Immortals who was powering it."

"Maybe I should try charging at it first." She said.

Hearing this, Otenko tried to stop her but before he does, Sol already ran pass him holding her sword with both of her hands. She tried to stab her sword to the red colored cube but when the tip made contact on it, the cube glow with red color. The next thing she know is she was sent flying by an unknown yet powerful force.

"SOL!" Otenko shouted and stared at the direction of the Solar Girl. Before she could even hit the ground, Sol used her right hand to grab the ground itself and slowed her landing pace.

"That was powerful..." Was her only comment after she stood up. There are no scratch on the cube even though the tip of her sword made contact with it. It continue floating there in the middle of the way without even a care on the world.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah. Just a little scratch on the hand because of my landing. That's all." Sol replied with a grin. She looked at her right palm and stared at her wounds. It was actually a simple scratch but even so, it was bleeding a little giving her the sign that she can't ignore this even if its small.

'It will be a pain to use my sword now... I have no problems on using the Gun Del Sol with my left hand but using my sword with my left is a different story...' She thought and let out a sigh. Suddenly, she felt something. It seems that her Lunar Child blood she inherited from her mother want her to look up. Following what her insides was telling, Sol looked up in the sky and a smile formed on her face.

There on the sky, there are five glowing green orbs with wings flying around the red cube. It was Lunar Bugs. According to her adopted father, Lunar Bugs can only be summoned by the Lunar Children during full moon. And it seems that she actually summoned five of them while attacking the cube. But...

"How? It's not even full moon."

"I also have no idea how did you summon some Lunar Bugs on the midday." Otenko said. "But you better use them before they disappear."

Agreeing on the advice of her sunflower partner, Sol raised her right arm in the air like what she usually do when charging the Gun Del Sol's battery. But instead of shouting the word 'Taiyou', she didn't shout a single word at all.

Instead of ray of sunshine, the Lunar Bugs that was floating around the red cube flew on her direction. They all rested on her wounded right palm and start mending the wounds by using their glowing body to seal her skin back.

"You really know how to use your Lunar Child blood you inherited, eh?"

"It's comes in naturally to me during full moon when I was young and I kinda learn how to use it. I also don't know why. My adoptive father said that the Solar Child blood I inherited from father was more dominant than my Lunar Child Blood but for some reason, it feels like... I don't know how to say this... Like I hand another person right inside me that warn me, stuff like that... Do you get what I mean, Master?"

"Well, you're not really a full blooded Solar Child so I guess it's normal. But you should be thankful to your mother since she give you the power to call out the Lunar Bugs and heal your wounds. You're the most unique in all Solar Children."

"Yeah..." Sol replied and stared at her right palm. The wounds were gone and there are no single scar on it. The Lunar Bugs also disappear without even her noticing. She smiled at her palm. But after a second, her smile faded. "I wonder if brother also had the same power as me..."

"What do you mean?"

"They say that unlike me, the Lunar Child blood was more dominant to Cressent than his Solar Child blood. I wonder if Cressent can also do what I do..."

"He's also a half Solar Boy. So I believe he can... Although he was given the title of Moon Beauty..."

"Wait... How do you know Cressent's title?"

"I told you, I am Ringo's partner. I'm always by his side. And I'm also there when Cressent were born."

"Then how come you don't know my name when we first met?"

"I wasn't there when you were born."

"I can't believe it! You leaved father?"

"Anyway , we better get going. I sense Darkness on both east and west. Which one shall we take first?"

"Master Otenko, you're avoiding my questions. I really want to know something about my family. I grew up only knowing their names and their titles!"

"The right time will come where you shall learn everything, Solana. Good things happen to those who wait." Hearing her full name from Otenko is one of the unspoken sign that the situation was serious. Instead of pushing her sunflower partner to speak, Sol just let out a sigh and just let it fly away. "Well? East or west?"

"The east seems to be more closer from here than the west. So let's go to east then."

Part 2

Black, still on his crow form, flew to the east. He can see the blonde haired Solar Girl running in the same direction as he was flying. But it seems that even though he's right above her, she didn't notice him or even his presence at all. Well at least that's great. Considering the fact that he need to reach his destination without her knowing.

Days may have gone pass and by, this is the only time he had to do this actions. It may not look like it but Black cannot make a single move without any orders from the higher ups. When he's done with the pass mission, he will have to wait in Sol City for the voice inside his head to command him once again. He cannot make any mistakes. And most importantly, he cannot fail the task that was given to him.

He sometimes do wonder how on earth he was born.

Sure he know that he was bitten by another vampire. That bite mark on his neck is an obvious proof of it. But ever since he woke up, he doesn't have any memory of his past self. What is his real name, who are his parents, and even how he acquire that strange armored sword he wield today. However, no one is there to answer all of this question. So he decided that maybe his past wasn't necessary, just ignore it like nothing and continue following the Queen's orders. But this thought can never escape his mind...

While he is on his mission, he sometimes try to force his own brain to split out those information. As expected, nothing happened. But that all changed when he accidentally does something when he's still getting used to fly as a crow. And he decided to keep that discovery and only reveal it when the right time has come.

Black reached his destination. It was a volcano located in the eastern part of Istrakan. He was sure that he cannot go inside that volcano on his crow form without even coming out as a roasted bird. Flying right above the crater of the volcano, he changed back to his human form and let gravity does its job.

He let his body get fall right inside the volcano's mouth. He doesn't care of the intense heat and the black colored smoke it releases. He just close his eyes and calm himself down.

At last, he hit the ground. For some odd reason, there is a platform above the lava itself. It was maybe used by someone couple of years ago as a sort of elevator. However, the switch that controls the lava flows are now rusty and doesn't even work.

On the center of the platform, there is a very large iron ball that form into a shape of a golem's half body. On its head is a colorless inverted triangle that maybe functions as his eyes. But right now, it's totally asleep.

Black walked closer to the iron balls without even caring about the sound of lava popping and raising like a geyser. He stared at the colorless inverted triangle on its face and put his right hand to it.

"She's here. It's time to wake up." He whispered before taking a deep breath. "ANKOKU!"

As he shout that word, his whole body glowed in a crimson red color. A strong wind that is enough to blow his cape up to his chest level circles around him as the crimson colored energy gathered on his right hand. Those energy where later pass down to the iron balls which made it glow in the same crimson color as him.

The wind died down at the same time his body also stop glowing. It seems like nothing happened but for some reason, he smile.

"My job here is done. You're in charge... Muspell..." He said. And with a small leap on the air, a black colored wings shoot out form his back. He used those wings to flew up and surpass the heat of the volcano.

Part 3

- Firetop Mountain -

- May 19, 9:43 AM -

- Time before sunset: 8 hours and 17 minutes -

Firetop mountain is a very large mountain located on the eastern part of Istrakan. Back on the olden days, this mountain serves as a mining ground for all of the people living in the small town around it because of its countless minerals it had inside. However, when undead take over this volcano, it killed all the living things around the volcano. Ever since that day, that small town wiped out in the map and the Firetop mountain become home of countless of undead.

The Solar Girl and the Messenger of the Sun stared at the volcano right on the front of them. The two of them were standing on the plains right at the very foot of the volcano. The only thing that they can see around is the leafless tree that was obviously about to decay and the few orange patches of grass dancing right below them. It was very hard to imagine how this plants even grow around this kind of place.

As they look up on the sky, trying to peek at the clouds above, a very strong wind with a hint of ember hurled up on direction her making her cover her eyes using her arm. The ember was pretty weak. Not enough to burn the removable black cloth that protect her arms. But still, it will be painful as hell when those hit her eyes.

"It seems that the Immortal who control that Dark Seal had the Flame Property..."

"Looks like it." Sol replied. She look around her location, trying to examine the area without removing her arms on her forehead. "This place looks wide enough for the Pile Driver..."

"Alright. I'll summon it then. TAIYOU!" Otenko shouted and like before, his body start to glow in yellow color. The plains shake for a bit followed by a strong white light below her foot. As the light disappears, the Pile Driver appeared on their location.

"Thank you, Master Otenko." She thanked her master.

"Anyways, Sol, which path should we take?"

That made the Solar Girl rise one of her eyebrows. Putting her right arm back on her forehead, Sol examine her location once again. She was trying to find another route she can take except climbing the volcano up to the top. Until she found a cave right on the western part of the wall. It was covered by some rocks, making it hard to notice. But it was the best route she could get. Sure it was more far if she took the cave but once she decided to climb, she will be open incase undead attack her.

"I think it's much safer if we take the cave..."

Part 4

Sol entered the cave with sweat falling down from her forehead and her sword on her right hand. It took her like an hour in order to remove all those giant rocks on the entrance of the cave.

At first, she thought I was easy as pushing an empty wooded crate by using her back. But so many failed attempts, she finally lean down to one of the giant rock, sat on the ground, and declared that it was a LOT harder than she thought. She even thought that she could push it using the force of a Solar Shot like what it does to undead but the solar powered bullet dissolved on the air once it hit the rock.

Unable to take it anymore, she goes berserk mode, pull out her sword and start slashing the giant rock until it break apart. Alas, after an hour, she break that rock that was blocking her way. She was lucky that that sword was a lot stronger than it looks.

'Smith is really the best when it comes to sword forging swords!' She thought while staring at the sword on her hand, which was still unscratched even if she already use it as a drill.

Sol step inside the cave without putting her guard down. Holding the sword with both hands, she slowly walked inside the cave, alert to anything may happen. Leaning into the rock wall, the Solar Girl took a small glance behind, scanning for an enemy. Until she spot one.

It was a Ghoul. Five of them to be exact. But unlike the ghoul she saw in Fog Castle or Bloodrust Mansion, this ghoul was a little different. They have the same height, same appearance but instead of the green colored skin, the ghouls here had orange. The four of them walk slowly, patrolling the room, while the last one was there steady, guarding the exit.

It seems that she won't make it through this volcano without fighting them. Without returning back her sword, Sol slowly pull the Gun Del Sol from her gun case without making too much noise. She pointed it on the nearest patrolling ghoul and clicked its trigger.

A Sol property Solar Sot come out from the tip of the gun. The yellow bullet of the Solar Gun continue to travel on the ghoul's direction and only stopped when it hit the ghouls back. The orange ghoul lost its consciousness as it sat on the ground. The Solar Girl quickly ran on its direction without the others noticing and start to fire Solar Spread until it dissolve in the thin air.

She was a little surprise since the orange ghoul took a little longer to dissolve rather than the normal ghoul.

'Maybe the color change was also a property change?' she thought.

It was her first time encountering different colors of ghouls. But she once read on the monster guide book in the library that monsters with different colors means different property. If she clearly remember, orange should represent the Flame Property. No surprise with the venue. They can all be beaten with the Sol property but not as strong as Sol property burning Dark property.

"BUKU!"

Lost on her thoughts, the Solar Girl didn't notice that one of the patrolling orange ghouls already saw her. She jumped back a little once she heard that warning and quickly looked at her right. The orange ghoul that spot her shoot out nine small creature that looks like a ball of fire, which, if her memories serve her right, called Burrnun. The nine Burrnun charged at her direction making her ran for it. Sure you wouldn't want those thing to touch you. Since if you do…

"OWW!" Sol let her voice out as one of the Burrnuns touched her left leg. That small creature burned her skin and it was painful. Luckily, the Burrnun dissolved in the air because her legs were moving as quick as it can as she ran at full speed.

A drop of tear were preparing to escape from her sapphire blue eyes but instead of letting it go, the Solar Girl force her tears to stop falling down to her cheek. And finally, she stopped on her tracks. Using the heel of her boots, she made a 180 degree turn, facing all the remaining eight Burrnun that was chasing her. the Burrnuns didn't show any sign of stopping either. So without any word, Sol pointed her Gun Del Sol at them.

She doesn't really care if the lens of her Solar Gun was not the weakness of those Burrnuns. She don't have any other lens beside the Sol lens that was equipped to it the day she first laid her eyes on her father's gun. As long as this gun can purify Undead and Immortals, then she's good.

Before the Burrnuns come near her, Sol hold down the trigger of the Gun Del Sol. The Solar Energy that was stored in the battery of the Solar Gun turned to a light as bright and as hot as the real sunlight itself. It is the Solar Gun's infamous Solar Spread. Even if those Burrnuns have the property of Flame, they are still considered as Undead. And as long as there Undead, the Sol property can still purify them.

Sol watched them dissolve in the thin air. And when the last one finally turned to a smoke, she let go of the trigger. She put down her gun and return to her previous location. Seeing that the previous ghoul that she shoot a while ago haven't recovered yet, the Solar Girl look for the same orange ghoul that attack her using the Burrnuns earlier and shoot it in the back using her gun. The orange ghoul drop on its knees and lost its consciousness. Without having any second thoughts, she does the same to the other ghouls that was patrolling the area and while they haven't recovered yet, she ran pass them, leaving them here. Sure she could kill them but the Gun Del Sol might ran out of battery while she's at it…

But at the time like this, Sol is thinking something that seems to be useless. Looking at the part of her leg that one of the Burrnuns touched, she let out a depressed sigh.

"I need a higher boots to hide the scar that this thing will left… unless this won't heal until full moon…"

Part 5

Back at the platform inside the volcano, the iron ball that Black called Muspell still didn't show any sign of moving. It still sat in the center of the room without any care in the world.

In the western part of the room, one lava suddenly shoot out a very high geyser that was enough to make the platform tremble.

Muspell still didn't move. But looking closely, the inverted triangle on its head start to blink in crimson red color...

Part 6

Sol made her way out of the cave, wiping the sweat that form on her forehead.

She can notice the raising temperature of her surroundings every time she took a step forward and that heat was too much even for her. So to lessen the heat she felt, Sol removed the long crimson colored scarf she always wore on her neck and tie it on her left leg to serve as a temporary bandage for her wounded skin. Still, even with the scarf gone, she could still feel the intense heat like nothing had change. Sometimes, she do wonder how much sweat does the sleeveless black shirt under her leather armor already absorbed.

As she continue on walking, she then realize why does her surrounding felt so hot. At this very moment, the Solar Girl is standing in the southern part of a giant platform that was surrounded by lava and ember. On the middle of the platform, there is a large iron balls gathered all together in a shape of a golem's half body. The sound of the lava popping welcomed her making her frown.

"Great. This explains better." she said to herself, staring at the iron ball right in the front of her. She do wonder why there is a large Iron balls here gathered all together and why on earth there is a platform in the middle of a lava filled room. Ignoring those questions for a while, the young Solar Girl try to find a way to go further but after she realize that there's no more path to keep on forward, she sigh.

"Master, is this really the place?" as she asked that question, Otenko appeared right beside her.

"That's weird… I'm sure this is the place."

"Maybe we should just go and take the west then?" She wondered. "By the way, can I ask a question before we leave?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Well, its kinda weird to find a floor right in the middle of the lava. And why does that iron balls form a shape of a golem?" Sol asked, pointing at the iron balls not too far from them.

Otenko walked closer to the iron balls to inspect them more carefully. For some odd reason, those iron balls are not just a display on this platform. Realizing something, Otenko scratched his chin using one of the leaves on his stem.

"Oh yeah. This is the Firetop Mountain…"

"What is it, Master?"

"Sol, this is not an ordinary statue. This is Muspell, the ancient guardian of the Firetop Mountain. He was powered using the Flame Property and said to guard not only this volcano but also the small town nearby hundreds of years ago. As for the platform, this is called the Megarock floor. I don't know much about the Megarock floor but I believe that it follows the flow of the lava."

"I see." She said and stared at her surroundings. Suddenly, the Megarock floor start shaking.

Sol's eyes widen as the sudden movement of the ground. The force is the same as when the Pile Driver is being summoned by Otenko, but without the strong light. She put a hand on the ground to maintain her balance while the other hold the Gun Del Sol, preparing herself from any harm. She stared at the iron ball in the front of her and gasp. The iron ball start to stand up revealing its true form.

A large iron golem with its glowing red inverted triangle eyes glaring at the Solar Girl sitting in the ground. The Iron Giant, Muspell.

Part 7

The young Solar Girl stared at the giant iron golem in the front of her eyes in a surprised manner. Golems. They are one of her most hated type of undead ever. Turning to a ball and chase its prey like crazy, how on earth you won't hate them if you are once a victim of this clay? But then, what more if that golem had a body made of iron and it's like three times bigger than the normal one?

"Sol, it looks like Muspell is in the control of the Dark Matter and he is the Immortal controlling one of the Dark seals in the northern part of Istrakan! You have to defeat him in order to continue on." As Otenko said that, he disappeared in a thin air.

"This will be tiring…" Sol whispered to herself as the memory of her run in the forest flowed back inside her head.

With a load roar, Muspell charged at her and prepared one of its arms to squash the little Solar Girl on her place. Sol quickly saw this and rolled to the other side in order to dodge, making sure she didn't do it too much unless she wanted to fall in the hot lava. Considering that Muspell's body is made from iron, one smack from his little arms will break her bones to pieces. Plus, her movement is limited thanks to the lava right below the platform under them. So she had to extra careful if she wanted to make out this battle alive.

Finally standing up from her seat, Sol pulled out the Gun Del Sol from its gun case and shoot out multiple Solar Shot at Muspell's direction. Unlike what those Solar Shots do to undead, it seems that this time, her Solar Gun could only do a small damage toward this iron golem. She also think of using her sword but then she realize that it would be dangerous because of their distance. So right now, she only can count on the Gun Del Sol, wishing that its remaining battery will make it until the end of the battle.

Realizing that he didn't hit his target, Muspell turn around to face Sol. He let out another roar before slamming both of his arms on the ground. The force was enough to make a light explosion around him and shake the floor below them.

Sol, unprepared from that attack, lost her balance and fall flat on the floor. She closed both of her eyes shut and put a hand on her forehead wishing that the slight dizziness she felt will fade away as fast as it can. Before she could open her eyes, the same felling inside her warned her about something from above. Without having a second thought, she took a step back dodging that something. It was a giant rock from above and more of it are falling at her direction. Sol did her best to dodge them all without minding the sharp pain that she felt every time she tried to move her left leg. As she dodged the last falling rocks, a loud rumbling noise snapped her back to reality. Looking behind, her face suddenly filled with horror.

"Oh dear…" she whispered and quickly ran.

Behind her is Muspell on his ball form, chasing her nonstop. She tried running in different way. From increasing her speed, zigzag, curve, straight, but no matter what she does, Muspell still tries to chase her and there's no sign of slowing down either. In addition, their limited space made it hard for Sol to dodge Muspell's rolling.

Without any sign of slowing down either, Sol pointed her Gun Del Sol behind, making sure that it will hit the giant iron golem that was chasing her. she clicked the trigger of it, sending a solar shot on his direction. like what happen before, the Solar Shot didn't deal a very high damage but at least it is enough to make Muspell stop chasing her. Sol turned around to check Muspell's next move while trying to catch her breath. However, something is wrong.

Muspell's body start to glow in purple color. Was it Property change? Or rather a special attack? She don't know. But no matter what is it, she had to be prepared. Especially since she could feel that the Gun Del Sol is about to run out of battery. Muspell finally stop glowing but the result of its glow made Sol stomped her right feet in anger.

"OH, COME ON!"she shouted before continue to run once again.

So what happened? Its nothing more than Muspell actually divide himself in to three normal size golems and now, there are three golems that was chasing the young Solar Girl. As she ran on her full speed, she felt another sharp pain from her wounded left leg. Not only that, she felt like it can give up on carring his body weight anytime soon. So instead of continuing to run in a straight direction, she jumped at the left side of the field, avoiding the golem. As expected, she didn't land pretty well. It's thanks to her leather armor that she don't get any scratch on her chest because of her fall. She took a glance at the golems that was chasing her but something is wrong.

"Huh?" she asked herself, adjusting the headband on her forehead. 'That's weird… they're not chasing me? Are they just running in random direction? Or they can't actually see me?' she keep on making her observation while slowly standing up from the ground.

'Hmm… I wonder…' she thought again and using the metal plating of her boots, she made a loud noise that was enough for all those golems to hear.

All three golems stoped on their tracksand now aim for one direction: the location where the young Solar Girl stands. Instead of showing any fear, Sol just stand there like she doesn't care about the three iron golems charging at his direction. when she notice their small distance, Sol finally decided to dodge by doing her usual cartwheel move. As expected, the three golems ran over each other, which she is sure that that dealed a high damage. The three golems glowed in purple color once again and this time they all gathered together forming Muspell's former appearance.

Once again, Muspell rolled into ball and charged at Sol's direction. Sol was preparing to run but when she move her left feet behind, she notice that she was just one step away from the lava. Great. She's cornered. There's no way for her to escape.

'Unless…' she thought and waited for Muspell. When he's close, she quickly move to the right and ran behind him. The young Solar Girl looked at Muspell and saw that he was about to fall from the lava. He spun both of his iron arms in order to maintain his balance but that will be hard because of his body weight.

Seeing the opportunity, Sol pointed her Gun Del Sol at Muspell's back. With its very last energy left, she pulled the trigger of the gun but for some odd reason, the Gun Del Sol didn't release its infamous Solar Spread. Rather its like a Solar Shot gathering more energy from the very end of its battery.

"Why don't you try to make a splash?" and with that said, she finally let go of the trigger, sending a Solar Shot on Muspell's back.

The Solar Shot is a little different from the other Solar Shot she made since its much more bigger and it was much more powerful for just a single shot to push her whole body five inches from her previous position. But on the good side, it has a really strong force for one single shot to push a giant Iron Golem in the pool of lava.

It takes Muspell a lot of time inside that lava. Until one lava geyser pushed his iron body from the pool of lava. Muspell's body landed in the center of the room with smoke escaping out from his body. The inverted triangle on his head start losing its crimson red glow as well as his arms start falling on the ground.

Thinking that it was already over, Sol picked the blue card from the pocket of her grey skirt and raised it in the air.

"ELEFAN!" she shouted. In less than a second, Muspell's body was now inside the living coffin. The coffin shaked for a couple of times until it finally calmed down. Elefan is now waiting for Sol to pull the chain but something is wrong.

"Pao?"

Sol stared at the Gun Del Sol on her hand, which doesn't have any more energy stored on its battery. On this state, the gun might be useless but for some odd reason, the young Solar Girl still stare at it curiously.

"Is something wrong, Sol?" Otenko asked while appearing behind her.

"Its just… the Gun Del Sol… it released a Solar Shot I never saw before. Worst, it looks like I'm not in myself while doing so… is this gun… can do more than a shot and spread?"

"Gun Del Sol is not an ordinary weapon so it can do more than you can imagine." Otenko started. "It's attack depend on how strong its wielder is or the lens that was equiped to it. We can worry about that later. We can't leave an Immortal like that. We have to purify him with using the Pile Driver."

"Right." Sol obeyed her master's order as she grab the chain attatched on Elefan.

Part 8

Sol finally dragged the coffin to the same location where she entered the Firetop Mountain. She let out a sigh of relief as she lean on the rock wall. Even with Elefan's legs, Muspell is super hard to drag along. Its far more heavier than the Count's coffin! Plus the wound on her left leg doesn't help in the situation. Oh, how she wanted to see the full moon already.

As the sunlight welcomed her skin, she realized that she haven't charge her Gun Del Sol yet. pulling the Gun Del Sol from its gun case with her left hand, she let go of the chain and raised her right hand in the air, making sure that the Sunlight will hit her palm.

"TAIYOU!" She shouted and the ray of sunshine hit her body once again, filling the battery of the gun one her hand. When she felt it was full once again, she grab the chain once again and start dragging the coffin toward the center of the Pile Driver.

The Pile Driver give out it natural glow as she put the coffin in the middle. Firing a regular Solar Shot on each generator like the usual, she walked on the southern part of the circle, raised her hand in the air and do the usual thing.

"TAIYOU!"

The same rumbling noise rang on her ears and the generators turned the sunlight into laser that hit the coffin that contain Muspell's body. Muspell let out a loud roar as the pain on of those solar laser hit his body. The purple smoke start to pop out from the coffin making Sol grab her gun once again and prepare for the ectoplasm to make its first move.

(Believe me, I tried to write the Battle Drive but I kinda feel that I'm repeating the same thing all over again so I will skip all the Battle Drives starting with this chapter…)

Part 9

The battle drive is over and all the generators return back to the ground. Sol picked up the blue card in the center of the Pile Driver but she notice something under the card. An item that seems to be so familiar but at the same time, the first time she saw it.

It's a glass. A vermilion colored glass that shine brightly at the sun's rays. The young Solar Girl grabbed the mysterious glass from the ground and stare at it to examine it more. She cannot find the reason why. Why does she feel that she know this foreign item? Until reality hit her.

'Wait a minute…'She asked to herself using her thoughts and grab the Gun Del Sol and look at the yellow glass on the top of the gun. Looking back and forth at the glass attached to the gun itself and the strange glass on her hand, she finally realize what is the mystery item. It was…

"You did it!" Otenko's voce made her snap back to reality. "You didn't only purify the Dark Guardian, you also retrieve back the Flame Lens! Well done, Solana!"

'So this is the Flame Lens?' She thought. 'I wonder how powerful this thing is. More importantly, I wonder how to change the Gun Del Sol's lens?'

"Anyway, let's go to the west. We must purify the second guardian in order to reach the Sol City."

"Right." Was her only reply before she and Otenko leaved the Firetop Mountain.

'Maybe I can figure out the Gun Del Sol's secret on the way…'