H28 Beast of the Tibetan Mountains

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**Beast of the Tibetan Mountains**, the 28th book in the The Golden Age of Adventures series was published in September 2019. It is the English language edition of the original Chinese comic, "**罗刹雪狮子"**, which was published in June 2019.

## Synopsis

AIMING FOR THE TOP! ON A MISSION TO RESCUE RAFAEL!

In order to locate his brother Rafael, Fenrir pulls a daring move and abducts the Void. At first, Alex and Lulu give chase, but then decide to join Fenrir on his quest to Tibet instead. However, Hank manages to track them down and starts fighting with Fenrir. Amid the tussle, Hank encounters his parents' murderer...

## Cast

* Alex
* Lulu
* The red demon
* Fenrir
* Hank

## Plot

***Spoiler warning!** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

### Chapter 1: A Familiar Face

In Hank's Mothership's holding cell, Woe tells Alex he may be a creature of violence if he doesn't control his IBYon cells. In the maintenance bay, Butler tells Alex he, Woe and the Void will be sent to the Global Alliance for Humanity HQ. Lydia is there to verify something with Alex. Jones, Axe and Benny have captured the Ferocious Four's men and recovered the World Adventure Union's secret files.

During lunch, Alex fails to change his finger's shape like how Akhator and Adolf Hitler did with their bodies. He decides to see the Void after that to get information only he knows, but he is gone! Alex sets the alarms. He and Lulu chase after the submarine with the Void. As Hank activates his jets, they explode, due to one of his workers' doing. That worker stole the Void and reveals himself to Alex and Lulu to be Fenrir.

### Chapter 2: Search for Shambhala

Fenrir tranquilises Alex and Lulu. Fenrir needs the Void's abilities, abilities of the Blood Clan, to remove Rafael from his body. Fenrir "borrowed" Lil' B's Shambhala portal compass.

After parting ways with Sally, Fenrir searched for a Shambhala portal. He went to many ancient places, but the compass did not work. He remembered a portal has already been found: the one in Tibet's clouds. He went to Lhasa, and the compass responded, but the portal had been destroyed. He returned to Lhasa to make preparations, which was when he heard news of Alex defeating the Void. Fenrir needs the Void's help before he is locked up for good.

Alex will help him, because eventhough Rafael was an enemy, he had an adventure together. Lulu follows too. The red demon silently follows them. Five hours later off the coast of China, Hank reads Alex's note saying he needs to use the Void. Hank tells Butler to prepare his terrestrial battle armour.

### Chapter 3: Pentagram

Fenrir teaches Alex how to control his IBYon cells. The team reach Gongburi Mountain, where they will rest. Monkeys take Lulu's food. Lulu transforms into a cat and follows the monekys into a small entrance of a rock. Lulu comes out, telling Alex and Fenrir there are lotuses under there. The Shambhala portal compass seems to react under there. The team digs up the snow, revealing a puzzle. They need to put ten people in five lines with four people per row. Alex uses the food to get the monkeys positioned in a star.

### Chapter 4: Snow Lion

The team goes down the hole. They walk through a cave with the wall having carvings of monkeys turning into humans. Legend goes: a Rakshasi fell in love with a monkey who was a disciple of Avalokiteshvara. If the monkey refused to marry the Rakhsasi, she would marry with a male ogre and give birth to countless ogres which would destroy the land. The monkey agreed, then three years later, there were 500 monkey offsprings. Soon after, all the fruits have been eaten. Avalokiteshvara gave the monkey some seeds. The monkey planted them, which quickly grew into grains. The monkeys boiled and consumed them, turning them into humans.

The team enter a field of grains from the legend. They approach a place of clouds, where a snow lion emerged and released its blizzard. The team retreat. Alex thinks force should be used, but Fenrir decides to find alternatives.

### Chapter 5: The Smartest Child

The team find more carvings, a continuation of the legend. The now-human offspring left to live elsewhere, making the Rakhsasi sad and angry. She and her husband fled to the realm of the spirit via a snow lion through the divine gate. Some of the offspring wanted to follow them, but the snow lion blocked them. Only the smartest could gain her forgiveness. Whosoever pushes the giant ding will be considered the smartest and will meet their mother. None of them managed, so they left.

Alex plans to use shadow tricks to solve the ding puzzle. Lulu pushes it while the light moves, making the shadow look like Lulu is pushing the ding. A pot with a lotus shoots out. The lotus is shown to the snow lion. It changes it expression to joy and takes the team to the puzzle in the clouds. Alex has also taken the grains. Since they turned the monkeys into humans, he can use them to break Lulu's curse. Lulu has completely forgotten about it.

### Chapter 6: No. 2 Vs No. 3

Hank arrives in his terrestrial battle armour. He agrees to Fenrir's duel. Fenrir launches his hand to Hank's face, then circles around him, tying him with his rope. He is unable to damage Hank between armour plates. Hank isn't your average armoured fighter. Fenrir jumps away from Hank's punch. In the air, Fenrir is pushed by Hank. Hank fires behind Fenrir. With Fenrir weakened, Hank demands to return the Void to him.

### Chapter 7: Return to Shambhala

Fenrir tells Hank if he doesn't send the Void to the Alliance, the Mothership will be prohibited from usage, so Hank can't search for the red demon. Fenrir also wants to avenge Hank's parents, since he has adventured with them before. He solves the puzzle, transporting everyone into the same Shambhala map room before.

Hank is disappointed in Fenrir for going back on his word. Fenrir convicnes him he has actually seen the red demon. Lulu sees the red demon atop the stairs. Hank sees one of its horns has been cut. He remembers Yanasha giving him a horn after the Akhator War. Filled with rage, he fires his missiles at the demon. The demon covers them up in water. the missiles explode on the inside.

### Chapter 8: Red Demon

The demon goes through the portal. Hank follows. Fenrir, Alex and Lulu follow then. Through the portal is three red demons: one from Giant Clam Island, a muscular one and a winged one. Upon seeing Alex, the winged demon opens a portal. The team is transported to another realm. Alex picks up Hank's helmet and goes to give it back, but Hank... IS A WOMAN?!