H31 Master of the Swamp

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**Master of the Swamp**, the 31st book in the The Golden Age of Adventures series was published in June 2020. It is the English language edition of the original Chinese comic, "**灵木神主"**, which was published in March 2020.

## Synopsis

ALWAYS ON ADVENTURE! SEARCHING THE SWAMP!

After a fierce battle with one of the red creatures, Alex and his comrades finally return to the present day. In order to find out why the creature had attacked Alex, President Robert sends Axe to a haunted town to investigate. As Axe battles the denizens of the accrused town, another red creature appears...

## Cast

* Alex
* Lulu
* Bebe
* Axe
* Major Roger

## Plot

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

### Chapter 1: Meeting

The winged red demon awakes and signals three other demons. It then leaves through a portal.

Alex wakes up from his nightmare. The Void and the Neo-Nazi remnants are taken to prison by Global Alliance for Humanity forces. Lulu was the fastest to recover. Rafael is undergoing surgery. Fenrir and Hank are in a meeting with Robert.

Steel Fang decides for all of Shambhala's entrances to be destroyed. The power of space-time travel would be dangerous in the wrong hands. The red demons are also another problem. Pangu's axe has shattered. Axe studies the drawings of the demons made by Hank. He saw the deer one in the crocodile warriors' village.

### Chapter 2: Crocodile Warriors

During Axe's childhood, he climbed a giant crocodile statue where the deer demon symbol was.

Axe will go to the village, which is in the Everglades, Florida, with some Alliance soldiers. Lydia tells him to pick a card. Axe picks a dog sniffing something. It could represent him, a red demons or anyone connected to Alex. Lydia gives him a piece of Alex's hair.

Axe parachutes into the forest in the Everglades with Major Roger, Lieutenant Graham and Lieutenant Roy. On land, Roher detects something in the tall grass. It is Bebe and her crocodile Julie. The villagers, who have hunted near ghost town, came back ill. All the shorebirds flew away eventhough it's breeding season. The fishes have disappeared. The deer symbol on the crocodile statue is glowing.

### Chapter 3: Insects

Axe sees all the sick villagers. He'll send word to request for immediate medical assistance. Bebe's brother can rest easy now. Bebe takes Axe and his team to the crocodile statue.

Below the deer symbol is a puzzle. After solving it, the crocodile opens its mouth and releases insects. Roy is caught in the swarm. Graham releases fire and Roger knocks them out. Bebe notices the insects are heading towards ghost town. Bebe's brother forbids entering ghost town. The village's ancestors once lived there, but was then destroyed and cursed by the master of the swamp. Axe decides to go anyway because it the demon might be a global threat. Roy stays due to getting sick from the insects. Bebe takes Axe, Roger and Graham to ghost town on Julie.

### Chapter 4: Frogs

The team enter the foglands. Julie is sucked by frogs on her belly. Roger knocks each of them out. Graham shoots the back and side as there are croakings. The team arrive at a big wall. Graham shoots more frogs. A large tongue sticks onto Roger. It is from a vampirish frog.

### Chapter 5: The Smell of Blood

The frog jumps into the fog to dodge Axe's arrow. The frog's tongue stabs Bebe for a second. Roger goes into the fog to take care of it himself. As the tongue was about to touch him, he slams the frog's face. The frog calls more frogs. Roger slams all of them. The vampirish frog is then eaten by Julie. All Roger did was following the scent of the frog. After Axe solves the puzzle of the big wall, the wall opens and the poles suck the fog.

### Chapter 6: Long-Ears

The team see something. Axe realises it resembles Shambhala's map. Roger hops on the pillars immediately. On one pillar, it is pushed down. Axe realises there is a puzzle written on a rock hidden by the grass. The pillar that should be stepped on must be an animal that carries its home. The answer is the turtle, but Roger stepped on the lynx.

Giant fruits appear, releasing Long-Ears. Roger cuts one, but it splits in two. Graham activates his flamethrower. That wasn't enough. Graham and Roger are infected. Bebe is bit by a Long-Ears. Axe is beaten to a pulp.

### Chapter 7: Alex

Axe remembers Lydia's prophecy card. He shows Alex's hair to a Long-Ears, which then sniffs it. All of them howl, then they curl up into a ball of leaves. They burst revealing the deer red demon. It remembers Alex by sniffing his hair. It summons grapes, healing Axe when they burst. It shows Axe a demonstration with seeds and leaves. Alex will destroy the world because of his IBYon cells. The winged demon sent him to another world to remove the cells there.

### Chapter 8: Mysterious Man

The demon returns to slumber, leaving behind a crystal for Axe.

A week later, the villagers were healed with the grapes. Everything has returned to normal. The Shambhala map was studied. It was confirmed it can't work anymore. Steel Fang dismisses Axe and Roger. Roger returns to his hotel room. He calls his associate Spalding. Spalding tells Adventure King Sigurd Bodon that Roger has met the red observer, and he might meet the red gatekeeper.