H17 Secrets of the Moving Island

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**Secrets of the Moving Island**, the 17th book of The Golden Age of Adventures series, was published in November 2017. It is the English language edition of the original Chinese comic, **航行巨壳岛** which was published in May 2017.

## Synopsis

AIMING FOR THE TOP! DISCOVERING MARIE AND FENRIR'S PAST!

To transfer Fenrir's soul out of a golem, Sally is invited to repair the Soul Transfer Machine. Marie then becomes curious about Sally's relationship with Alex and Lulu, but it is her relationship with Fenrir that becomes the topic of focus. Is there more to Marie and Fenrir's friendship than meets the eye?

## Cast

* Fenrir
* Marie Wright
* Sally
* Goken
* Ming Kong

## Plot

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

### Chapter 1: That Fateful Year

At the Iron Heart castle in England, Sally is unable to fix the Soul Transfer Machine. Marie demands Ming Kong to tell her where Alex is. He doesn't know, so he says Sally was the last to say goodbye. She says he was going to Richard's concert. Rita and Rica have found a poster in the newspaper, showing the concert will be held on next Tuesday in Texas, USA. They and Marie are off.

Ming Kong asks Fenrir if he's Marie's mentor. Fenrir replies he met her during World War II. Goken remembers his grandfather saying adventurers were banned at that time, for fear they were spies in disguise. Fenrir starts to tell the story of how he met Marie.

Ten years ago in an antique shop in Thailand, the shopkeeper did not remember who sold a Blood Clan mask to him. Fenrir offered cash, and his memories came back. The shopkeeper wrote it down on paper and gave it to Fenrir.

At the airport, Fenrir boarded a Wright Airways plane. Marie made an announcement: the plane flies 5 000 meters higher than fighter jets and the armour is five times stronger than an average plane, so no one had to worry about the ongoing war. While the plane had already lifted, Marie had a conversation with Fenrir. Meanwhile, a passenger took out his pen, which was actually a gun.

### Chapter 2: Uninhabited Island

Marie stated all adventurers are boorish and uncivilised, especially President Robert and Jones, and they are all certified grave robbers. It is also disrespectful to break into ancient tombs. The man with the pen-gun held a stewardess hostage, as well as some other men who have done it. All they wanted was the Wrights' technology, so the Third Reich can rule the skies. Marie beat them with karate, muay thai and koppojutsu.

Another man has bombs in shoes. Fenrir punched him. He slashed an opening and threw the bombs out, destroying the right wing. Marie went to the piloting room and landed on an uninhabited island.

### Chapter 3: Uninvited Guests

Fenrir gave the children a mathematic quiz while the adults helped out. The Nazis have been tied up to a tree. A geologist gave a warning to Marie: the neat markings on the ground means the island is actually a...

The surface rises and crabs appear. A crab has caught a mother and her baby. Marie threw four blades to the pincer holding the mother. The crab managed to run off. Marie followed it, Fenrir too. A tentacle shot out of the water and they both fell...

### Chapter 4: Eight-Armed Boxer

...into the water. The geologist was certain the island was actually a huge shellfish. Fenrir fought the tentacles. Marie found a whip in a treasure box on a ship. She whipped the sail, making fall on the octopus. Fenrir put Marie in his back and jumped to a ledge up high. In a cave they saw the mother crab and the baby lying near it, crying.

### Chapter 5: Saving Baby Anne

Fenrir went after the crabs and Marie went to rescue the baby, Anne. Fenrir used his wolf abilities to cut off one of the mother crab's pincers. The crabs fled after witnessing his monstrous wolf aura. He and Marie took Anne out to tend to her small cuts. The tide was high, so couldn't exit from where they came in. They walked up stairs to a maze. To exit, they must find five red jade rings through the maze. They have found four and saw the last one in sight. Marie went to grab it, but Fenrir realised something.

### Chapter 6: Multi-Legged Beasts

A giant centipede popped out of the ground. It crashed a wall, revealing a door and a place to put the rings. Marie put them in and the door opened. Another centipede popped out from the top. Marie spun her whip to kill it. Fenrir pushed her through the door while the other centipede was chasing them. Fenrir was in the middle of transforming. He ran away. Marie followed him to a place where there were Chinese pirate ships. She encountered a peculiar cave. Inside, she saw a red humanoid creature chained to a chair.

### Chapter 7: Unknown Creature

The creature also had large teeth stabbed into it. Marie went nearer and nearer. Fenrir saved her before the creature could touch her. Fenrir believed Cheung Po Tsai locked this creature, since the surname Cheung was on the flags of the ships. Cheung Po Tsai was a notorious pirate from the Qing Dynasty. Fenrir planned to report this to the World Adventure Union once he and Marie escaped.

They found a room with cannons. There was also a steering wheel. Fenrir theorised the island is moving mega-fortress. In a treasure box, Marie found an oil bottle, a compass, two parchments and a tangram. (Tangram is an ancient Chinese geometrical puzzle comprising of seven sections. They can be arranged to form different things.) One of the parchments translated to: "To control the giant clam, form its predator with the tangram." What preys on clams?

### Chapter 8: Moving Island

Starfish? Walrus? Pelican? The answer is the crane! Oil was poured into the receptacle. Fenrir puts the key into the keyhole. Light shone. The crane tangram was put on the light, and the clam started moving away from it. Another parchment said a mechanism prevented the clam from clamming up. This adventure inspired Marie to become an adventurer, so she wanted Fenrir to mentor her. Fenrir declined. The Philippine rescue team found everyone on the island the next day. Because of her insistence, Fenrir went on few adventures with Marie. And that is the end of Fenrir's story.

Ming Kong asks what happened to the giant clam and Goken asks about the creature. Fenrir had reported to the Union. They sent six experienced adventurers - two were Morgan and Natasha Nansen, Hank's parents - to investigate. They were all killed, and the creature escaped. Only a blurry image of the creature was left. This incident was called the Bloodstained Incident of Giant Clam Island. The island is now in the South China Sea under the Union's supervision. Goken thinks Hank started adventuring to seek revenge.

At a beach in Hawaii, Alex has prepared food. Lulu plays around with the red jade rings Marie gave her. She also eats all the food, so Alex has to cook again. In Texas, Richard is tied to a chair and can only be released if he tells Marie where Alex is.

## X-Venture Continuity

* Cheung Po Tsai, Giant Clam Island, the mysterious creature, the Bloodstained Incident of Giant Clam Island and Hank's motive for becoming an adventurer will play an important part in Season 3.
	+ The panel showing the creature's chair being empty shows one of its horns on the ground. Queen Yanasha gave this horn to Hank in H12 Defender of the Earth.