Story and Comics

## Yeti Rush Series

### 【Ruby's Diary 】 11th December The Survivor's Camp

The snowfall this year is terribly heavy, and even the wind is surprisingly stronger than before. As the new year draws near, several consecutive snowstorms have blocked the road, making transportation unavailable for people in the camp. Maybe the cold days make it easier to feel the warmth inside those guys here. When night falls, people will tell stories sitting around the stove. I have made quite a few friends this year. They are the brave survivors of this lost world, just like I am. That girl with yellow hair is Boney. She prefers to eat chocolates under quilts secretly, and always smears chocolates on her hair. The girl with pink tattoos on her face and babydoll dress is called Clownie. Don't let her looks fool you, she is bad-tempered. See that guy with fire on his head? He is Lu Bu, a dragon-slayer and adventurer from the east, with formidable power. That pumpkin-masked man is Jack, a weird fellow who tells jokes that can bore you to death. Someone says he wears the musk to hide his hideous face. People call him "Pumpkin Head".

Jason is the one with the spooky white mask on. Not a talker, but someone to be reckoned with. It's said that when he was 14, he fell into a fissure of the Dark World when hunting on a mountain. It's the fissure where the Megadragon lived, but he came back without a single scratch. People are becoming somewhat panicking these days. The snowstorm is becoming stronger. Maybe the legendary Giant Yeti is really coming. Camp Book said there is a cave in the depth of the snow mountain, and a magic item that can protect the camp from the Yeti was hidden there. Jason called on us to search for it. I could not decide...

### 【Ruby's Diary 】 13th December The Yograd Mountains

Fine, I must admit I couldn't say no to serious Jason. Since everyone agreed to search for the magic item, I didn't want to be the only coward. We had walked through the snow for two days. Jason said that we just kept walking along the Yograd Mountains and would reach the cave. I loathe these silly jokes of Jack's. You will never know how much I want to press his pumpkin head into the snow.

Luckily, I got some chocolate from Boney and the cat-paw gloves from Clownie to keep myself warm... Grim, horrible, cold, hungry... Why would I choose to leave the stove on the camp and come here just to look brave?

Back to reality, as we moved forward, the snowstorm became heavier and my weird feeling grew stronger. Yesterday I tripped and then looked down to find a shield of a missing survivor of the camp... My mind was excited by the heavy smell of blood and the air of unknown danger floating in the wind. Shrill howls were heard from short and long distances and with high and low pitches... Even worse, I could feel that something was on our tail.

"Oh my god... What's that..."

### 【Ruby's Diary】 14th December In the Depth of the Snow Mountain

This trip can inspire me to write a novel! Just as I said, don't get out because it's dangerous out there! Ladies' gut feeling! My hairstyle was a mess and I even lost a shoe when fleeing for my life. Luckily I had run fast, otherwise, I would lose another fox tail! Damn Yeti, next time I will hurt you really bad!

That cold Jason even didn't try to protect a lady! And that big-head Jack always blocked my way! If we follow the map all the way, the destination should be near. After I find the magic item, I will have three bowls of mushroom soup and sleep for three days. Nonono, I should tell the villagers of the camp how dangerous the trip is and how brave Ruby is!

"Hey! Look! What's that? "

### 【Ruby's Diary】 15th December In the Depth of the Snow Mountain

When the Pumpkin Head was telling his silly jokes, the sky turned dark, and the solid earth split. Boiling lava burned and flowed underground. Cold winds were blowing, howls and the deafening noise of earth breaking sounded. Darkness was about to swallow us.

"My god!!! Ghost! "

"Stop screaming! Coward! "

"Don't panic! Wait!"

"Look! What's that? " Boney panicked and pointed to the flickering "thing" inside distant dark clouds. A cold ray of white light pierced through endless dark clouds as if to split the sky. Lava broke the earth's surface and sprayed into the sky like giant waves. It roared and howled like a newborn power and wish that would reform this world with its destructive strength. We vaguely saw a pair of wings descending from the sky. After calm returned to everything—dark clouds dissipated and lava ebbed, we saw the face under the wings. It's a face with a little devil air and much more innocence. Red and blue eyes, gold and black hair. A weird color combination like a black-gold lotus flower.

"Where is this place? " We surprisingly heard a childish voice from this cold and naive face. "Who are you? " When the wings of the angel descent from the sky, The new King of the North Night came with lava...

### 【Epilogue -- The Counterattack in the Snow】

“We have the Blood Moon! Brothers, it’s time to fight back!”

As the Yeti was closing up the distance, a cold smirk appeared on Lu Bu’s face. With a deafening roar, Lu Bu swept his Heaven Scorcher Halberd towards the Yeti, flames burning at its tip. However, the Yeti was surprisingly fast for its enormous size, as it dodged Lu Bu’s attack in one move.

Then, Jason shouted “Chaos”, and his Buster Sword thrusted at the Yeti in several bloody strikes like a serpent. But the Yeti didn’t try to evade the attack. As the “serpent” was about to stab it between the eyebrows, it waved its arms and summoned countless giant snowballs. The rain of snowballs came smashing down at the heroes like boulders in the mountain. At that crucial moment, Boney summoned a legion of skeletons with a wave of his arms. The wrathful skeletons rushed to the incoming snowballs head-on. As the two forces collided, an explosion was created, and its shockwave pushed the two sides back a few meters after the loud bang.

“Now!” Jack shouted. While the Yeti was still in a daze due to the candy explosion, Ruby, Boney, Clownie, Jason, and Lu Bu leaped forward. As Rube threw the dark star in hand, a rain of fire fell from the sky. The raging Yeti could do nothing but roar in the blaze. In hasty steps, Clownie chased up to the Yeti with a following attack. After a barbaric scream, the Yeti was left with a deep blood-spilling wound. Then, magic broke out beneath Lucifer’s feet. Immense magic surged around him. Flapping his wings, he suddenly flew up a few feet above the ground. The blood-infused Blood Moon came slashing down from the sky.

Finally, with a mighty rumble, the Yeti was no more. The tide of battle was determined in an instant. As the beast collapsed to the ground, 7 figures stood tall in the afterglow."

### 【Lucifer's Diary 】23rd December Camp

We finally got rid of the Yeti. After the snow cleared, the full moon hung in the sky. The ground was white, and silver light glistened in the sky. Thick white frost could be seen on the needles of pines, and the joys of victory could be sniffed in the cooking smoke of the camp. It was my first Christmas with my new friends at the camp since I had woken up. Everything around me was unfamiliar but warm. I was a little nervous, but also excited.

Who am I? They call me Lucifer, the most powerful Seraph from the light of dawn, the demon god from hell who holds the [Sin of Pride]. There is always a thin line between black and white, as well as good and evil. And I, the angel among demons, is indeed a shade of gray in this world. I disdain those hypocrites in power who only pretend to serve justice. And I cannot accept the notorious intruders lurking in dark corners. Slept for a thousand years, I should have fallen into darkness, cursed by countless people. But I was summoned by the cries of the survivors that pierced through the night. I woke up in the lava underground and stood tall in the howling snow on the top of the Yograd Mountains. In this lost world, when I met the group of people in front of me, I finally found my own creed: Lucifer will never betray, it is my mission to guard the camp, and I shall bring back the dawn.

Ruby said that on the day I woke up, the earth cracked and lava tumbled. A sea of red clouds rose with endless waves. Yet I have no memory of it at all. I can only vaguely remember that when I woke up, I saw the surprise, curiosity, and delight in the eyes of this group of strangers who showed me no harm."

## Evil Dragon Series

### 【Clownie's diary 】7th January 2023 Camp

Strange incidents have been occurring in the nearby village recently. There's an evil ghost that kidnaps children. Five or six kids have gone missing in the past few days.

This ghost always shows itself in the evening, but no one knows what it really looks like. The villagers say that every time this ghost appears, a thick shadow is cast behind the mountain, shrouding the pathway along it. The bushes next to the trees are blurred into clumps of dark shadows, swaying in the night wind and sending creepy rustles. At that time, the night becomes pitch dark. One cannot see a thing, as if immersed in the cold darkness of the bottom of the sea. Suddenly, a giant shadow flashes by with ghastly winds that sound like the scream of wraiths. Then, the child in the house disappears.

Jason has already arranged more patrols around the village but to no avail. What's stranger is that the Survivor Camp has sent out several teams to the mountain in search of trails of the children and the ghost. But not only are they not found, but the warriors also never return. It's like they just vanished.

Yesterday, Jason found a strange black scale in a corner of the village. Looks like it belongs to some kind of animal.

However, when Lucifer saw this scale, his pupils contracted violently, and fire seemed to burst out of his eyes. He pointed at the scale with his trembling index finger and said: "The demon of desire, the dragon of darkness..."

### 【Clownie's Diary】9th January 2023 Near the Black Cliffs

Lucifer said, although he had never seen a dragon, he heard that they were naturally afraid of light and liked to live in dark and damp places. Unsurprisingly, these evil and insidious creatures tend to cower in corners where the light doesn't shine.

The dragon scale that Jason found in the village became our only clue. With its guidance, we crossed the Yograd Mountains and the entire snowfield. Gradually, we approached the snowfield's border, and the white snow was slowly replaced by sand and rocks. Finally, a desolate world lay in our sight. Countless cold and giant stones stood tall, nauseating winds carried an untold stench, and bones were scattered everywhere in this gloomy purgatory. Suddenly, dark clouds gathered in the dim sky, and the last remaining moonlight was devoured. The air around was heavy, as if the sky was about to come crashing down. Aside from the howls of the wind, we could only hear our own breaths.

"There it is!" Suddenly, Lucifer shouted. Holding the Blood Moon, he spread his wings and rushed ahead. In the distance, a four-legged two-winged beast with a bat-like head and serpent-like body was charging at us with all hell's fury. That winged beast was black as a raven, about 500-600 feet long. A long tail full of barbs was hanging behind its bulky body, and a pair of eerie green snake eyes were staring at us viciously.

### 【Clownie's diary】 10th January 2023 Near the Dragon's Lair

After Lucifer gathered his angelic power and delivered the final strike, the dragon collapsed to the ground with a loud bang. Now that this beast is taken care of, the villagers' nightmare is finally over.

"Where's Ruby?"

"Look!" Boney pointed in the distance, and we saw the pink figure walking towards the dragon's lair like a puppet. No matter how hard we yelled, she had no response, but only moved forward as if without a mind of her own. She seemed to be covered in an eerie fog, which was like some sort of thick ink, obscuring us from seeing her clearly.

"No!" Lucifer shouted and ran towards the cave, as if foreseeing something bad was about to happen. So we all rushed with him towards Ruby.

The cave was immense, with an intimidating giant rock standing at the entrance like a judge of hell. We carefully entered the cave. It was dark, and the sound of ruby's footsteps was long gone. With the faint light of the fire, we saw strange rocks inside the cave, the stone walls were interlaced with claw marks of the giant beast, which were like eerie and horrible carvings of gods and monsters. We continued forward shouting Ruby's name, but still got no response.

Then, we came to somewhere extremely narrow. The path ahead was blocked by vines. My gut told me that all the answers must be behind these vines. When we cleared the obstruction, we were shocked by the scene in front of us: a 500-600 feet long, raven-black dragon was staring with obsession at the black crystal held in her arms. A bunch of huge fleshy wings were flapping behind her back. Her long tail was covered with palm-sized scales, reflecting the chilling light. Besides the dragon's feet, lay the pink Magic Hat that belonged to Ruby.

### The incomplete text in the Dragon's Lair

Angels and demons were never opposites. In the eyes of the people born in darkness but aspire to light, I too was a believer of justice who had faith in equality and praised freedom.

However, in the face of the injustice in the world, the changes in society, the hypocrisy of those in power, and the flattery of their followers, I was consumed by self-desire, torn apart by light and my inner rage. I no longer wanted to be bullied for being weak, trampled on for being poor, and belittled for being inferior. I wanted to possess absolute strength, power, and wealth, even if I had to oppose the entire world, and join allies with darkness, even if I would betray the ones I love, and leave my home.

Yes, humans are an animal of desire. They are driven by it. Those greedy, devious feelings cling to us like maggots from the moment we are born. And in the end...

The lips of an angel cannot resist the kiss of a demon. My body transformed into a shell that fell into the abyss. My soul tumbled in filthy flames. Eventually, I abandoned my faith, and, with a mask, immersed myself in the foul air of hatred, as well as the grotesque and hideous show that is all things. The sycophantic and sinister mock me as an evil spirit, monster, dragon...While I return with acrimony and brutal attacks. Sordid and ignoble, I tore down their gorgeous disguise.

I am not the first to become an evil dragon, of course, I will not be the last either...