The Future of Princess Sabina
Chapter 58: A Brutal Ascension.

We walked towards the ash of Banaba Island volcano carefully. There was not much to say, and besides, the gas masks covering our faces made it impossible to have a proper conversation. I thought about Dante Inferno, and my various depictions of hell. I realized that being around this erupting volcano, was the closest to hellfire on earth. Thick, hot sulfur gas burned my skin, and a yellowish powder of sulfur dust covered my entire body.

My only comfort is that the volcanic eruption did not destroy Banaba Island. Instead, human greed and phosphate mining had ravaged the surrounding islands decades earlier, and in some way, the, it is the proper end that nature reclaims what humanity has destroyed.

When we reached the summit of the erupting volcano, Martin removed his gas mask and exclaimed, "Give me the Zeto Crystal!". I handed the crystal over to Martin, and he wrapped it into a mysterious veil that sparkled like a thousand stars. Martin began chanting mantras in Zetan, which I recognized because of my connection to the True Creator, even though I did not understand it. When the chant was over, Martin threw the crystal, still wrapped in a glowing veil, down into the dome-shaped volcanic crater. After this, he fell to the ground and started coughing up blood from inhaling poisonous fumes.

Immediately after, the ground shook violently for a few seconds, and then suddenly stopped, and no more smoke came out from the rapidly cooling volcano. Using abseiling ropes, I walked half way down to the volcano crater and was amazed by what I saw. The magma on the volcano had solidified, revealing the bright orange and gleaming gold color of the gleaming solid ground, and just above the dense volcanic rock, was a Zeto Crystal raised in the air, sparkling, sparkling, and it emits the strongest blue light of the light. That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

"Does that work?" Martin shouted from the top of the crater at me.

" Yes! Thas right. I've never seen that Zeto crystal so the energy before, I'm shining very bright!” I exclaimed in amazement.

"Down, take the energy crystals and give them to me. I don't have much time left, ” Martin gasped before fainting.

I looked down at the volcano, the crystal was still ten meters down, and I was not a good climber. But then again, there's not much reason for me to be afraid. If I fall and break my bones, I just need to get the energy from the crystal, and it will heal me.

Overcoming my fear of heights, I walked up to the shining Zeto Crystal. When I took it, I felt really strong, and I realized that the energy level was almost at its full potential. Holding the Zeto Crystals, I immediately jumped 10 meters from the bottom of the crater and landed close to Martin Al-Sham. Martin was unconscious and breathing weakly.

I am caught in a dilemma. I don't want to save Martin's life, but if not, how can I save Alex? I realized that with my internet hacking abilities, and my knowledge of Martin's real name, I could access the Dark Net and potentially find some clues. But I don't know how long it took to find and rescue Alex before Martin's accomplices learned that something was wrong.

I searched Martin's pants, and I found his phone. When I open it with his fingerprint, it is automatically called a number. An Asian woman answered the phone. "Hello. Martin is that you? " Hearing that voice, I froze. What have I done? The voice spoke again: “Sabina. If anything happens to Martin, Alex will die! "

Hearing this, I panicked. I brought Martin back to life with Zeto Kristal, and I handed him the phone. "Tell Elaine that you're okay" I hissed at her.

“I never promised to protect you when you got hurt. You are a cold-blooded killer, and you kidnapped my husband, ” I replied coldly. "If you knew the truth, you'd be more eager to keep me alive. Anyway, how lucky it is for Alex that I am still alive, ” Martin said. “What truth? I doubt much of the truth comes from your duplicate lips! " I answered with annoyance.

Martin shook his head and replied, “Such anger from a very young thing! Your passionate attitude reminds me of someone I am... ” Martin bites his lips and says nothing more.

"What are you talking about, you freak?" I asked angrily.

"You might remind me of my youth, " Martin replied attentively. " But this is enough. I need to arrange a helicopter to take us to our next destination. The Pyramid of Kiribati! ”

I didn't answer. Martin called the helicopter rental company via his satellite phone, and an hour later, a helicopter came to take us to our next destination.