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Chapter 11 - Chapter 11: The Secret of the Fire Temple and the Dark Map

RiFat inserted the golden key into the ancient lock of the Fire Temple and the heavy stone doors opened with a blinding flash of red light. Inside the temple the air was heavy with the smell of sulfur and magic but they did not find a monster waiting for them. Instead they saw a giant stone map of the whole world floating in the center of the hall and it was covered in glowing purple, lines. Ayon touched the map with his staff and he realized that the lines were showing the paths of all the dark spirits who were moving towards the capital of Nigari. This was not just a temple for fire but it was a secret control room for the Shadow King to watch everyone on the planet. Suddenly the Myna bird started to scream because the map began to show a red dot exactly where they were standing. The Shadow King now knew their location and

the floor beneath them started to turn into a deep whirlpool of dark sand. RiFat held the Sulemani Tabiz tightly and he felt a vision of his past life as Sinbad where he had fought a similar trap many centuries ago. He realized that the only way to destroy the map was to use the heat of the volcano itself against the temple walls. He stabbed his Spiritual Sword, into the ground and commanded the lava to rise and consume the dark magic of the map. The whole building started to crumble as the fire and shadows fought each other and the explosion threw RiFat and Ayon out of the temple and into the air. They were falling towards the hot lava below but the Phoenix they had saved earlier appeared from the clouds and caught them on its back. As they flew away they saw the Fire Temple vanish"

into the volcano and the dark map was destroyed forever. However RiFat saw one last image on the map before it broke which showed a secret gate hidden inside a frozen mountain in the North. The journey was becoming even more dangerous because now the Shadow King was personally coming, To, hunt them down.

The Whispers of the Frozen Kingdom?

The Phoenix carried RiFat and Ayon far away from the heat of the fire land and they landed on a beach where the sand was white as salt. The air was getting colder every minute and the magical compass was now shaking violently in RiFat's hand. He knew that the next challenge would be in the land.

of ice and snow where the Sun never rose and the ghosts of the past lived in the wind. Ayon looked at his staff and saw that it was now glowing with a soft blue light to help them survive the freezing weather. They had no winter clothes but the Phoenix gave them two magical cloaks made of its golden.

feathers which would keep them warm in any blizzard. As they walked towards the mountains they heard a strange voice whispering their names from the shadows of the trees. It was not a monster but a small ice fairy who told them that the Shadow King had already frozen the heart of the North Queen. If the Queen remained frozen the whole world, them that the Shadow King had already frozen the heart of the North Queen. If the Queen remained frozen the whole world would eventually become a giant block of ice and all life would end. RiFat felt a sharp pain in his chest and he realized that the Sulemani Tabiz was warning him of an. invisible enemy hiding in the snow. Someone was watching them from the peaks of the mountains and this person had a sword that looked exactly like RiFat's own weapon.

Is there another Sinbad?' Ayon asked with fear in his eyes as they saw a dark figure standing on a cliff above them. The figure jumped down and landed with a sound like breaking ice and he revealed his face which was exactly like RiFat's face. It was a shadow clone of RiFat created by the Shadow King to destroy him from the inside. The shadow Sinbad drew his dark sword and the air around them turned into a storm of black ice.

crystals. This was the ultimate shock for RiFat because he had to fight himself to save the world. The battle between the light and the shadow had finally begun in the most terrifying way possible.

The Mirror of Souls and the Frozen Nightmare

The landing on the white salt beach was only the beginning of a cold nightmare that RiFat could never have imagined in his wildest dreams. As they stepped away from the warmth of the Phoenix the wind started to howl like a hungry beast and it carried the scent of ancient ice and forgotten spirits. Ayon shivered and pulled his magical feather cloak tighter around his shoulders while the, the biting frost. The magical compass in RiFat's hand was no longer pointing north but was spinning in circles as if the very concept of direction had frozen solid in this land. Every step they took left a deep mark in; the snow and the silence of the mountains was broken only by the strange metallic whispers coming from the shadows of the ice caves.Suddenly a thick black mist began to rise from the ground and it started to take the shape of a giant mirror that stretched across the entire valley. RiFat looked into the mirror and saw his own reflection but something?was wrong because the reflection was not moving when he moved.

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