chapter 0 (ZPS)

The zodiac patron saint: the decisive battle. Everest

Mount Everest is the main peak of the Himalayas, the highest mountain in the world, with an elevation of 8884. The summit was located in the middle of the Himalayas at the junction of Tibet and the Nepal in the Yanhuang Republic. The mountain is mainly composed of crystalline rocks. The glaciers are large, with more than 600 glaciers and an area of ​​1,600 square kilometers. It is the center of modern glaciers in low altitudes. There is a large ice tower in the middle and upper reaches of the ice tongue, which is a special form of glaciers in the Everest region. There are large ice peaks in the north, east and southwest of Mount Everest, making the Everest a pyramid-shaped big peak that rises 3,000 meters above the bottom peak. On the north slope of Mount Everest, at an altitude of 7450 meters, it is the boundary line between the snow and rocks. The upper part is steep due to the steep cliffs. The wind is strong, the ice and snow cannot accumulate over the bare rocks. The peak is often clouded. This is the unique meteorological phenomenon of Mount Everest, known as the qiyun.

At this time, on the northern slope of Mount Everest, at the junction of snow and rocks, there are more than a dozen people who were climbing fast. It is known that after more than seven kilometers above sea level, whether it is temperature or thin oxygen, no ordinary human can bare these factors. And the dozens of people who were climbing the mountain peaks seemed to be very relaxed, and they only wore casual clothes instead of special winter clothes.

The screaming winds of the mountains brought with them shredding snow. Among people who were walking, one fat man was somewhat dissatisfied “Boss, the battle is a decisive one. Why did you choose such a place? It is cold and uncomfortable up here.”

“Haven’t you heard about the legends of yore? Don’t you know about how Ximen and Ye Gucheng fought each other on the icy peaks to determine who the best swordsman is? So why can’t we fight this battle on Mount Everest? Boss, I support you,” said a handsome man. Despite the screeching winds, his voice was clearly passed into everyone’s ears.

“Shut up it’s already decided, and it isn’t that difficult to fight on a peak of more than 8,800 meters.” Said the leader of the group in a hoarse voice.

The man was wearing a dark red cloak that covered his entire body, including his head. If it wasn’t for his voice nobody could discern his gender

After passing the snowy part of the mountain, the group stepped on a rocky stage. In the absence of the slush of the snow, the winds continued its screeching however climbing was relatively easier.

A tall woman in the team, a woman n dressed in a blue said: “They should be coming from the south, Shouldn’t we hurry a bit? After all, this is the land of our Yanhuang Republic. How Can we let those outsiders arrive first?”

EDIT NOTE: the characters are named after the Chinese 12 zodiac signs (Rat/Ox/Tiger/Rabbit/Dragon/Snake/Horse/Sheep/Monkey/Rooster/Dog/Pig)

The red-haired man nodded and said: “Okay then we will hurry, Chen Long (dragon), Yin hue (tiger), Mao Tu (rabbit), Wu Ma (horse), Wu Yang (sheep/goat), Xu Gou (dog) you guys are fast so carry the rest and consider it a warm up” a faint blue light appeared under the red man’s feet like wheals as he sped towards the mountain peak leaving a trail of blue and red light behind him.

 

The fat man who spoke at first sighed and spoke to the woman wearing a white leather coat. “The boss’s mood seems very bad! He is rarely so serious.”

The white dressed woman (Mao Tu / rabbit zodiac) sighed and said with her unusually soft voice: “He is going to face his lover after all! Even if we emerge victorious it’s still a loss for him. Let’s hurry”

She took the fat man’s hand and tapped her feet on the ground. Even though it was a flick of her ankles she flew 10 meters forward.

Not far behind the white dressed woman, a man who looked like a 30-year-old man showed a lustful expression “Hey that rabbit’s legs are only getting more slender !”

“Yin Hu (tiger zodiac), watch your tongue otherwise I will fight you to the death” said the shortest man of the group, he a pair of glasses and gourd at his waist (referring to the rat’s zodiac).

“It’s not my fault if women are more beautiful these days, so why can’t I praise her even though she’s your niece”

Through the burning sun and screaming winds, our group made their way to the peak in less than ten minutes, despite it being the most difficult part to climb in the mountain.

The man in the red coat stood alone on top, looking rather lonely and gazing the magnificent scenery below. It seems like they arrived earlier than the appointed time. The group of twelve stood neatly behind that man. None of them had that nonchalant attitude from before, instead they look dignified.

The red man kept looking down and seemed to be thinking about something. Suddenly, he raised his head and his body trembled slightly. His eyes as sharp as blades turned to lock on the south.

 

At this moment, a graceful figure rose from below, she seemed like she was floating as a light pushed her slowly to the peak. The twelve people formed an arc around that figure. The man in red did not move, but his gaze was always glued to this intruder.

It was woman of astonishing beauty, she was dressed in a snow white dress as pure as the snow beneath her, her slender waist matched perfectly her protruding bosom and developed rear end. Her cherry colored lips and phoenix eyes were masked by a golden veil. However her curvy hips contrasted her slender legs but created an exquisite kind of allure. A holy aura was surrounding this purple haired woman, almost like a divine being. However at this point she was only looking at the red coated man, she had the same loneliness he had in his eyes, she looked helpless as she gently bitten her lips.

EDIT NOTE: why does purple hair remind me of some SJW feminists….hmmmm…idk

The middle aged man of the group known as the savage tiger opened his mount but only faltering praise came out “you are as beautiful as a thousand sunsets, your eyes are as clear as the moon. And those lips…simply perfect. Those legs perfectly matching that skirt…how such a beauty can exist!”

The purple-haired woman ignored he words of the “sexual tiger”, and then she whispered in the authentic Yanhuang language: “you’re a bit early; you know very well I never wanted this war to happen”

The leader’s voice was bitter, like man who went through many traumas and experiences in life “it is what it is, and it can’t be changed, we are the patron saints of the zodiac, guardians of the east, while you are the guardian of west, of course we going to have our differences ”

The purple-haired woman nodded softly and whispered: “Yes, for our mission, we can’t retreat.” Her right hand slowly lifted, and a light scepter appeared out of nowhere as it slowly fell into her hand. A golden light shot from the rod to dissipate the snow and fog. The mountain peak started radiating a holy aura.

The red-haired man just stood there, and did not pay attention to the golden light in the air. A dazzling and overbearing red light suddenly appeared, and the faint road said: «Today, it is the battle between the twelve branches of the East and the twelve branches of the West. At the same time, it is also the battle between you and me. Rain, we love each other however we can consider it the irony of faith, don’t you agree?”

Yu Mou (stands for rain) bowed her head and said: “In the east, it is divided into twelve branches. However, that’s not how it’s called in the west; the method of division is different. We use the constellation as a guide. In a sense, we divide the ecliptic (a great circle on the celestial sphere representing the sun’s apparent path during the year, so called because lunar and solar eclipses can only occur when the moon crosses It.) into twelve equal parts. Each aliquot is thirty degrees, called a section, because each section was once a fraction of the legendary sun god Apollo’s palace. So it’s called the twelve houses. »

At this time, twelve faintly discernible figures flickered from the southern slopes of Mount Everest. All of them appeared somewhat corpulent. As they neared, it was clear that they were carrying immense chests on their backs for some unknown reason.

EDIT note: feel free to leave requests boyss

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