A week after, Russell felt he had grasped nearly all there was to understand about the extinguished Meltdown Volcano—sitting idly any longer would be pointless.
Duke Fritz Moltenfire had finished cremating the bodies, their ashes scattered into the volcano's still-warm magma. The moment the funeral was over, Russell entrusted a few words to Viscount Fred and then left the place.
On the return journey,
he passed by Blue Mountain Fort again, but this time he did not stop; he simply felt the temperature of the Warm Enclave.
"The temperature has dropped quite a bit, of course, it's related to the end of the Warm Season approaching." It was now the 20th of October and as the Warm Season drew to a close, the ice age was set to return with a vengeance. Russell couldn't help but sigh and then sped away from the area.
At a velocity of Mach 3, he raced along.
Several days later, he returned to the Shadowflame Duchy.