Fire Elemental Plane, City of Brass.

It is the birthplace of the fire djinn, their home and capital, as well as the seat of their spirit and faith.

Wherever the fire djinn is, or whether or not it has established its own colonies or even nations in some plane and physical world, it will still be loyal to the Sultan in the Burning Palace in the heart of the city.

Because in their eyes, the Sultan is not only a secular monarch and the supreme ruler, but also the supreme god of the entire race.

No one knows when the Fire Djinn Sultan was born, or if he was the one who created the strength and prosperity of the entire Fire Djinn Race today.

The only thing he knows is that within the confines of the Brass City, he has the power to easily change all the rules of physics and magic.

Even a "god-like power" like the Fire Elemental Prince would be easily suppressed, sealed, and killed by it.

In fact, the Brass City was built on a brass hemisphere with a diameter of about sixty-five kilometers.

The curvature side of it is downward, and all the buildings and streets are built on a plane located above.

Most importantly, it doesn't sit on the endless sea of fire and magma on the ground, it floats.

Although the height is very close to the ground, the fire djinns can raise it to hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters at any time if they want to.

Yes!

The Brass City is a typical floating city, directly above a cracked obsidian slab in the center of the fire elemental plane, where a river of flames slowly passes through the heavily guarded city gates, behind which a flaming basalt staircase several hundred meters high leads to the city.

Unless it has the ability to fly, it can only be closely interrogated by the Fire Djinn Guards.

However, no visitor with a brain would choose to fly directly over the city walls.

That meant that if caught, they would be subjected to all sorts of harassment by the patrols, and they would be fined a hefty amount enough to bankrupt a high-ranking mage.

In addition to this, the Brass City is one of the few places in the entire Fire Elemental Plane that is suitable for ordinary people to live in.

The harsh environment of the fire elemental plane, such as high temperatures, flames, and magma, was forcibly suppressed by the unimaginable power of the Fire Djinn Sultan here.

Many mortals who want to come to the fire elemental plane to explore or find something will choose to come here first at the first stop, so the popularity of the Brass City is very high, and anyone with a little knowledge of plane science knows it.

Everywhere in the city, you can see portals that connect to Bato's hell, as well as demons who come to carry out diplomatic activities, carry out missions, and give gifts.

Since they are both evil and orderly, the fire djinn shares very similar values to the devils and has always been a potential ally.

Coupled with the fact that the fire djinn has the ability to teleport across planes on a large scale, and the devils just need this ability to help them send spies or armies, the two sides hit it off.

It is said that each of the Devil Dukes was secretly trying to win over the ruling class of the Fire Djinns, and to this end did not hesitate to package the wealth and magical items plundered from the material world as gifts to the Sultan.

In particular, the treasury inside the imperial palace is said to contain enough wealth to buy a hundred material worlds.

Many dragon gods, including Tiamat, dream of one day coming here to grab a hand.

Some powerful artifacts terrified the gods.

After all, in the City of Brass, the Sultan is not the only powerful fire spirit.

At the same time, there are six servants who are comparable to demigods or even weak divine powers, and directly belong to the supreme sultan, the Pasha, as well as a large number of high-ranking nobles with similar divine power and ordinary nobles who have reached the legendary level.

Even the most ordinary fire djinn civilians have the ability to easily crush a five-person adventure squad with an average level between LV6~LV7.

So even though the City of Brass doesn't have a large area, and the number of permanent Fire Djinn armies isn't as endless as demons and devils, no one or force dares to do anything here.

Even the evil, insidious, and cunning legendary creatures of the Deep Hell Purgatory have "amiable" smiles on their faces, chatting with the obviously taller and more robust Fire Djinn nobles and discussing some unknown cooperation projects.

No one noticed that in a mansion next to the central palace, one of the six Pashas, second only to the Sultan, was sitting on a chair studded with precious stones, staring at the mortal mage standing in front of him with great interest, and after a full minute he asked, "So you admit that you have failed?" This is no small feat! Whether it is the contract scroll that seals the Fire Elemental Prince, Rizelil, or the statues infused with Heroic Spirits, they are the property of the Great Sultan. ”

"You can't blame me for that!

It's the intelligence that went wrong!

Soth is more than just a constituency of two goddesses.

There seems to be a bigger secret hidden in his body.

I've seen with my own eyes that the Fire Elemental Prince Rizelil has been struck by a ball of light flying out of his chest.

Then it quickly collapsed and died in a matter of seconds, as if all the energy had been sucked dry.

Moreover, through some unknown means, Soth also unleashed thousands of large-scale frost spells in one go, destroying a fire elemental legion in less than three minutes.

In addition, that terrible artifact has actually been fully charged.

I seriously suspect that there was something wrong with the results of the last time I used wishing for divination. ”

Arenacas, who had an old countenance, gritted his teeth and defended himself.

He swore that if he could have known in advance that Zuo Si was growing so fast and had so many hole cards, he would never have done it as soon as he returned.

"Oh? Killed the Fire Elemental Prince Rizeliel with just one hit? Are you sure? The fire djinn's eyes gleamed with a strange light.

Irenikas replied without thinking, "I'm pretty sure! It was a power I had never seen before. It's not magical. Because neither the magic net nor the primordial magic energy showed any signs of fluctuation. It is more appropriate to say that the Fire Elemental Prince Rizeliel was killed than that he was eaten. ”

"Super energy absorption? This ability sounds like a lot of fun.

Since you've brought back some useful information, I'm not going to hold you accountable for your failure for the time being.

But......

The loss of the Immortal Statue and the Contract Scroll will still have to be repaid.

Now, you owe the Great Sultan an artifact, and something of equal value to the above two items.

As for the five bottles that sealed the criminals that were lost, let's forget about it first. ”

The fire djinn put on a very generous look.

But anyone with a brain knows that a debt to these evil creatures is no worse than a pact with the devils to sell their souls.

Because the debt of the fire djinn is always subject to interest.

And this interest is often a terrible usury with rolling interest.

Once it is owed, it is impossible to repay it even with the earning power of a legendary mage.

Of course, Irenikas had no intention of repaying it in the first place, so instead of showing the slightest nervousness, he offered to offer, "Can you lend me some more powerful magic items or artifacts?" I intend to return to Feren to investigate all the information about Soth, and then wait for an opportunity to find his enemies to cooperate. ”

Hearing this, the fire djinn couldn't help but smile mockingly, pointing to his nose and asking, "Mortal!" Do you think I'm a fool?

Or do you think I don't know what's going on in your head at the moment?

Joan Irenikas, remember that no one can owe a debt to the Sultan and not pay it.

Whether you become a so-called god or die accidentally, I have a way for you to pay off this debt with interest.

The only difference is how painful the process really is. ”

“……”

Erenikas bowed his head in silence, not responding.

He obviously knew very well that with his current strength, he would not be able to fight against the powerful fire djinn Pasha in front of him.

Especially in the Brass City, the other party can move his fingers casually and let himself die without a place to be buried.

After a stalemate of about two or three minutes, the fire djinn waved his hand to signal that the other party could leave.

After receiving permission, Irenikas didn't stop for even a second, and immediately activated the interdimensional teleportation spell and disappeared in place.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, a tall, stout Hellpurgatory came out through the wall and asked meaningfully, "Well, do you now know how special this guy named Thus is?" ”

The fire djinn smiled and nodded, "Ah! I know. I am very grateful to Asmodeus, the Lord of the Great Nine, for the valuable information he sent. But I still have a small question, why would you be willing to pay such a staggering price just to lure him to any level of Bato's hell? ”

"Because according to the judgment of the Lord of the Nine Hells, the soul of Soth has qualities that cannot be described in words. Once we become one of us, it will inevitably cause the entire plane to oscillate, and even add an entire layer out of thin air, directly turning the nine layers of hell into ten layers, greatly strengthening the power of the Devil Army, and then helping us add a heavyweight weight to the scale of the bloody battle. ”

When he said this, there was obviously a hint of fanaticism in the tone of the Deep Hell Purgatory.

Unlike the chaotic demons of the abyss, the demons are symbols of order, so they have a strong sense of identity and racial identity.

The more advanced the devil, the more eager to participate in the bloody battle, eager to kill all the damned demons.

It is better to be able to fight into the abyss one day and put an end to this mortal enemy once and for all.

But unfortunately, in fact, in this war, which is known as the longest duration, the largest number of deaths, the most cruel, the bloodiest, and the most bottomless war in the multiverse, the devils of hell have always been at an absolute disadvantage in terms of both numbers and hard power.

On this point, anyone with a discerning eye can see it clearly.

After all, under the iron fist rule of Asmodeus, the devil formed the Eight Demons to integrate all the resources and armies of Bato Hell, which is equivalent to a powerful military empire with extremely strong expansion.

But even so, it can only barely maintain a state of parity.

But what about the Abyss Demons?

Whether it is the "Big Three" who are the Maharaja, or other powerful Abyss Lords, one of them is frantically fighting among themselves, and the conquest between each other has never stopped.

To be precise, the demons went to participate in bloody battles that were not even one-tenth of the troops they invested in civil wars.

Therefore, the upper echelons of hell know very well that it is impossible to defeat the demon simply by fighting themselves.

This is also why, the previous first-level lord of Hell, the "Daughter of Destruction" Zariel, who has created one miraculous victory after another, was finally replaced by Bayer, who was more tactical and good at defense.

The reason is simple!

Zarel has won numerous victories, but that is based on the massive casualties of the Devil's Legion.

In other words, 1,000 enemy wounds and 800 self-inflicted damage.

A pyrrhic victory like this is not what Asmodeirs wants at all.

In contrast, although Bair will never be able to help the Hell faction win the bloody battle, he will be able to hold the current line of defense with minimal losses, which coincides with the plan of the Lord of Nine Hells for the next stage.

Therefore, Baier's ascension to the throne has never been that he is better, more cunning, more insidious, or more forbearant than Zareel, but the result of Asmodeirs' covert manipulation, nothing more.

"Can you add an entire dimension to Bartow's Hell out of thin air?!"

The fire djinn leaned forward slightly, his face full of shock and disbelief.

You must know that the last time an angel of the level of the "Daughter of Destruction" Zariel fell, died, and was finally resurrected as a lord of the first layer, it didn't expand the hell plane much.

He couldn't imagine what kind of mortal could directly bring a whole extra dimension to Hell.

"Hehe, it sounds outrageous, but it's true. So as soon as Soth sets foot on the land of Bato's Hell, the great Asmodeurs will reward you and the great Sultan with a conquered material world. ”

After saying this, the Hellpurgatory put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply, then turned and left the mansion, passing through one of the portals that connected to the last level of the Nine Hells, Nessus.

As an envoy, he had clearly completed his mission and must immediately return to report to his allegiance to his master.

In the same way, the fire djinn Pasha immediately went to the palace to report this important information to the supreme lord of the Brass City.

After all, the bloody battle between demons and demons has long been not just a matter between the two sides, but also a matter of balance between order and chaos in the multiverse.

……

At the same time, Zuo Si, who was far away in the sewers of Feren Askatra, was looking at the card he had just made.

【Treasure Card: Bottle of Desire】

[LV9 Blue Card (Non-Upgradable)]

[Card Quality: Precious]

[Effect: After this card is activated, the traveling mage can make a wish to the fire djinn in the bottle, and the effect is equivalent to the wishing technique of the Nine Rings.]

However, unlike normal wishing, the Bottle of Desire does not consume any mana or casting materials, and can be made one by one, or all five wishes can be made at the same time.

When all fifteen wishes are consumed, the card will automatically enter the graveyard and be reborn for one day.

[You don't need to pay any mana to use this card]

Obviously, Zuo Si directly castrated the five sealing bottles to the parts that could summon the fire djinn to fight and serve, and only retained the most basic wish-making ability, and made a treasure card that could be recycled.

Although it seems to be a bit of a loss on the surface, in fact, with the strength he has now, the combat power of a few fire djinns has long been dispensable, but the ability to make a wish is even more important, at least he can increase all six basic attributes by five points.

On top of that, the card's respawn time is so short that you don't have to pay mana to use it, and it's all about wishing spells that the Infinite White Fire Djinn gives to non-Djinn creatures three times a day.

Without any hesitation!

Zuo Si directly activated the card and made a wish to improve his intelligence, perception, and agility attributes.

In the blink of an eye, Intelligence increased from 29 to 34, Perception from 25 to 30, and Agility from 22 to 27.

As the card turned into a light from his hand and completely disappeared, he immediately felt that his brain's thinking became clearer and sharper than before, and at the same time, his will became extremely strong, his intuition more sensitive, and even his body's coordination and nerve reflex speed were greatly improved.

The pursuit of transcendence is a human trait and instinct.

This most intuitive intensification and the consequent indescribable pleasure suddenly gave Zuo Si a strong sense of addiction.

At this moment, he could understand very well why the old dragon Nicol Bolas was so eager to restore the great power that the traveling mage possessed in the first place.

If he also ignited a spark in the time before mending the time rift and became a member of the Ancient Brigade Mages, then eighty percent would also follow the same path as the other party.

It feels like a billionaire whose assets have suddenly shrunk into a millionaire.

Although in the eyes of other spellcasters, the traveling mage is still a bug-like existence, but in the eyes of the ancient traveling mage, the spark power he has now cannot be compared to before.

"The host ......"

Just as Zuo Si was immersed in the happiness brought by the improvement of basic attributes, the vampire queen Badi cautiously walked over from not far away.

In order to avoid the high-temperature flames released by the appearance of the Fire Elemental Prince, she had no choice but to transform into a bat form and fled for a long time, and only after confirming that she was safe did she turn back the same way, not knowing what had just happened.

"Has Irenikas contacted you?" Zuo Si asked without replying.

Badi hurriedly shook his head: "No." I think he's fled to the Otherworld, so he shouldn't bother to contact me for the time being. ”

"In that case, then you should return to the lair under the cemetery. Remember, if Irenikas reaches out to you, you will continue to lurk around him, find out all his plans and moves, and send them to the Mage Tower via a magical teleportation. ”

After a little thought, Zuo Si immediately gave instructions.

Although he didn't think that with Irenikas's current power he could cause him any trouble, the legendary adventure of the Children of Baal still needed this guy to continue to play his role, so it was better to keep an eye on it for the time being, and there was no need to rush to kill them all.

"Understood! Your will is my command. ”

Badi bowed respectfully, and then quickly returned to the cemetery after transforming into a bat again and quickly returning to the cemetery along the intricate sewers.

After she walked away, Zuo Si turned around and looked at Vermes, who seemed to have lost too much blood and was a little sluggish, and praised with a smile: "Your performance today is good, I am very satisfied." Remember this feeling, in the battle between the truly strong and the strong, only those who dare to sacrifice their lives at a critical moment are qualified to survive. Especially for warriors like you who don't like spells so much and prefer hand-to-hand combat. ”

"Damn! Don't talk about this bullshit, don't you see that I need treatment? Vermes urged angrily.

At this time, she no longer has the arrogant and arrogant face of her usual life, not only is her body covered with wounds of different sizes and depths.

And the wings that were used as shields were already in tatters, looking like torn rags.

Even the left eyelid was cut with a sharp weapon.

If you go any further, the whole eyeball will be fatally damaged.

It can be said that today's battle is the most tragic, dangerous, and closest to death that this female red dragon has experienced since she was born.

But the gains are also enormous.

At least she now knows how to use her strengths as a dragon.

"Don't move on your stomach, I'll treat you now."

Without saying a word, Zuo Si immediately raised the Holy Emblem and released a seven-ring [Regeneration Technique] first, followed by several healing spells.

The reason why [Regeneration] is used is because the wing membranes of the wings have been completely broken, many scales have also fallen off or been broken in battle, and the end of the tail has been chopped off by heavy weapons such as axes, which is not at all possible with ordinary healing arts.

When the [Regeneration Technique] took effect, it didn't take long for all of Vermes's injuries to recover quickly.

In addition to the newly grown wing membrane, which looks a little fragile, the scales are also extraordinarily light and light-colored, as if they were not injured.

However, within a week at most, the newly grown wings and scales will gradually become indistinguishable from before.

After receiving the treatment, Vermes's mental state was obviously much better, and he immediately licked his face and approached, and asked in an extremely greedy tone: "Since you think I performed well today, can you give a little reward or something?" I think these Heroic Statues are good. ”

"You want these magic statues?"

Zuo Si couldn't help but purse the corners of his mouth and stared at each other with slightly playful eyes.

"Isn't that possible?"

Vermes subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, obviously the desire for treasure in his bones had flareed up again.

After all, these statues can summon heroic spirits, so any one of them can be sold for more than 100,000 gold coins, and the golden ones are even more valuable, and they can't be measured by money at all.

Any red dragon who regards wealth as his life will not give up such a treasure easily.

"If you think you can control these Heroes, I don't care. However, if their creator suddenly exerts some kind of power to awaken them all, you may have to do the battle again. Zuo Si reminded meaningfully.

Moment!

Vermes's face changed, and he directly wrote the words "from the heart" on his head, and immediately shook his head and said: "Then forget it, you can keep it to yourself." ”

"Wise choice. You must know that these Heroic Spirit Statues are most likely the creations of the Fire Djinn Sultan, and not everyone can control them casually. ”

With that, Zuo Si raised his arm and hooked his fingers, and the statues that fell to the ground immediately floated and flew straight to the front.

After checking the crafting process a bit, he made it into a LV9 red treasure card as well.

No matter what the means are hidden behind these Immortal Statues, they are completely useless from the moment they are crafted into cards.

After reading the detailed description of the twenty-four Heroic Spirits on the cards in his hand, Zuo Si touched his chin and said in a slightly mocking tone: "Now that the Heroic Spirits are there, can I engage in a Holy Grail War in the area under my control?" For example, if the mages are asked to search for clues and relics about the Immortal Spirits in a city, the first seven people to find will summon the corresponding Heroic Spirits to enter the finals. Can the winner win a wishing spell? ”

"Can I participate?"

As soon as he heard that there was a prize, Vermes immediately came over.

Not only can you increase your basic stats, but it can also resurrect the dead and create a magic item worth up to 25,000 gold coins.

This means that she can make a lot of money whether she sells her resurrection opportunities through auctions or chooses to make magical items.

"Please, make a face.

Why are you embarrassed to make such a request?

If you, as a dragon, go to war, is there any fairness to the others?

With your own strength, you can easily crush the other six contestants and the Heroic Spirits they summon.

Why don't you just let me give you a wishing spell? ”

The corners of Zuo Si's mouth twitched and he complained frantically.

But Vermes was good, and immediately nodded neatly: "That's okay." When are you going to give me this wishing technique? I'll have to make sure it sells for a high price. ”

"You're really ...... Forget it, since you want it, I'll give you one. Zuo Si shook his head a little speechlessly.

Due to the existence of the [Bottle of Desire] card, wishing is no longer a rare thing for him, and it can be used openly.

Vermes, who received an affirmative reply, immediately showed an excited expression when he heard this.

However, Zuo Si ignored the object's reaction, and instead set his eyes on the mask that had been ripped off Irenikas' face.

Through simple identification, he was surprised to find that this thing was not only a disguised magic mask, but also used a large number of high-level and even legendary spell enchantments, and even mixed with a small amount of divine power extracted from the ancient sun god Amanata Sage, and finally added a small piece of his own soul fragment.

【Mask of Irenikas】

One to the Nine Rings spell slot plus one

Provides permanent acceleration to the wearer

Intelligence stat plus five

Spell resistance plus twenty

There is a 10% chance that after successfully casting a spell, the Spell Twins will trigger the Spell Twin, which will turn one spell into two identical spells in an instant

The mask is exclusive to Irenikas and cannot be equipped by anyone else to gain access to its magical powers.

"Exclusive equipment? Soul Binding? Is this some kind of magical skill unique to elves? Or is it Erenikas's own creation? It's kind of interesting. No wonder his face was so ugly after the mask was torn off. But now that this thing is in my hands, don't expect to keep the knowledge and secrets it contains. Zuo Si muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

There is no doubt that as an elf-born legendary mage, Irenikas is capable of creating legendary magical items and even secondary artifacts.

And he definitely hid a hand in his previous deals.

At least like this kind of technology that binds the soul so that the enemy can't equip and use it even if he gets it, Zuo Si has never seen a word in those books and notes before.

(End of chapter)