Chapter 2181 Little Brother <TOC> Chapter 2183 Foreign Exchange Student
Translator: SumTLMan
“Let’s get going,” Angel said, tapping Dangros’s “face” in his palm with a hand made of magic power.
Dangros eventually accepted reality, but his expression was clearly dazed and mournful.
“Sigh, let’s go,” Dangros sighed deeply, shaking off the “bean sprout” that had fallen back into sleep, and jumped into the lava lake with a heavy heart.
Angel didn’t immediately jump into the lake. His physical body could only withstand the lava for a short time. Fully immersing himself would definitely result in injury.
He summoned Eremy, who formed a barrier around them to isolate the high temperature and toxic flames, before following Dangros into the lava lake.
Upon diving into the lava lake, they were greeted by a dense orange-red glow.
Surrounded by thick, viscous magma, sight was useless here; they could only rely on an energy perspective to observe their surroundings.
Even though the external temperature exceeded a thousand degrees, rendering any mental power tendrils that ventured out somewhat etherealized due to the heat.
Moreover, the deeper they went, the higher the temperature became.
Angel thought it over; with Eremy acting as a protective barrier and Dangros as a guide, they probably wouldn’t encounter any major problems. Thus, he retracted his spiritual force tentacles slightly, maintaining them near the barrier to avoid any immediate threats.
During their descent, Angel sensed many fire elemental creatures through his spiritual force tentacles. However, like the situation outside, aside from Dangros’s minions, most didn’t approach them.
Speaking of Dangros’s minions… Angel finally witnessed Dangros’s true power in gathering underlings.
In just a short distance of a few hundred meters, more than ten fire sprites came to greet their “boss.” Although Dangros kept indicating he was busy and they shouldn’t block the way, one group would leave only for another to arrive shortly after.
The number of these minions not only surprised Angel but also left Toby in awe.
Seeing his minions crowd around him, Dangros, somewhat annoyed, simply dived into Eremy’s barrier.
Once inside the barrier, Dangros felt a chill.
“Is this the aura of Frost Iseth?” Dangros turned his “head” in confusion.
Angel replied irritably, “Not everything is related to Frost Iseth. This is just a bit of ice element released by Eremy to keep the temperature inside the barrier from getting too high.”
“Why lower the temperature?” Dangros asked again, puzzled. “I hate cooling down. Isn’t the temperature here just right?”
“Do you think humans are like you fire elemental creatures?” Angel spent some effort explaining to Dangros the difference between humans and elemental beings.
Dangros seemed to understand and nodded, then asked, “The Eremy you mentioned, is that the Flower Bearing Wildcat from before? Why can it handle both fire and ice elements?”
Faced with one question after another from this curious creature, Angel really didn’t want to answer.
At that moment, another group of fire elementals swam towards them, obviously Dangros’s minions. Dangros waved at them from behind the barrier, signaling them to keep their distance. After this group of fire elementals left, Dangros looked curiously at Angel again: “Mr. Pat, you haven’t answered my question yet?”
Angel looked deeply at Dangros, “Your question touches upon Eremy’s secrets, which I cannot divulge lightly.”
Dangros’s gaze dimmed slightly.
“However, if you can tell me how many subordinates you have, I might consider sharing some secrets with you.”
“How many subordinates do I have?” Dangros only felt dizzy as numerous figures floated past, unable to grasp a precise number: “Well, there might be… hundreds of subordinates, I suppose.”
Hundreds of subordinates?! Angel’s eyes lit up: “Are they all elemental spirits?”
“Most of them are sprites, but there are also many adult elemental creatures,” Dangros nodded. “Why does Mr. Pat ask this?”
Angel replied, “Oh, nothing much, just purely curious.”
Upon hearing Dangros had hundreds of subordinates, Angel immediately thought there might be suitable elemental companions for himself among them.
If he could coax one to come with him, then this mission would be half completed…
However, although Angel felt eager, he knew he shouldn’t rush. Even if he really wanted to coax one, he would wait until he received news from Freud.
“If there’s a chance, you might take me to see your subordinates?” Angel restrained his emotions, seemingly casually suggesting.
Dangros, unsuspecting of any ulterior motives, prided himself on having many subordinates. Seeing Angel curious about his subordinates, he didn’t refuse. Perhaps he could even demonstrate his power in front of the descendants of the ancestors of Kalomaches,
After obtaining Dangros’s approval, Angel’s expression softened, and he shared some information in response to the questions previously asked by Dangros.
Dangros was surprised to learn of Eremy’s ability to take on almost any elemental form, looking at Eremy with the same reverence he had for Toby.
Dangros wanted to inquire more about Eremy, but the lava outside suddenly surged, as if a tremendous force was pushing the waves towards them.
The shadow shield transformed by Eremy also flickered with red lights.
The blue lantern flower, floating within the shadow shield, sent a mental message to Angel——a giant elemental creature was approaching from outside.
Angel extended his mental power to see and discovered a lava giant whale, the size of a solitary island, slowly approaching them, a hundred meters away.
This was the lava giant whale that had fought with Eremy before, presumably called…
“Glarada?” At this moment, Dangros also felt the fluctuations from outside, leaped out of the shadow shield like an arrow, and flew to the front of the lava giant whale not far away.
The lava giant whale stopped, seemingly communicating with Dangros.
After a while, the lava giant whale, with eyes forged of black fire, deeply looked in the direction of the shadow shield, then turned around and swam to the other side.
Dangros then flew back into the shadow shield.
“It was Glarada. It came for the same reason as Phoenix, seeking out Lord Eremy,” Dangros explained. “I told it that I was taking you to meet Mentor Magu, and it left.”
“What does Glarada want with Eremy?”
“I’m not sure. Maybe to fight? But it doesn’t seem like it. Phoenix burns with a special flame of battle, eager for combat, but I’ve never heard of Glarada enjoying battles,” Dangros was puzzled. But indeed, Glarada seemed quite aggressive, which is why Dangros quickly went to mediate.
Fortunately, Glarada was quite reasonable.
After listening to Dangros’s explanation, Angel didn’t pursue the topic further. Through his mental power, he had seen the look in Glarada’s eyes when it left, feeling that the gaze was more inquisitive, with little intent for battle.
Unable to figure it out, Angel decided to let it go for now.
“How far are we from the Mentor Magu you mentioned?” After descending about four to five hundred meters, Angel noticed that the “tentacles” around became denser. In his current view of energy vision alone, there were tens of thousands of swaying tentacles hidden in the magma, suggesting they were not far from their destination, hence the question.
Dangros flew out of the shadow, hovered nearby for a moment, then returned to the shadow: “It’s just below.”
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After descending another hundred meters, Angel finally saw the bottom of the lava lake.
In a huge basin, a large number of elemental creatures were swimming around, and Angel even saw the same giant turtle he encountered initially in the lava lake.
However, even the turtle, which was larger than Glarada, was much smaller compared to Magu.
Because Magu’s body completely occupied this basin that seemed endless at a glance.
All the elemental creatures were actually living on Magu’s body.
And Magu’s body appeared to be a giant red jelly.
However, this was a red jelly with a large number of tentacles. ——It was precisely because the tentacles were on the jelly that Angel could determine this was indeed Magu’s body.
They slowly landed in the basin, and upon touching the ground, Angel felt a soft vibration from the ground, and the touch under his feet was also very soft and buoyant.
It was more like jelly.
While Angel was musing, Dangros pointed to the ground and said, “This is Mentor Magu.”
Really… Angel was silent for a moment: “Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for us to be stepping on Mr. Magu’s body like this?”
Dangros bounced a few times on the red jelly ground as if it were a trampoline, then asked in confusion, “Why would it be inappropriate?”
“Wouldn’t it seem disrespectful?”
“Why would it seem disrespectful? Mentor Magu also likes everyone to live on its body.” Dangros still didn’t understand what Angel meant.
Angel didn’t say anything more, knowing that this was actually a difference in values and perception.
At that moment, an old voice echoed in their ears: “Guest, welcome to my abode.”
The familiar voice made Angel immediately realize that this was Mentor Magu.
“Dangros, you brought a guest to me… Hmm, let’s go to the classroom.” After these words, a slit slowly opened in the red jelly beneath their feet.
Angel could clearly see a long staircase inside the slit, leading to an unknown place.
Dangros jumped into the staircase, and after a slight hesitation, Angel followed, stepping down into it.
Upon entering the interior, Angel immediately felt the oppressive sensation brought by the surrounding magma disappear.
Because there was no magma in this passage, not even the high temperature of the flames was present.
“Is this inside Mr. Magu’s body?” Angel asked curiously.
Before Dangros could answer, Magu’s voice resonated from the corridor: “Yes, this path leads to my elemental core.”
Magu seemed to be answering Angel’s question, but it didn’t need to mention that the end of the path was the elemental core, as the elemental core is of utmost importance to any elemental creature. Yet, it did so anyway, which, in Angel’s view, was a kind gesture of goodwill.
Evidently, Magu hesitated before entering the channel upon discovering Angel. This hesitation mostly stemmed from distrust, prompting it to voluntarily reveal the location of the elemental core to balance this distrust.
Although Magu might not necessarily be telling the truth, its action significantly improved Angel’s perception of it.
Following the long corridor downward, Angel encountered numerous “rooms” along the way, the majority of which housed elemental creatures. Some of these creatures even leaned out of their windows to greet and chat with Dangros.
Occasionally, elemental creatures traversed the corridor, giving Angel the illusion that this place was not inside Magu’s body, but rather a bustling residential area.
After leading Angel through several turns, Dangros arrived at a door.
“This is the classroom Mr. Magu mentioned earlier?” Angel inquired curiously, looking at the door forged from an unknown flame.
Dangros shook his head: “No, this is my secret base.”
Your secret base? Angel looked puzzled at Dangros, wondering why they had diverted here instead of meeting Magu.
Soon, Angel received an answer.
Dangros opened the door, fiddled around inside for a bit, and brought out a flower surrounded by a ghostly green flame.
The moment Angel saw the flower, a flash of light sparkled in his eyes, and through the Eye of Nalda, he immediately obtained information about the flower.
——Flame of Ancient Verdant.
Despite being named “flame,” it was not a fire but a magical plant that thrived in realms with extremely dense fire energy.
The plant body of the Flame of Ancient Verdant could be used to concoct mid-to-high-rank potions, while its ghostly green flame body could be applied in metallurgy, serving as a top-grade flame neutralizer.
The Flame of Ancient Verdant was exceedingly rare in the outside world. Angel had once sought to purchase it for use as a neutralizer but had not found any. Unexpectedly, he encountered one here.
Dangros carefully retrieved the Flame of Ancient Verdant from his secret base and, holding the flower, offered it to Angel.
“This is for me?” Angel asked.
Dangros quickly stepped back, wagging his index finger: “This is a gift I offer to the ancestral lineage of Kalomaches.”
Angel silently withdrew his hand.
Dangros then gazed at Toby with affection.
Toby hopped down from Angel’s head and circled around the Flame of Ancient Verdant.
Dangros, even more excited, presented the flower.
Although reluctant, sensing that Angel seemed to desire the flower, Toby hesitated for a moment before slowly accepting it, then softly chirped at Dangros in thanks.
Seeing Toby accept the flower, Dangros exclaimed excitedly, uttering various praises for Kalomaches.
From his words of praise, Angel could vaguely discern that Dangros had specifically gone to his secret base to present the flower to Toby, seemingly seeking Toby’s acknowledgment.
As for what acknowledgment, Angel was unaware.
After this interlude, Dangros continued to lead the way as the guide, excitedly praising as they headed towards the classroom where Magu was located…
Chapter 2181 Little Brother <TOC> Chapter 2183 Foreign Exchange Student