"Hmph! For your sake, Lord Frem, I will let this bandit go first. But if she still keeps moving in the mountains, I will still capture her next time I see her!" Although the mountain hunter leader was unwilling to accept that the opponents in front of him were not something he could deal with, he decided to give up this action.
"Thank you, big leader!" Frem smiled, "Since the Imperial Knights have been driven out of our homeland by us, I hope that the friendship between the Mountain Hunter Group and the Ika family will last forever in the future."
"Every time I meet people from your Aika family, there is nothing good. Last time, Lord Feng Shen asked me to be a coolie for free, and this time you rescued this bandit under my nose. My reputation will be ruined if I tell you." The hunter leader smiled bitterly and asked his subordinates to leave together.
"Thank you for saving me. My attitude towards you was so bad in the past." Barbara felt very guilty.
"Haha, I've said that everyone can be friends." Joshua smiled, "We are about the same age as we can become good friends!"
"Child, haven't you found your brother yet?" Frem asked suddenly.
"I started looking for the mountains in the south of Zhuyan City, but after walking around half of Izaro, I still couldn't find out their whereabouts. Maybe they were also avoiding the hunt of mountain hunters, so I came to Coke Ridge with the idea of trying it out. Because it was occupied by a large number of volcanic monsters before, few people would notice it." Barbara replied, "They would probably choose this kind of place to hide, but from the moment I seem to be wrong!"
"It's unsafe for you, a little girl, to run around the mountain. The commander of the mountain hunter just now said that you won't let you go if you see you again." Jarant stepped forward, "We can't always follow you. Why don't you send you back to Zhuyan City after we arrive at our destination?"
"Yes, Zhuyan City is relatively safe. The mountain hunter group will not be stupid enough to get into evil with our Ika family." Frem nodded.
"But I'm worried that the people there will hate me." Barbara looked worried, "After all, it was the sister of the bandit Kidd. My two brothers bullied them a lot in the city."
"Don't worry, child! I can see that you have a kind heart, and our people in the Fire Kingdom are reasonable. If you have never bullied them, they will definitely treat you well." Frem smiled, "Now, it's better for you to act with us."
The "Flame Temple", known as the remains of the Holy Demon, is located in the west of Coke Ridge and has existed since the end of the Holy Demon War, a thousand years ago.
In this valley that is equivalent to a looming view, there are almost no colors except black and red. In addition, in the area that stretches for several miles centered on the Temple of Flame, there are countless small volcanoes. Some are as tall as clouds, and some are only hundreds of meters, like hills. Some of these volcanoes are extremely red at the entrance and flash with fire from time to time; some are dusk and turn gray and black; some are rumbling constantly, surging with white smoke, spitting out steaming lava.
Above the land of the Temple of Flame, there is a thick layer of gray-black fire clouds formed by volcanic ash. On the ground near each volcano, there is a gray area, with an unknown layer of volcanic ash deposited. The low altitude is full of pungent sulfur, which makes people feel extremely hot, and the temperature is far from comparable to ordinary places.
But in such a harsh environment, some brave men appeared one after another during the long years. They came here with the same purpose, that is, experience. However, many people disappeared after entering the Temple of Flame. And the warriors who dared to enter the Temple of Flame naturally had many extraordinary high-level knights and advanced magicians.
The Temple of Flame is a dangerous place that ordinary people cannot reach, but it is also a place of trial that many people who desire to become stronger dream. The true "Domes of God" does not refer to the Temple of Flame. Legend has it that there are many relics of the battle between the Holy Demons in other corners of the Gaia Continent, but there is only one place that can achieve the effect of the trial.
The area outside the temple is covered by thick ashes, stretching for miles, and I don’t know how far it is. Pushing away this cloud is a real place of experience, but as time goes by, fewer and fewer people want to come here to try. Therefore, in the past few decades, there are generally no signs of cultivators.
But on this day, four people came to the extension of the temple together. After entering the misty area, Joshua and his group felt a huge pressure.
"Why does it make people feel a strong sense of oppression before they even arrived at the temple?" Joshua frowned.
After Frem swept his eyes around, his eyes fell on Barbara beside him: "Child, if you can't hold on, don't come in with us first, just wait outside. Mountain hunters won't come here."
It turned out that the mist that lingers outside the temple contained a powerful Dou Qi, and such a vast sea of fog has always given people a lifeless feeling. For thousands of years, no sound has come out of it, and the fog has not flowed at all. But Barbara didn't have much Dou Qi in her body, and she was carrying a bag on her body. She suddenly felt a strong sense of oppression as she plunged into the sea of fog. Beads of sweat flowed down from her forehead.
"Don't worry, I can hold on." Barbara said, taking out a metal rod from her backpack. It turned out that the metal rod could be stretched at will, so Barbara treated her as a crutch to support her body so that she could keep up with the army.
Everyone finally arrived outside the gate of the temple, and the excitement on Joshua's face flashed. There was a very clear barrier at the gate of the Temple of Flame blocking everyone.
"There is such a powerful barrier left outside the gate. I don't know what it will look like inside the gate." Joshua said.
"This is a volcanic barrier. It can cooperate with the sea of fog, which greatly limits our fighting spirit and magic. We need to hold our breath and concentrate and restrain our fighting spirit and magic well." Frem said.
It turns out that this volcanic barrier has a strange characteristic. It does not pose any threat to ordinary people, but once someone wants to use the Dou Qi to forcefully break through, the barrier will absorb all the Dou Qi or magic cast and reflect even greater energy like a volcanic eruption. However, for ordinary people, the Dou Qi mixed in the fog sea here will make them feel huge pressure, which makes many people very conflicted.
"Sir Frem, how did you break through this barrier and open the temple gate?" Jelant asked.
"Hmph, no matter how powerful the barrier is, it will have its flaws." Frem smiled, "I used the flaws of the barrier to open a road to the temple through the Flame Blade."
"Hey, Grandpa Frem, why does it seem that the barrier does not work for me regardless of whether I cast the fighting spirit or not?" Joshua shuttled back and forth on the surface of the barrier, and stretched his hands back and forth from time to time.
"I don't seem to be fine!" Jarant also successfully passed through the barrier.
"Haha, are you all men with light attributes?" Frem smiled.
"Am I light too..." Jerant was very surprised.
"I didn't expect that besides Joshua, the last glorious descendant, there are other glorious descendants on the Gaia continent." Frem nodded, "Knight Gerant, it seems that you are the king... It is a destined thing for you to become the guardian of Joshua."
"Uncle Jarant, what are you talking about?" Joshua couldn't wait to rush to the gate of the temple. "The truth knows what kind of test is behind this gate. Will there be many unimaginable monsters of fire attributes in it?"
"I finally understand what the prophet said to me, and I am also the meaning of this sentence!" Gerant thought to himself, "Maybe this is my destiny, but it may also be my mission."
"Boy, are you okay?" Frem opened his palm and cast a magic spell at Barbara. "This magic can help you temporarily reduce the impact of the fog."