Ashen Dragon-Chapter 451 - 373 Fire Dwarf

Chapter 451: Chapter 373 Fire Dwarf Chapter 451 -373 Fire Dwarf At the top of the Isdalia Grand Altar, Ramp held the scroll, nodding respectfully towards Cassius, and spoke deferentially.

“Your Majesty, the interdimensional portal to the Fire Elemental Plane has been completed.”

“You will be transported to the outskirts of Ironforge City, where the Empire’s pathfinders have established a stronghold—the Ashen Empire Fire Elemental Plane Bureau.”

Interdimensional Teleportation was a seventh-tier spell, capable of transporting up to eight beings to other planes with a margin of error ranging from 5 to 500 miles.

The Ashen Empire had initially not mastered this cross-planar teleportation spell, but the Imperial Southern Continent Company negotiated with the court mages of the Thrace Kingdom, acquiring this spell scroll for a mere seventeen thousand Ginnar.

Currently, Thrace was in the midst of widespread conflict, with extreme scarcity in military funds, while the Ashen Empire, which had grown savagely in the Magic Wilderness, was in dire need of high-tier magical resources.

The two sides reached an agreement without hesitation.

Money had its advantages.

Ramp and the mages from the Magic Department had spent months studying and could now roughly replicate the spell, albeit with a significantly larger margin of error, up to a thousand miles.

“Master, your strength is so immense that I have no doubt you will return victoriously.”

“But to save you the trouble and effort, I have found a native guide from the Fire Elemental Plane for you.”

“The Empire’s army has fended off the Fire Lizard plunderers sent by the Fire Giant spirits to invade our nation, indebting them to us.”

“Glen Cardoso!”

“It’s time for you to fulfill your contract!”

Ramp pulled out a magical contract, calling forth the name.

The contract emitted a blazing light.

“Ramp, benefactor of the fire dwarfs…”

“Glen Cardoso, forger of Ironforge City, arrives as promised.”

Instantly, a humanoid creature with flame-like hair and beard, and skin with a bronze metallic sheen, appeared.

He stood no taller than four feet, stocky in build, wearing a brass skirt, carrying a finely-crafted iron warhammer, and had a bronze pouch slung over his back.

“A Fire Dwarf?”

Cassius observed this small creature, recognizing its identity at a glance.

They were dwarf-like beings born in the Fire Elemental Plane, usually master forgers, with a unique means of reproduction.

The birth of a Fire Dwarf required another Fire Dwarf to personally cast their bronze shell, infusing it with the Flame of Life.

Legend had it that the first Fire Dwarf was created when the God of Dwarfs accidentally infused a bronze sculpture with the Flame of Life, thus creating this dwarf-like species of Fire Elementals—hence they were also aptly called “Bronze Fire Spirits.”

Due to the laborious forging process, the population of Fire Dwarfs was quite scarce.

Glen Cardoso, having just adapted to the Material Plane, opened his eyes to see the massive Red Dragon coiled atop the altar, immediately causing him to collapse in fear.

“Moradin above…”

“No way…”

“This isn’t an illusion! How… how can there be such a dragon in the Material Plane! Larger than an Ancient Dragon!”

He trembled, looking up at the Dragon’s immense form, muttering to himself.

“Impertinence!”

Ramp rebuked angrily.

“Do Fire Dwarfs show such disrespect? It is an immense honor for you to be here!”

“Standing before you is the sole ruler of the Anzeta Great Wilderness, the Breaker of the Wings of Silver, the Destroyer of Frost Giants, the Nemesis of Abyssal Demons…the supreme Ashen Emperor—His Majesty Cassius!”

“Fire Dwarf! Is this how you treat your savior?”

Ramp’s voice echoed like thunder across the altar, snapping Glen from his panic and shock.

He could hardly believe it.

The emperor of this Empire in the Prime Material Plane was a Red Dragon, larger than an Ancient Dragon!

Fire Dwarfs engaged in volcanic activities and magma, searching for shining metals and gems, rarely heard news from the outside, and had never heard of the newly risen Ashen Empire.

But the military power displayed by the Empire was undeniably real.

Especially with such a ruler.

Realizing this, Glen quickly turned around, deeply prostrating himself on the ground, first offering respectful greetings, then repeatedly apologizing.

“Glen Cardoso… greets the great Ashen Emperor!”

“I apologize deeply, Your Majesty Cassius, I was just taken aback by your, um…”

Glen wracked his bronze-forged brain, struggling to find the right words, finally uttering a few.

“Stunningly massive body.”

The Fire Dwarf lay on the ground, resembling a burning bronze ball.

“Interesting little fellow.”

Cassius watched with keen interest at this peculiar Fire Elemental creature, exhaling a breath of sulfuric heat.

These Fire Dwarfs were exceptional forging masters, invaluable in his eyes, akin to walking treasure troves.

“Fire Dwarfs… these beings created many renowned artifacts in their previous era, they might be useful to the Empire.”

“But for now, dealing with the Fire Giant spirits is the priority.”

A year ago, he had sent Misha and the Empire’s advance team to the Fire Elemental Plane.

Their main aim was to trade with the Fire Giant spirits’ kingdom for various flame-infused rare metals and ores— as his food reserve for the next dormant phase.

Yes, as food.

As a Dragon species whose lineage was close to that of the Ancients, Cassius required multiple periods of dormancy to grow from adolescence to adulthood, consuming an immense amount of energy.

Ordinary meat was negligible for the massive body of a Red Dragon, insufficient to meet his needs.

Cassius pondered this, casually commending.

“Not bad.”

“Since everything is prepared, let’s proceed with the teleportation.”

“Yes, Master.”

Ramp hurriedly complied, then raised his Magic Wand, the twelve skulls on his neckpiece emitting a faint radiance.

“Magic Department personnel, prepare to construct the Grand Interdimensional Teleportation Spell Prototype for His Majesty!”

Ramp commanded loudly.

“Group 1, received!”

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“Group 2, received!”

“Group 3, received!”

Spellcasters at each level of the altar also raised their Magic Wands, releasing dazzling spell radiance.

The chanting of incantations, the ripple of the Magic Web, and the compression of space filled the Isdalia Grand Altar.

“Swish—”

An enormous, extraordinarily complex spell prototype gradually formed, and a several dozen meters tall interdimensional portal emerged, appearing at the altar’s summit.

For a being of Cassius’s hierarchy of life, a typical interdimensional teleportation spell was already ineffective, in other words, his “life level exceeded the spell’s maximum limit.”

This interdimensional teleportation, led by the Archmage Ramp with an intelligence of 22, executed simultaneously by numerous Imperial Court Mages, was nearing the Ninth Tier.

“Boom—”

The interdimensional portal slowly opened.

Though unprecedented in scale, it was still somewhat narrow compared to Cassius’s thirty-six-meter-long frame—but adequate enough.

“This is…”

“Moradin above, could it be… His Majesty intends to personally venture to the Fire Elemental Plane?”

Glen stared, wide-eyed, at the several dozen meters tall portal.

Soon after, he felt himself grasped, enveloped by a giant claw from above, plunged into darkness, immobilized.

“Then off we go, my guide.”

The Dragon’s voice, deep as thunder, echoed from the “outside world.”

“No, no, Your Majesty Cassius!”

“Wait—”

The Fire Dwarf called out desperately.

But the Red Dragon paid no heed, slightly tightening his wings, and dove straight in with the Fire Dwarf in his grip.

Cursed by a demon, Cassius had long been unable to unleash his full nature and engage in a thrilling battle.

It was said that the Fire Elemental Plane housed many powerful creatures, he was keen to encounter them—perhaps the Fire Giants in the City of Brass, or the Fire Elementals’ Master deep within the plane.