Chapter 882 - Old Acquaintances
Chapter 882 Old Acquaintances
Greem returned to the underground tunnel after two hours in the lava sea.
Moreover, it was obvious that these two hours of investigation had not exhausted too much of his power.
Freina expressed genuine marvel at this.
With her intermediate Second Grade powers, she could barely remain in the lava sea for fifteen minutes. The few Third Grade adepts of Molten Fire City might be able to last longer, but they too could only barely survive in the lava sea. They wouldn’t be able to use ten percent of their power if they were to run into the Third Grade flaming tiger in that unique environment.
Low-Grade resistance potions did fine against ordinary flame environments, but they were inadequate against an entire sea of flowing magma and a viciously sly flaming tiger.
If it wasn’t for this, the dominant Molten Fire City would never have exposed their weakness and went to the outside world for help.
Thus, Freina was genuinely glad when she saw how free and easily Greem moved through the lava sea.
Could it be a conspiracy of the human adepts?
But how did they know my name? Was an environment as harsh as the lava sea insufficient to prevent the divination spells of the human adepts?
Cindral was suspicious and surprised, but he had no intention to stay here any longer.
As the fire roiled, Cindral slipped out of the den silently and slowly moved toward the source of the strange elementium flux in a roundabout manner.
This feeling…why did it seem familiar?
…………
Inside the lava sea.
Greem’s fire clone quickly traveled through the lava, constantly stirring the lava and transmitting his message through the medium, letting it spread out through the massive lava sea.
It had already been an hour, and he had still found nothing.
Oh? Could the flaming tiger have hidden somewhere even further?
The fire clone frowned and turned to continue spreading its voice in a different direction.
However, just as the fire clone turned, Greem was shocked to find a giant flaming tiger of pure flames standing behind him, sizing him up with curious eyes of golden fire.
They were so close to each other that they could hear each others’ breathing.
The sulfuric flames exhaled from the tiger’s nostrils was so hot that they could almost ignite the skin of the fire clone.
“We know each other?” Flaming tiger Cindral asked curiously.
He was indeed very curious.
This fire humanoid gave him a faint sense of familiarity, but the method used to solidify its form was very advanced. It was difficult to sense the mental flux hidden within the humanoid without first destroying the humanoid itself.
Cindral only seemed to know one adept in the World of Adepts, but that person was just a Second Grade adept. He couldn’t possibly create a clone and travel so far just to find himself!
While Cindral was stunned in suspicion, the face of the fire clone shimmered and turned into Greem’s face.
“Cindral, we’ve only been apart a few years, yet you’ve forgotten me?”
“I knew it was you!” Cindral paused for a moment before lifting his snout and started sniffing about the fire clone. He then said with utter shock, “You…you advanced?”
“Thanks to you, Cindral, my travel to the Fire Elementium Plane was incredibly bountiful. I only just advanced to Third Grade a few years ago!”
“You won your bounty with your own ability; no need to pin it on me.” Cindral’s golden eyes suddenly shone, “You came here this time because the adepts at the outpost above invited you?”
“Indeed!”
“Then what do you intend to do? Help them deal with me?” Cindral betrayed a fierce and savage expression when it said this.
“Do you think I would have sent my clone here if I wanted to deal with you?” An amused expression appeared on Greem’s face.
This flaming tiger might be smart and sly, but his personality was just as straightforward as the other elementium creatures. He didn’t overthink like the human adepts tended to.
“Then what are you here for?” Cindral couldn’t help but be confused now.
“Before we start negotiating, I think its best we figure out what we want out of this. May I know what Lord Cindral has been staying here for?”
Cindral hesitated for a moment.
He sensed no hostility from Greem. After a bit of hesitation, he told the truth.
“I need the eternium ores here!”
An enchanting smile immediately appeared on Greem’s face when he got this answer.
“Good. Very good.”
“What is good?”
“Our goals aren’t in conflict, because what I need here is Queyras ore.”
The flaming tiger probed, “You mean we can work together?”
“We must! Perhaps we can come up with a brilliant plan that benefits both of us if we carefully discuss the matter.”