Unas returned to the mine, where everything was basically ready. Sixteen high-explosive bombs were prepared, and the troops were all set to go, waiting only for him.
Aside from Natasha, no one could tell that his injuries had healed, nor did they dare ask where the Warden had gone after disappearing for so long. Du'an approached him, handed him three wooden amulets, and instructed, "Crushing these will allow you to escape danger, but there will be a three-second delay in the teleportation. Be careful not to be interrupted."
Unas nodded and said, "I will find a time when I won't be disturbed to use it. Thank you, Dean."
He carefully put one of the amulets into his bag, and gave the remaining two to Nightmoon and Angela respectively. The three of them went first, as they were in the most danger.
Huoye also handed over a small bottle of Potions, "This is Fire Protection Potion; drinking it will help you resist the high temperatures of the magma."
"Is there only one bottle? What about the others?"
"I will cast a fireproof barrier for everyone. It won't be as effective as a potion, but it will be enough to defend against lava."
Unas thought for a moment. He was the first to go, facing the greatest danger, and it was only natural that he would receive the best protection. So he accepted the sum of money.
"Alright, let's begin!"
At his command, several mages began to dispel their ineffective sealing spells. Destruction is always easier than construction, and in less than half a minute, the bubbling lava pool reappeared in its original location.
The first group to cross were the Fire Elemental, who served as both scouts and suicide attackers. Angela's Water Mirror was raised again, providing an image from the Fire Elemental's perspective so that everyone could see what was happening on the other side.
Fire Elemental, controlled by Huoye, was the first to jump into the lava pool. The Water Mirror was immediately filled with red light. Fire Elemental continued to dive down, and within seconds he was sucked into a whirlpool. The Water Mirror then plunged into darkness.
Huoye cried out in disbelief, "I've lost contact with it!"
Angela said, "Don't panic. Perhaps the Spatial Rift is temporarily blocking your communication. Let's wait and see."
The connection between mages and their summoned creatures is usually very close. After anxiously waiting for more than two minutes, the red light reappeared, and the Fire Elemental was thrown into another patch of fiery lava.
Huoye cried out again, "I sensed it, it's very, very far away..."
"Hurry up and swim upstream, or it will be sucked back in!"
Fire Elemental was thrown out by a vortex almost identical to this one. Huoye was alerted and quickly controlled Fire Elemental to swim upwards. Using the force of being thrown out, Fireman broke free from the suction and burst out of the magma surface.
The world reflected in the Water Mirror was fiery red. The sky was pitch black, but red light shone from all directions, illuminating the area. At their feet was a pool of lava identical to the one on the other side, surrounded by countless Flamewaker. Lucifron, wielding twin blades, was at the forefront, while four petite Flamewaker stood at the four corners of the lava pool. Four beams of light shot from their raised arms, connecting to a ball of light in the air—this must be their spellcaster.
"Bomb them to death!"
Unas shouted, Huoye immediately ordered the Fire Elementals to ignite the fuse that Angela had frozen. The last scene in the Water Mirror was the terrified faces of the Flamewaker, and then... the screen went black. It was unclear whether it had succeeded or not.
Without the Warden's instructions, the remaining Fire Elementals swarmed into the lava, but after the first Fire Elemental was sucked into the vortex, the Fire Elemental couldn't squeeze in no matter what they tried.
"It seems this passage can only accommodate one unit at a time. We'll just have to wait a bit longer." Angela was both disappointed and relieved. She was disappointed that her side couldn't launch a continuous bombing attack, losing the element of surprise, but relieved that her earlier guess had been confirmed—the enemy could only send one person at a time.
Du'an analyzed, "Based on what we're seeing so far, it seems that spatial displacement is projecting a mirror image of the terrain from that side onto our side. That's why we're seeing two identical lava pools. This isn't entirely the same as what we discussed before. What do you all think?"
Huoye replied, "As long as we can find a way to correct this misalignment, the spatial passage will naturally close, but I don't have a clue yet."
The mages discussed a lot more, but Unas understood less and less. About two minutes passed quickly, and the image reappeared on the Water Mirror. This time, the Flamewaker retreated far away; the previous explosion had taught them a lesson.
Although the Flamewaker race has high fire resistance and the damage from the explosion is limited, the shattered crystal fragments have a terrifying area-of-effect killing power at close range, and the two Flamewaker Priests were seriously injured on the spot.
The Flamewaker Chieftain Lucifron was standing at the very front and was also pierced by several bullet-like shards. However, the shards were probably too small to affect his mobility, but the waves of excruciating pain inside his body almost drove him mad.
As soon as the second Fire Elemental emerged from the lava pool, several spears were aimed at it and fired. The Fire Elemental had no time to dodge and was instantly killed, without even having time to ignite the high-explosive shells.
"The next one who's past shouldn't pop up again. Detonate the bomb in the pool and throw it out with all your might!" Unas shouted the order. The suicide bomb was out of the question, so they had to use it like a hand grenade.
One after another, the Fire Elemental passed through the passage. Some successfully threw grenades, blasting the Flamewaker to pieces, while others failed and were killed directly by enemy ranged weapons thrown into the lava pool. The Flamewaker scattered and retreated further and further away, until they were beyond the range of the Fire Elemental' arm strength.
"Don't waste the bombs! Stay in the pool and don't leave. Wait for me to get there, then we'll rush out together!"
Most of the sixteen Fire Elemental had already passed, and it would soon be Unas's turn. He swallowed hard, suddenly realizing a serious problem: he couldn't swim! It would be a huge joke if he drowned in the lava.
When he raised this question, everyone was a little dumbfounded. Huoye immediately said, "It's alright, the magma is enough to make a person float on their own, and the Fire Elemental can also take you up."
That makes a lot of sense. Unas breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I'll leave it to you all."
Another important issue is breathing, but Du'an helped him answer that, "From my observation, the Fire Elemental take about two minutes to pass through the space tunnel. The slight difference lies in their size; larger Fire Elemental take longer, and smaller ones take shorter. The Flamewaker take three to five minutes. Humans are between the size of Fire Elemental and Flamewaker, so I estimate that humans take two to three minutes. I believe that everyone with good physical condition can hold their breath for that long."
Unas's physique far surpasses that of ordinary people, so he should be perfectly fine. The members of the elite squad are all elites, and even mages with poor physiques should have their own ways of dealing with them.
All questions were answered, Unas straightened his armor, now ready to charge forward and slaughter them all!