Eagle Scholar's Onboarding Test

While the Furnace Witches carried out their altered daily routine, their "leader" was completing a task that demanded an extreme amount of strength.

In fact, when the Furnace Witches began their hunting training last night, Tang Qi—or rather, the real Tang Qi—had already arrived at a special location to officially take up another position within the official Holy Eagle's Nest Society.

Within Iniki State, known as Cowboy State, stood the dangerous active volcano called Mount Angro, a famous Federation attraction. The Federation had built a national park around it, drawing huge numbers of tourists every season.

At this moment, while tourists enjoyed the distinctive sights of Angro National Park.

Far below the crater, where endless lava surged and churned, a structure resembling a Circular Fortress—or some kind of Mechanical Castle—continued operating. It constantly absorbed the violent energy released from deep within the volcano, while vast clouds of white steam made it seem like an ancient beast exhaling.

Deep within the Mechanical Castle, figures hurried back and forth in great numbers. Shouts, roars, and even curses rang out without pause.

Only a small portion of the workers here were human. Most were supernatural monsters: hairy yet powerfully built humanoid fiends resembling the dwarves of legend, or simply bull-like beastmen.

But whether human or fiend, everyone working here appeared to share one trait: a fiery temper.

Here, whether male humans or female fiends, every body contained power that seemed ready to explode.

At this moment, every sound was suppressed by a series of explosive strikes.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At the heart of the mechanical fortress was something like an enormously enlarged "spherical ring." Its layers of mechanical arms were fitted together with exquisite precision and engraved with countless mysterious runes. They rolled within the lava, every rune radiating a blazing light.

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