Mysterious Female Voice

The Fire Elemental Elder had gone berserk.

The massive fiery body swept through the crowd, engulfing the fleeing players and turning them into fuel.

"Holy crap, let's go!"

"This thing is practically indestructible!"

"Getting even a touch kills you, such powerful AOE! Isn't this trial a bit too much?"

The Fire Elemental Elder are the very Incarnation of Flame, born to incinerate everything. They will attempt to burn all life and objects on the Prime Material Plane to ashes—it is their instinct.

Previously controlled by Misha, this Fire Elemental Elder had suppressed its power, but now it can finally unleash it freely.

On the Baras Volcano, there were falling flames and surging lava everywhere, as if a volcano had erupted.

Faced with this Challenge Rating 13 monster that is immune to fire, the players were somewhat at a loss.

In this "Northern Lands Feng Yun" version, top players are mostly from the Embers of the Burned Empire faction, and their methods are mostly related to fire.

And Sorcerer, especially those from the Dragon Vein Sorcerer, are even more so.

Xia Ye Qiuyu had already grasped the purpose of this trial.

She exhausted all her Spell Slot, casting numerous spells on herself, including Flight Spell, Protection from Energy Damage, and Haste Spell.

"You have to survive to be eligible for a spot!"

That's what she thought.

"Aaaaaahh...

The familiar, high-pitched battle cry rang out.

On the distant volcanic peak, Born Battle Maniac, wielding a battle axe and with bloodshot eyes, leaped down.

"I'll kill you!"

With a fierce roar, the Born Battle Maniac swung his giant axe and cleaved it fiercely toward the head of the Fire Elemental Elder.

"Bang!"

A dull thud rang out as the Fire Elemental Elder's heavy rock-like fist sent the Born Battle Maniac flying dozens of meters, along with his axe.

He landed directly into the lava pool, splashing up scalding hot water.

As a large magical creature, the Fire Elemental Elder possesses a power level of 25, making it impossible for ordinary mortals to defeat him.

Moreover, being deep in a volcanic environment, the Fire Elemental Elder has the advantage of being on home ground.

The Fire Elemental Elder, now unleashing his full power, is a nemesis to players, having already eliminated over fifty of them.

Only about twenty players remained alive, weaving through the inferno.

Some used Rope Trick to hide in Alternate Dimension, some used the Misty Step to move back and forth, and some used Invisibility to survive in the cracks, all in order to avoid the Fire Elemental Elder's attacks.

The battle had now devolved into a game of hide-and-seek.

Once the players finally understood, they each used their own methods to make the clumsy Fire Elemental Elder run around in circles, infuriating it.

The female warlock player from the Church of the Machine God Sorcerer username was "Art is Explosion]", was even more outrageous.

"Come up here!"

Using the ejected flight seat, she dodged high in the air, occasionally dropping a lightning-infused bomb at the Fire Elemental Elder.

"Boom!"

"Sizzle sizzle—"

Another electromagnetic explosion.

The Fire Elemental Elder finally lost his temper and slammed his fists into the ground, letting out a roar.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Humans! Burn them!"

The enormous body flashed red light again, greedily drawing in the magma pool, preparing for the next explosion.

This time, all these humans must be reduced to ashes!

"Burn them all to death!" Suddenly, a clear, cold female voice rang out, echoing in the bustling lava pool, and the surroundings immediately fell silent.

"Stop."

"The rest of you, congratulations on passing the trial, welcome to the Karma Fire Tower."

The surviving players were immediately excited, and even their teammates who had managed to survive were cheering and shouting.

"You passed!"

"I got a spot!"

"Hahaha, the only magic-based class in the current version, I'm going to be invincible!"

"Roar! Rebuild the glory of the Sorcerer!"

The Fire Elemental Elder glared hatefully at the celebrating players, especially at the one who had thrown the bomb in the sky, and growled angrily.

"Boom!"

Unable to contain its rage, it pounded the ground again, causing it to tremble.

As Fire Elemental beings, they find it difficult to calm down until they have fully released their energy and vented their anger.

"But... the master is calling them."

"These... testers."

The Fire Elemental Elder was panting heavily, with black smoke and white eyes constantly emerging from his head.

"Oh?"

"Afar, do you intend to disobey my orders?"

There seemed to be a hint of anger in the woman's voice.

"No, Master."

"No."

Before he could finish speaking, accompanied by a painful pleas for mercy, the Fire Elemental Elder clutched his chest, and his massive elemental body, which was over ten meters tall, suddenly dimmed and shrank rapidly.

Eventually, the Fire Elemental Elder known as "Afar" aged into a blurry, three- or four-meter-tall humanoid flame figure—just like any ordinary Fire Elemental.

Its body swayed and flickered, trembling all over, showing none of the terrifying aura it had displayed when it had just unleashed its fury.

"Lead the way for them."

The woman gave the order in a calm voice.

"Yes"

The Fire Elemental Elder's voice was weak and listless, as if he had lost his long-lost power.

This time, it finally stopped complaining. It just glanced cautiously at the players before patiently leading the way.

Seeing this, Xia Ye Qiuyu clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "To think that this Fire Elemental Elder could be so subservient."

"It seems that the NPC for this advancement quest is quite powerful; we should take it seriously."

One player even ran up behind the Fire Elemental Elder and taunted him with a grin, "Weren't you so capable? Weren't you going to burn everyone to death?"

"Come on? Burn me then?"

"I'm so scared!"

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The flames on the Fire Elemental Elder's body were trembling, clearly indicating that he was extremely angry.

Xia Ye Qiuyu couldn't help but remind her, "Don't play like that, what if you go too far?"

"What's there to be afraid of? There are game mechanics to cover it up."

"We've already gone through so many trials, are we going to be eliminated over something so trivial?"

The player waved his hand dismissively, speaking with unwavering conviction, and even sticking his butt out towards the Fire Elemental Elder.

On Xia Ye Qiuyu, I sighed, unable to bear the sight.

"Come on?"

"Burn me, little flame?"

The Fire Elemental Elder was already panting, and white smoke was billowing from his body—commonly known as red-hot.

As a nobleman from the Fire Elemental Plane, it was bad enough that he had to serve as a servant to a terrifying Sorcerer, but now he had to endure the humiliation of a mortal! The cold female voice came again.

His tone revealed his disdain.

"If you don't even know the most basic etiquette, you are not qualified to be a noble Dragon Pact Sorcerer."

"What's the meaning?"

The player couldn't help but ask.

"That means you've been eliminated, Afar!"

"Ah?"

"Not a buddy."

The player who was making a face was stunned and stood there, somewhat at a loss.

The next moment, he let out a strange cry and started running away.

"Obey command!"

"Die!"

The Fire Elemental Elder's long-suppressed rage finally erupted.

"Bang!"

He swung his arm with all his might, and his burning fist smashed the player's head.

The charred head rolled several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop.

It seems the Fire Elemental Elder had been planning this attack for a long time.

Yes, even with its power controlled, the Fire Elemental Elder can still kill a player with ease.

After doing all this, it angrily glared around at the players, signaling them not to end up like that.

"Holy crap?"

"They killed him already?"

"This guy is courting death—he finally made it to the end, and then he had to jump."

"Yeah, the college entrance exam is over, and they still tore up their answer sheets!"

Some players were gloating, while others were still shaken, but all were shocked by the fact that the trial was so casual.

But that's how it is in "Erezege". All the "NPCs" have extremely high intelligence and unique behavioral logic, and are never limited to a fixed program.

And that's part of its charm.

"It seems this quest NPC has a very picky personality—most likely a proud perfectionist who can't tolerate any flaws."

"We need to be careful from now on."

Xia Ye Qiuyu stroked his chin thoughtfully, then lowered his head, his eyes flickering slightly.

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