Emil's Banquet

Burning Wilderness, City of Pig Iron.

The city sits on an iron hemisphere with a radius of several miles, displaying mottled colors, and is surrounded by flowing rivers of fire.

Outside the brass gate, enormous and terrifying monsters such as Multi-Headed Flame Salamander and Flame Giant Python patrol.

A low, hissing sound echoed through the river of fire, as the hungry creatures devoured any uninvited intruders.

The city has fountains of fire, burning palaces, and mansions made of charcoal.

This city is already a spectacle, but it is merely a poor imitation of the legendary "City of Brass".

According to the Fire Dwarf, it is not even one ten-thousandth the size of that City of Brass.

Despite the possibility of exaggeration, it is enough to demonstrate the greatness of the legendary City of Brass and the superb construction skills of the Fire Dwarf.

"Honor the great Grand Sultan!"

Praise be to the Flame Lord!

At that moment, inside the tallest building cast in brass in the center of the city, melodious flute music rang out continuously, along with enthusiastic cheers and shouts.

This was an exceptionally grand banquet, with all the Fire Giant of the city gathered here to celebrate the arrival of the new "Emil".

The Grand Sultan was a Fire Giant with extraordinary power and strength, supported by various chiefs, governors, and Emil, and his direct servants were six rather powerful Pasha.

The main character of this banquet Hamid Abdul, a noble Fire Giant Noble —and the Emil sent by the Grand Sultan to take over the City of Pig Iron.

"By the Flame Lord!"

"This is truly a grand event! The City of Pig Iron hasn't been this lively in centuries!"

"Let us welcome the new Emil of the City of Pig Iron —the noble Hamid!"

"Hamid!"

The Fire Giant cheered loudly.

A burly Fire Giant, surrounded by his retinue, appeared in the brass hall.

"Praise be to the noble and powerful— Hamid Abdul!"

Someone shouted.

This Fire Giant Noble was much taller than ordinary Fire Giant, standing over five meters tall.

This burly giant had fiery red skin, eyes like burning coals, and a pair of short, jet-black horns on his head, with wisps of smoke rising from his body.

His lava-red skin was covered by a long robe made of fine silk and satin, and he also wore gold rings, chains and chains.

Upon closer inspection, one will notice that a piece of his finger is missing, concealed by an exaggerated gold ring.

Hamid looked around and then spoke in a deep and powerful voice, "By the Flame Lord, welcome to my inauguration banquet!"

"I have come here on behalf of the great Sultan to govern this City of Pig Iron on his behalf, so that the Fire Giant Kingdom may become even stronger!"

The Fire Giant poured scalding hot wine, raised the steaming brass goblet high, and said loudly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us drink to our hearts' content tonight!"

"I will build a powerful army! You will fight alongside me, plunder those lowly enemies, and bring more slaves and more wealth to the City of Pig Iron!"

"Praise be to Lord Hamid!"

"You are the rightful Emil! The spokesperson for the Grand Sultan!"

Amid cheers, the Fire Giant Noble raised his head, downed the wine in his hand in one gulp, and exhaled smoke carrying the scent of alcohol.

The Fire Giant views all other creatures as enemies or potential serfs.

They often plunder the Material Plane and Elemental Plane, capturing slaves to take back to their homes on the Fire Elemental Plane.

Hamid's words clearly struck a chord with the Fire Giant, even making them sing.

"We are the masters of the Fire Elemental Plane! We are powerful gods and monsters!"

"Plunder! Loot!"

"All lowly races must grovel at our feet and become our slaves!"

They drank the fine wine on the table, ate the burnt bread and roasted meat, and recklessly threw away the gold and jewels they had robbed.

Hamid, on the other hand, was filled with excitement, thinking to himself that this was exactly what he wanted.

However, at the last banquet, he encountered an unexpected situation and had his finger cut off by a human bastard from the Material Plane.

"Damn bastard"

"How dare you anger a great Fire Giant Noble! I'll show you what true Hell is like!"

Thinking of this, the Elemental Noble rubbed the golden ring on his hand fiercely, his face contorted with rage, and the image of the human suffering torture appeared in his mind.

The Fire Giant are hypocritical, cunning, and cruel; they will tirelessly retaliate against those who offend them—and Hamid is no exception.

He just never succeeded.

"Hmph, today is my joyous day, so I'll forget about that pathetic human bastard for now."

Hamid casually tore off a piece of meat from the hind leg of the Flame Wyvern, put it in his mouth, and chewed it heartily, joining in the feast.

As Fire Elemental spirits, they do not need to eat, but they do not mind enjoying a burnt meal.

But amidst this enthusiastic atmosphere, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"Lord Emil."

"But I heard that a human girl just chopped off a part of your finger?"

"You agree, don't you, esteemed ' Finger-Severed One ' Hamid?"

Immediately, the surrounding area fell silent.

The Fire Giant in the hall were so frightened that they dropped their spoons and plates onto the table, making a clattering sound.

"Smack!"

The Fire Giant Noble slammed his fist on the table, causing cracks to appear on it.

"Who is it!"

"Who's speaking!"

Hamid's lava-red face instantly turned as black as charcoal, thick smoke billowed from his mouth and nose, and an uncontrollable rage emanated from the top of his head.

Because those words struck a nerve! Fire Giant are an extremely warlike race, and he, as a nobleman and the newly appointed Emil of the City of Pig Iron, had his finger chopped off by a human in full view of everyone!

This is an utter disgrace! And the insulting nickname "the Finger-Severed One" has been secretly spreading among the Fire Giant in recent days.

If this continues, his dignity as Emil will be in jeopardy! Thinking this, the Fire Giant Noble roared, "Despicable scoundrel!"

"Where is the courage that the Flame Lord bestowed upon you? You have the guts to speak, but not the guts to admit it?"

Hamid swept his extremely imposing gaze over the Fire Giant present.

The Fire Giant lowered their heads nervously, exchanging bewildered glances, but none dared to step forward and accept the Emil's wrath.

"Snort."

Hamid snorted coldly.

"Fine, then! You cowardly, cowardly coward, hiding your true colors, the Flame Lord will punish you!"

Seeing the Fire Giant remain silent, he paced back and forth in the hall and continued, "Do you think—I'm afraid to take revenge on that human bastard?"

You're all wrong!

"That was all on purpose! Burning that human bastard to death would have been too easy for her. I wanted her to experience the ultimate despair!"

Hamid became more and more excited as he spoke, and his tone became more and more impassioned.

"I will make that human bastard watch as I destroy her ridiculous kingdom; I will burn her home to ruins; I will trample the lord she serves under my feet."

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

A round of applause interrupted Hamid's words.

Then, that familiar voice appeared again, its calm tone revealing undisguised sarcasm.

"Well said."

"Your daydream is truly captivating, Your Excellency Hamid the ' Finger-Severed One '!"