Giant Kelp Forest Beneath the Sea (Third Update, Bonus Chapter for 240,000 Recommendation Votes)

Naturally, there was no lava passage to be found.

He used Magic Eye, hoping to pick up some leftovers nearby and find a couple of Elf Bugs, but came up empty as well. Missing Tooth Mountain, an extinct volcano, had probably been dead for too long. It had completely weathered into an ordinary mountain range, without the slightest trace of magma—there was not even any geothermal heat.

No hot springs, no steam, no caves—just ordinary mountains.

"Rio, we're going home!" Liszt called out. The little Fire Dragon, which had been circling in the sky chasing birds, immediately dove down. Less than three meters from Liszt, it abruptly transformed into a ball of Flame. With a boom, it crashed into Liszt's body, nearly knocking him over.

He staggered back two steps and steadied himself, immediately scolding the little Fire Dragon in his mind. "Be more careful! How many times have I told you? Be gentler when we're going home!"

"Roar!"

The little Fire Dragon responded, but there was no emotion in its voice. It had not understood a word Liszt said.

Training it like he had trained the Blizzard Beast would be no easy task. Perhaps dragons had growth cycles that were simply too long; though intelligent, they adapted at a pace measured in years... In any case, after more than a month of training, the little Fire Dragon's greatest change was that it had accepted its new name.

Rio!

As for why Liszt had given the little Fire Dragon that name, perhaps only Liszt himself knew.

Leaving Missing Tooth Mountain.

Liszt rode Loki toward the beach south of Coral Island to visit the intermediate Magic Beast, the Purple Sand Crocodile. The crocodile was lazily basking on the shore. The moment Liszt arrived, it became alert, raising its head and assuming