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Chapter 1137: Chapter 390: Fiery Flame Canyon

“What exactly is the situation?” Audrey was the first to calm down and asked.

“Senior Trevor and other stationed Wizards from our school suffered heavy casualties this time; only a few managed to escape. The reason is that in the Furious Flame Canyon, multiple Inferno Stone Giants suddenly appeared at once.”

The Third Level Wizard Apprentice, having calmed himself, slowly narrated.

“Inferno Stone Giants? Normally, aren’t there only sporadic Evil Fire Elements that rush out? How could multiple Inferno Stone Giants appear suddenly?” Alicia’s face was filled with horror, devoid of any charm.

“Lady Alicia, I don’t know the exact reason for this. The school should be dispatching an investigation team soon,” the Wizard Apprentice shook his head and said.

Immediately, Alicia and Joseph asked several more questions.

Since Rein was not familiar with the situation, he quietly listened from the side without speaking or asking questions.

However, upon hearing the mention of Inferno Stone Giants, Rein’s eyes lit up slightly.

Because he suddenly remembered that Mogaro previously mentioned Hellfire Crystal Stones, which seemed to be nurtured within those creatures.

According to the mentor, such Inferno Stone Giants are extremely rare, as they do not belong to this world, making the related Hellfire Crystal Stones naturally difficult to find.

This is also why the Black Flame Cult, when attempting to replicate the Giant Axe Demon Statue Guard, had no choice but to use large energy devices instead of Hellfire Crystal Stones, resulting in a significant decrease in the power of the replicas, which also couldn’t perform any witchcraft attacks.

“What about the mentor? Has Mogaro heard this news?” Audrey asked.

“The mentor just learned about it, but he should already have been called for a meeting by Lord Bradley.”

….

One day ago.

Inside the Furious Flame Canyon.

The previously flat ground was filled with signs of battle, long and short trenches, and numerous large and small craters.

In many of the craters, black smoke was still rising in wisps, and upon closer inspection, one could find fist-sized stones, like red-hot coals, emitting high heat and black smoke inside the craters.

However, unlike coal, these stones had a strange light green color.

Looking towards the entrance along the winding canyon, there were five or six piles of the same green stones, but much larger in size than those in the craters, with some being as large as millstones or even huge like water tanks.

Beside each pile of scattered stones lay numerous corpses in Wizard Robes, which, judging by the robes’ colors, seemed to belong to Wizards from the Bixiu Mechanization School.

At the same time, more puppet parts and wrecked puppet bodies were scattered nearby, seemingly telling the intensity of the battle at that time.

Additionally, it indicated that the battle scene seemed to involve several Wizards jointly dealing with one of these burning rock creatures—Inferno Stone Giants.

At this moment, a group of black-robed figures suddenly appeared within the Furious Flame Canyon.

They quickly approached the piles of green stones and bent over to search for something.

“Master, the Abyss Fire Crystals are indeed very effective; this time, we attracted six Inferno Stone Giants. With the Hellfire Crystal Stones, we can directly create Demon Statue Guards.” A Black Flame Monk exclaimed with joy.

Ever since they discovered an Abyss Fire Crystal in some ruins, resourceful individuals within the cult thought of this method.

Using higher-ranked Abyss Fire Crystals to lure Inferno Stone Giants, they could thereby obtain relatively stable Hellfire Crystal Stones for crafting demon statues.

But to successfully implement this plan required overcoming many obstacles, with the most challenging being the matter of the passage.

Unexpectedly, they actually found a rift leading to Bator Hell.

“Yes, and we don’t have to personally kill those Inferno Stone Giants. Those Wizard Schools’ people are really foolish, exhausting themselves to kill the Inferno Stone Giants, only for us to reap the benefits,” another person said with a smile.

“Yes, speed up the collection; I reckon it won’t be long before someone returns to check the situation,” said Gregory, the Chief Priest, who couldn’t conceal his smile.

This time, they finally found a passage connecting to Bator Hell and discovered the traces of Inferno Stone Giants.

In terms of actions, they were very secretive and did not strike directly.

Even if the stationed Wizard Schools sent people to investigate, it was highly likely they would think it was caused by a passage riot.

“You all… it turns out… you all… are up to no good…”

At this time, a male Wizard, who lay on the ground with most of his body charred, seemed to wake up having heard the voices. Struggling to raise his head for a glance, he said.

“Oh? There’s actually a survivor here,” a Black Flame Monk mused in surprise, with a hint of mockery, as he walked forward.

“Sorry about this, farewell!”

“Boom!” Along with a Black Flame Fireball, the recently awoken School Wizard was engulfed in flames and perished.

…

“Alright, Chief Priest Gregory, a total of five Hellfire Crystal Stones were collected; one of the Inferno Stone Giants’ bodies hasn’t yet nurtured one,” a Black Flame Monk reported.

Chief Priest Gregory glanced at the specially made stone box.

Inside the box were five irregularly oval crystal stones.

The crystals contained a flowing, green liquid-like flame, quite mystical.