I had traveled through countless planes, including the upper planes that were filled with Holy Light and positive energy, as well as the Chaos Abyss, which was filled with distortion and chaos. I didn't know which plane had the deepest impression of me and was the most suitable for traveling, but the Fire Elemental Plane was definitely one of the worst planes for tourists.
Not only was the air incredibly hot and poisonous, I was ambushed six times in less than ten minutes. From berserk fire demons to low-level fire elemental creatures that I could crush at any moment, they would unhesitatingly charge at me the moment they saw me. The only difference was that the fire elemental creatures' roars when they attacked were different.
If they could win, they would attack head-on. If they couldn't win, they would self-destruct. The fire elemental creatures here were even more berserk and disgusting than the ones in the mortal plane.
"Are they ever going to stop? They're like cockroaches. Every time we see one, there's a dozen of them. There's no end to this."
I started complaining since I didn't feel like I was making any progress.
"… If you deactivate your domain, we'll probably be able to travel much faster …"
"What? Deactivate the air conditioning? No, I'd rather kill my way over than be dehydrated by the heat. "
The air outside was poisonous and spicy, while the air around me was clean and cool. It was snowing faintly above my head. As a self-proclaimed ice archmage at the Truth level, it would be far too terrible of me if I couldn't even change the environment around me.
However, Moti was still "freeloading off the air conditioning." Even though he was clearly feeling quite comfortable, he kept trying to convince me to deactivate my ice domain.
"… Archmage Roland, I apologize for underestimating your spellcasting ability in the Fire Elemental Plane to summon such a powerful ice domain. However, your actions are equivalent to declaring war on all fire elemental creatures in the area. We — "
I waved my hand and interrupted his question. I smiled as I looked at the sky above me, where a red raven covered in magma was circling above me. At this level of power, I had finally met an Elemental Lord level existence.
"We're finally here. Rather than randomly walking around like this, why don't we find a guide? An Elemental Lord should know where their God is. Yep, it'll tell me. I'm certain. "
Ten minutes later, the fire raven that had become incredibly docile soared in the sulfur-smelling sky. I was now able to comfortably lie on its back and look down at the scenery.
However, ice shards were still falling from its fiery wings on the upper half of its body. Its pitiful appearance made people worry about whether it would suddenly fall from the sky.
"… Did I go too far?"
"It's fine. In this plane, as long as the fire elemental creatures don't die on the spot, they can quickly recover from any kind of injury."
The silly cat was still crawling on my head. Although she was still in her black cat form, she wasn't a clone this time. Instead, she was using a transformation spell to transform into a cat form, which confused me.
"… Aren't you very busy?"
"I'm worried about you."
"Heh, what's there to worry about? If we can win, we'll fight. If we can't, we'll just run away with Eliza. Although the bug-like world has been destroyed, I'm still very confident in my ability to survive."
Although I wasn't used to seeing a cat's expression, this cat definitely glared at me just now. She even used my head to sharpen her claws. What did I do to offend her?
"… It's precisely because you think that I'm worried …"
The silly cat sighed yet again with an expression of an incorrigible idiot. Even though she was just a silly cat, she actually dared to look down on me?
Just as I was thinking about whether or not I should feed her milk or find a chance to throw the cat from the sky, the scene before me finally changed.
What was before me was no longer bright red. In the distance, a pitch-black Dimensional Door was quite eye-catching. The familiar power of Chaos was doubtlessly another Dimensional Door leading to the Chaos Abyss.
There were black and red dots the size of ants on the ground. Were they clashing? Doubtlessly, it was a battle between demons and fire elemental creatures. I could faintly sense the explosion of magic power in the triple digits. This was an Elemental Lord fighting against a powerful demon.
Without a doubt, we had entered another battlefield, and the intensity of the battle was quite high.
Judging from the approaching black and red dots, we had company. At this time, I didn't want to waste any more time on this meaningless battle.
Meaningless? There were countless demons in the Chaos Abyss. Even though he was the youngest Demon Main God, he still had an astronomical number of demon soldiers and generals under his command. In the previous battles, he hadn't mobilized his main forces, so it was impossible to calculate how many he had. However, it was impossible for him to finish all the battles in a short period of time.
This was even more true for the Fire Elemental Plane. As long as they didn't die on the spot, the fire elemental creatures would recover incredibly quickly. Even if they died, they would be able to quickly regenerate.
I was becoming more and more confused. Attacking the Fire Elemental Planes was meaningless to begin with. If I was in Cavendish's position, rather than sending an army to attack, I would have directly led a few Main God level subordinates to form a small ambush squad. That would have a higher chance of success in forcefully kidnapping the Fire Elemental Lords.
What confused me even more was that although I sensed many fire elemental and Chaos Lord level mana sources, there weren't many that gave me a sense of threat. There weren't any powerful Gods or Main God level existences on the battlefield either. If it was on such a large scale, Eliza wouldn't even need to personally take action.
I had originally thought that Cavendish would send a sufficient number of elites and powerful individuals to participate in this battle. However, while the demons below weren't weak, they were obviously far from the top-level combat strength that I had expected.
I casually summoned a blizzard and tossed it at a fire dragon that got too close and was baring its fangs and claws. I then exploded with magic power that far surpassed that of a Saint rank in order to chase away the fire dragons that were looking at me with unfriendly gazes.
Half a minute later, my magic explosion attracted a certain person's attention as expected. A familiar magical wave rose up from the volcanoes in front of me.
Bright-red magical waves transformed into a tsunami that swept across the battlefield. Even the Chaos Lords lowered their proud heads in the areas that the tsunami touched. Just the fact that the Chaos Elemental Lords' attention was enough to double the combat strength of the Chaos Elemental Lords.
Compared to my memories, this mana source was far stronger. It was like the difference between a torch and the sun. In fact, this mana source was several times stronger than Ömdiroken's from back in the day. Perhaps this was what an Elemental God should be like.
Compared to what I had expected, the current Elemental Gods were far more powerful.
I also knew that I had reached my goal. The master of this dimension had noticed my arrival and sent me an invitation.
"Moti, go back and do your own work for now. I'll report what happened to you to the Truth Symposium. Just relax and wait for my news."
I changed my mind. At such a distance, it would be faster for me to fly by myself.
I directly had that fire bird take Moti back as I flew towards the volcanoes that had sent me the invitation. However, the silly cat on my head didn't seem willing to continue acting as a mascot.
"… Roland."
"I know. You don't need to say anything. At the very least, let me see her first."
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