As expected, Grimm obtained the information he wanted about the Rank 2 Fire Dragon from Gaz Lurvi.
Bammu? Beaulatek was a Rank 2 Fire Dragon and the Dragon Lord of the Lance Plane. Its territory was located in the Burning Steppes, 30,000 kilometers away from the Stoneclaw Mountains where the metal fortress was located.
Truthfully, if not for Feliba's warm invitation, Grimm's influence wouldn't have spread so far in another three to five years. He wouldn't have been able to meet this Tier 2 Male Fire Dragon so soon.
Now that he had a clear goal, Grimm did not hesitate any longer and ordered Gaz Lurvi to quickly gather information on Bammu? Beaulatek was a Rank 2 Fire Dragon.
At the same time, Grimm began to make appropriate preparations for this expedition.
Fire Dragons like these usually lived in areas with extremely harsh environments, such as the Volcano World or the Lava Sea … No matter which it was, it was not a place that ordinary people could easily set foot in.
Fighting in such an environment would not only not affect Grimm's combat power, but it would also greatly increase. However, the other Magi in the family would not be able to enjoy such treatment. The environment would greatly restrict their combat power.
In order not to affect the Magi in the family, they had to prepare Fire Resistance equipment, Magic Resistance potions, appropriate Health Potions, and healing wands in advance. Of course, if they could obtain the map of the Rank 2 Fire Dragon's lair, they would have more confidence in the battle.
Grimm handed this task to the old fox, Venlier, and the two Blood Knights.
They set off from the metal fortress and sneaked all the way to the territory of the Rank 2 Fire Dragon. They would then think of a way to capture the Dragonoid guards and interrogate them for the map of the Fire Dragon's underground palace.
The task of collecting Fire Resistance equipment was handed over to the Goblin Kabi.
As the future head of the Crimson Family's finance department, it was his responsibility to take care of such a small matter!
As for the related magic potions, they were all handed over to Gargamel. Gargamel's profession was an Apothecary. As long as he had enough ingredients, it would not be a problem to satisfy the Crimson Family's needs.
The new Rank 2 Blood Elves in the family had just switched from Logia to Blood Elves and were still in the process of familiarizing themselves with their abilities. Hence, they did not participate in this expedition. Otherwise, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties.
Apart from making some internal preparations, Grim was also trying his best to rope in some external help.
Unfortunately, the Tier 3 Thunder Dragon, Armes, had no interest in killing its own kind, rejecting Grim's invitation without hesitation. However, Grim secretly guessed that the reason why they were not interested was purely because both Emerald Dragons and Emerald Dragons belonged to the Logia Forest Dragon race. They did not like to stay in a place with only fiery red stones and no green at all.
In this way, even if it helped Grimm conquer the Burning Steppes and Scorching Canyon, all the spoils and territories would belong to the wizard.
Although this speculation was a little malicious, it was not the correct answer based on Grimm's understanding of Armes.
After cutting off the support from the dragons, Grimm could only place his hope on the Dragon-Devouring Assassin, Ollie. After promising to kill the fire dragon, the wizards would only take the dragon skin and the dragon crystal. The dragon-eater female assassin happily accepted Grim's invitation and hurried to the metal fortress.
While Grim and the rest of the Crimson Sorcerers were away from Lance, Ollie did not stay idle. She spent almost every day roaming around the dragon lords' nests. As soon as she met Grimm, she strongly requested to exchange this information for the Dragon Crystal of the Tier 2 Fire Dragon.
After all, to Ollie, devouring a dragon of the same rank was the most effective way to increase her strength. Without the crucial dragon crystal, the evolution of a Dragon-Devourer's profession would be greatly reduced.
Using a bunch of useless information to exchange for a Grade 2 Dragon Crystal, Grimm was almost amused by Olina's wishful thinking.
It could not be helped. Ollie had spent many years in the wilderness and had little contact with the outside world. Even if she was talented and had outstanding intelligence, it was inevitable that she had low EQ and social skills.
Facing this Dragon-Devourer with the title "Dragon Hunter", Grimm smiled and offered his bargaining chip.
Join the Crimson Family and become an official Magus of the Crimson Family!
As long as she could do this, Grimm was willing to pay a rank 2 fire dragon crystal. Moreover, Ollie would be able to enjoy the same benefits as the other Magi of the family.
Ollie did not reject this proposal immediately like before. Instead, she thought about it for half a month. The destruction of her family and the annihilation of her race made her unable to believe in the existence of other races.
However, the temptation of a complete rank 2 fire dragon was too great, so Ollie spent the past half a month in torment without sleep or rest.
In the end, Ollie could not resist the urge to become stronger and agreed to Grimm's conditions.
Hence, without the outside world knowing, the Crimson Family accepted another mysterious rank 2 Dragon-Devourer, Ollie.
In truth, Ollie's rank 2 strength was not that great!
If she were to face a dragon, she would definitely be able to display the strength of a rank 2 Magus. However, if she were to face a rank 2 Magus instead of a dragon, Ollie would only be an elementary rank 2 female assassin.
Moreover, according to the contract, Ollie refused to leave the Lance Plane. She was only willing to provide the Crimson Family with the necessary support. Grimm didn't insist on it. After all, the Crimson Family was not facing the threat of war in the Magus World. Most of their efforts were still focused on the Lance Plane, so the goal of their cooperation was basically the same.
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Burning Plains, Scorching Canyon.
This was a land that continued to burn.
On the surface of the earth, almost everything that could be ignited had been completely burned, leaving only fiery red rocks and three-finger-thick flaming ashes on the ground.
Thick clouds of volcanic ash floated less than 200 meters above the ground, making the entire sky seem dusky. At this moment, the sun hanging high in the sky was like a dark red fireball, silently burning with light and heat, no longer as warm as it used to be.
Walking on this scorching land that could burn at any moment, even breathing in the air through one's nose and lungs was unbearably hot. An ordinary person would probably only need to stay here for half an hour before all the moisture would be sucked out by the terrifying heat waves and the ever-present stuffy heat, turning them into a cracked, scorched corpse.
The only things that could survive in this land were fire-type magic beasts and elemental creatures. As for the other creatures, they had either migrated far away or become food for others.
In short, there was simply no need to survive in this kind of place without Odd Zhuo's fire resistance!
Newcomers often thought that the Burning Plains was a forbidden zone for life, and that it was a land of death inside.
However, when they barged in, they were surprised to find that even in such a harsh environment, there were still countless strange creatures living. Among them were large groups of intelligent races, such as the Black Iron Dwarves, the Flame-Maw Dragonmen, the Flame-Belly Ogres and the Blackstone clan's orcs, as well as an innumerable number of strange magic creatures, such as the Giant Lava Beasts, Molten Fire Beetles, Lava Fire Elementals, and other elemental creatures with low intelligence who only knew how to wander around the Burning Plains …
As subordinates of the rank 2 Fire Dragon Bammu, the Flame-Maw Dragonmen were the undisputed rulers of this place. As for the Blackstone clan's orcs and the Black Iron Dwarves, they became the Flame-Maw Dragonmen's vassals, helping them rule the entire Burning Plains.
As for the rank 2 Fire Dragon Bammu's lair, it was hidden deep in the Scorching Canyon.
The so-called Scorching Canyon was actually a fissure in the ground in the middle of the Burning Plains.
A long and narrow fissure had opened up in the ground here, and if you looked down from it, you could see boiling hot lava a thousand meters below. Bammu's lair was built on a rock wall less than a hundred meters away from the sea of lava at the bottom of the canyon.
Under the enslavement of the dragon, the Black Iron Dwarves had lost hundreds of lives to carve out a terrifying maze with twists and turns inside. The Fire Dragon Lord's chamber was at the end of the maze.
Truth be told, even the old fox Venlier sent by Grimm did everything he could to obtain a map of the Fire Dragon Maze from the captured Dragonmen. According to the captured Dragonmen, after the entire Fire Dragon Maze was built, the rank 2 Fire Dragon Lord devoured all the Black Iron Dwarves and Dragonmen responsible for the construction.
Within the Fire Dragon Maze, Bammu had set up terrifying magic traps and sentries that were as dense as a sea of stars.
This way, it was even more impossible for outsiders to covet and pry into the dragon's treasures!
Unfortunately, no matter how many magic traps and killing mechanisms Bammu had set up, it was impossible to extinguish Grimm's determination and perseverance to kill the dragon and pluck its skin.
However, the Crimson Family's only Floating Ship had been destroyed in the Fain Plane, and the Crimson Family had lost the ability to send the Magic Weapon Legion from afar. It was almost impossible to lead the massive Magic Equipment Legion to the Burning Steppes that were tens of thousands of kilometers away from the territories of seven to eight wyrm overlords.
That was why Grimm had long since given up on the idea of a large-scale battle and defined this dragon-slaying expedition as a plan to kill the elite Magi!
The Magi participating in the battle were naturally the rank 2 main force of the Crimson Family.
As the leader and commander of this battle, Grimm naturally had to participate. The other Magi participating in the battle included Mary, Zacha, Tigule, Olivine, Bliss, and the two Blood Knights.
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