I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic.

Chapter 716 Entering [Molten Core]

Sotiga Volcano,
Compared to the past, there are far fewer dwarves active in this volcanic area.

After the core of Mount Sotiga, also the holy land of the dwarves, Molten Core, was invaded by followers of the evil god disguised as sun elves, the dwarf kingdom's control over this place became much stronger.

At the request of the Dwarven Kingdom and the Temple, most of the Dwarven forgers returned to Lonely Mountain.

The dwarves did not have much objection to this.

They also felt unsafe with such a legendary evil god follower wandering around.

It would be better to wait until the royal court and the temple have dealt with the followers of the legendary evil god before coming back.

Some of those who are still in Mount Sotiga have just returned here after the Shadow Nest time in Lonely Mountain City.

After witnessing the power of the dwarf king Preston, they felt that the evil god's followers must have been dealt with.

They were reluctant to leave the excellent forging environment of Sotiga Volcano, so they took the initiative to return to the workshop in the volcanic area.

In fact, Gushan City has top forging workshops such as the Hammer Workshop, but there are also many small workshops that are not well-known.

Of course, this is not because the forging technology of these workshops is poor.

The skills of these dwarf blacksmiths would be considered as forging masters if they were not in the Dwarf Kingdom.

But in the Dwarf Kingdom, it is indeed a little less conspicuous.

Of course, the royal court and the temple didn't care much about these dwarves.

They have warned everyone who should be warned, so if something really happens, don't blame others.

After the Shadow's Nest incident in Lonely Mountain, both the Dwarf Royal Court and the Temple understood that the evil followers of the Church of the Shadow King would not retreat.

After all, they were destroying those shadow monsters.

Although the number is large, those evil god believers can produce it in large quantities.

The foundation of those evil god believers was not harmed.

After Bishop Caleb of the Church of War and the legendary elf Philip brought back information about the Shadow Nest, the Dwarf King immediately ordered the three legends to go directly to the crypt with the holy artifacts.

Look for traces of Shadow's Lair.

The followers of the Shadow King actually secretly buried such a huge bomb underground in Lonely Mountain City. If it had not been discovered, who knows what kind of shadow monster army would be secretly cultivated in a while.

This is something the Dwarf Royal Court and the Temple absolutely cannot tolerate.

As long as this shadow nest exists, Lonely Mountain City will have to worry about whether there are similar dangers in the underground caves.

But unfortunately, even with the use of the holy weapon, no trace of the Shadow Nest was found.

It was as if it had disappeared out of thin air, and no useful clues were found.

However, based on the location provided by Caleb and Philip, the dwarves still found the crypt where Shadow Nest once existed.

There, the dwarf legends did indeed discover an unusual and strange atmosphere.

This also proves that what Caleb and Philip said is true.

Therefore, even after achieving victory in the Shadow Nest incident, the Dwarf Royal Court and the Temple did not relax.

Secretly dispatch a large number of forces to search for the traces of those evil god believers.

However, there was no gain in the short term.

It was as if all the followers of the Shadow King had left Lonely Mountain.

However, the Dwarf Royal Court has found a few strongholds of other evil god believers, which is better than nothing.

Li Si stood in the middle of the dwarf team, looked up at the Sotiga volcano not far away, and sighed slightly.

The last time he came here, he was still worrying about how to get in.

Now, he has become a member of the Dwarf Temple team and is qualified to enter the Molten Core with dignity.

It's really a strange feeling.

After making the request to enter the Molten Core to the Dwarf King Preston and Archbishop Leander last time, permission was obtained relatively smoothly.

However, apparently in order to eliminate danger, Li Si was not sent directly to Molten Core, but was delayed for a while.

During this time, the royal court and the temple thoroughly cleaned up the area around Lonely Mountain City and Mount Sotiga.

They even spent a huge amount of money to clean out the underground caves of Gushan City.

If they were not worried about the evil god's followers sneaking back and hiding in the crypts to cause trouble, and it would be inconvenient to explore if they were sealed, the Dwarf King's Court and the Temple would have prepared to block off most of the useless crypts.

Even so, the royal court arranged patrol guards to patrol the underground cave regularly.

After making sure there were no problems, the team was arranged to go to Molten Core with Li Si.

Except for Li Si and the guards, most members of this team are dwarf forging masters in Lonely Mountain.

Although he looks a little young, Li Si is not that conspicuous in this team.

This is a very normal team entering Molten Core, and such things have happened many times before.

Although [Molten Core] is a holy place for the dwarves, due to its unique advantages, dwarf forging masters still have the opportunity to enter occasionally.

This is also the reason why Li Si chose to join the Hammer Workshop.

I just didn’t expect that the way of entering was the same, but the process was a bit tortuous.

Now I am too conspicuous to the Dwarf King's Court and the Temple, and I have many concerns when doing many things.

Li Si shook his head, then followed the team towards the Sotiga crater.

He could sense that, although he was hiding quite well, there was an ordinary dwarf guard in the team who was faintly emitting a legendary aura.

This is actually a legendary powerful person.

Although judging from the opponent's aura, it should be barely reaching the legendary level.

It also feels a bit weird, as if it wasn't promoted to Legendary through normal means.
But that is also a legend!
Such a legendary dwarf concealed his identity and followed the team.

This team was formed to protect Li Si.

There is no doubt that this dwarf legend must have been arranged by the Dwarf King Preston or Archbishop Leander.

What a generous act!
Li Si's expression remained unchanged, but he felt a little sad.

He felt this aura appearing in the Hammer Workshop the night before he set out.

Now he appeared in the team again.

There is no doubt that they are protecting him, the person who has the potential to become the "controller" of all the semi-artifacts of the dwarves.

This is enough to show how much importance the temple and the royal court attach to him.

In fact, during this period, Li Si's treatment had improved to a rather terrifying level.

Not only did he gain the authority to meet the Dwarf King and the Dwarf Archbishop at any time, but he was also given a variety of extraordinary materials to choose from.

Highlight one's wealth.

Just to avoid being exposed, Li Si selected a portion for practice and casting and did not take too much more.

Even before heading to Molten Core, Leander met with Reese in the temple.

Tell him that the opportunity to receive the baptism of the power of the dwarf gods has long been prepared for him.

However, considering Reese's talent and his plan to go to Molten Core.

So he chose to let him receive the baptism of the power of [God of Fire and Forging] Samaikhar. This is also the most suitable for Reese's current situation.

It has to be said that only special and extraordinary races like the dwarves and elves are qualified to choose the people to receive the baptism of divine power.

Of course, the human race is quite special.

The supernatural forces that occupy most of the human territory exist in the form of scattered human kingdoms.

The opportunity to receive baptism of divine power is controlled by the Church of the Gods.

In an orthodox church, the most one can do is to receive baptism from the power of the church's gods and subordinate gods.

Just like what Li Si experienced in the Church of the God of War.

How could he be like Li Si now?

Leander even told Rees that if the baptism of Samekhar's divine power did not go smoothly, he could still receive the baptism of the divine power of other dwarf gods.

Until Reese can't bear it anymore, so that Reese doesn't have any psychological burden.

The highlight is the large quantity and fullness!
If others knew about Reese's treatment, they would probably drool with jealousy.

But Leander also has something to say!

What kind of talent does Reese have? What kind of talent do you have?
If you can become a qualified person of semi-artifact, the same treatment will be arranged for you.

For Reese's safety, of course.

The information about Reese's talent was completely blocked by the Dwarf King Preston and Archbishop Leander, and only a few people knew about it.

Even Tomne hadn't been told.

Reese was really surprised by this condition.

I even felt a little embarrassed.

Therefore, among the several pieces of legendary equipment he forged these days, except for the legendary longsword [Ashe Destroyer], the others were left to the Hammer Workshop.

However, there is another piece of good news.

That is, nothing unexpected happened when Li Si entered the Dwarf Temple.

Even Molten Core is guarded by a dwarven demigod, so there's no reason why there wouldn't be one in the dwarven temple in Lonely Mountain.

This also means that at least those demigods did not see the true identity of the dwarf Reese.

It is good news for Li Si to enter [Molten Core].

Soon, Li Si and his team arrived at the crater of Sotiga volcano.

Looking at the volcanic lake filled with hot magma in front of them, the dwarf guard leading the team took out a gray round bead and threw it into the crater in front of them.

After waiting for a while, the magma in the volcanic lake in front of everyone suddenly boiled, and countless bright red magma spewed out.

The scorching temperature made many dwarves take a few steps back.

However, the magma did not flow out of the volcanic lake, but quickly fell after a moment of boiling.

The volcanic rocks dyed red by the magma in the volcanic lake and the countless rugged stone pillars that penetrated deep into the volcano were exposed, and the magma stopped descending.

Li Si took a step forward and looked down.

Soon, I noticed the familiar hole inside the volcanic lake.

The entrance to Molten Core.

"Let's go!"

The leader of the dwarf guards nodded to Li Si and others, and then jumped into the volcanic lake first.

The other dwarves, especially the dwarf masters, must have entered the Molten Core before and were not surprised by such scenes. They jumped into the volcanic lake calmly.

In order to appear normal, Li Si hesitated for a moment before following everyone and jumping into the volcanic lake.

The legendary dwarf guard followed closely behind Li Si.

When jumping into the volcanic lake, Li Si felt a warm air flow supporting his body.

Guiding him to fly towards the entrance of Molten Core.

After landing at the entrance of the cave and stepping on solid ground again, Li Si looked around.

Unlike the last time, the entrance to the Molten Core is no longer guarded by only two dwarf guards, but by a whole team of elite dwarf warriors.

They carefully checked everyone's identities and even checked the belongings they carried with them.

Li Si could feel that in addition to these dwarf guards, the number of magic circles and special prohibitions under negotiation had increased a lot, and their power was also much stronger.

At least ordinary legendary strongmen may not be able to break in, and may even get hurt.

The dwarves' foundation in this area is indeed terrifying.

However, it can be seen that the dwarves attach great importance to [Molten Core] and have spent such a huge price on it.

After checking that everything was correct, Li Si and his team successfully entered the cave.

After entering, the magma in the volcanic lake rose again and flooded the entrance of the Molten Core.

After everyone entered [Molten Core], the guards in the team took the initiative to stay at the entrance.

The forging masters in the team greeted each other and left.

This was not their first time here, so they naturally knew the rules here.

But when they left, they all glanced at Li Si.

This time, the Temple and the Royal Court suddenly organized a team to go to [Molten Core], and the process was somewhat different from before.

These dwarves who are masters of forging couldn't help but feel curious.

Although this might be related to the previous attack by the evil god's followers, they all felt that it had more to do with Reese, a young man in the team who was a little different.

Moreover, many of these people had seen Rees in the small world of the Dwarf King's Court.

Anyone who has seen him holding the [Wrath of the Mountain Soul] knows that Reese must have a big secret.

However, they were all asked by the temple and the royal court not to disclose any information related to Reese to others.

Therefore, they knew that Li Si was unusual, and they looked at Reese with some curiosity.

But for this reason, no one talked to Reese along the way.

Of course, the same applies when you say hello separately.

Soon, Li Si was the only one left at the entrance of Molten Core.

At this time, the leader of the dwarf guards came over and said to Li Si respectfully:
"Sir Reese, this is the Molten Core."

"This should be your first time here. Let me give you a brief introduction."

"The Molten Core is very large, but all the rocks here have been strengthened by Lord Samaikhar's divine power and are difficult to destroy."

"The areas with high magical power and suitable temperature have been arranged as forging rooms by the temple. As long as no one is using them, you can choose any one you like."

"We will provide all the extraordinary materials you need, so please don't worry."

"There is a guardian here, please do not fight with others."

When the chief of the guards introduced him to Li Si,
At the core of [Molten Core], a figure stood there, looking at Li Si.

(End of this chapter)