An invincible journey starting from a different race

"Let's talk about the volcanic rock later. You can buy it in the Outer Ring anyway." Jair agreed with Stank. "This time, we should have a chance to enter the Inner Ring. Even I haven't been there yet."

Aesop asked curiously, "What are the inner and outer rings?"

"They're different areas," Jer explained. "The volcano is a very large area. The Loz Mountains we mentioned earlier are just the outer ring of the volcano. The volcano is divided by volcanic clusters, and there are three rings in total: the inner ring, the middle ring, and the outer ring."

"Among them, only the outer ring is completely open to other races," Stank said. "Species without fire resistance can only wander around the outer ring. The further you go in, the higher the temperature and the harsher the environment. Generally speaking, the middle ring generally does not allow outsiders without fire resistance to enter, but if you can find an introducer, you can still enter. Few people care. But the inner ring..."

"The Inner Ring is a completely different concept," Jer continued. "Even those inside the volcano, or even locals from the Outer and Middle Rings, may not be able to enter the Inner Ring. During the war, only one race was allowed to live in the Inner Ring: the Dragon Clan."

As they spoke, several people focused their attention on Amanda. Although this guy looked very unreliable, he was indeed a real fire dragon.

"Aren't you a guide? Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Amanda rolled her eyes and didn't want to pay any attention to them: "I just said I would take you there, I didn't say I would introduce you to the local customs and hospitality."

Aesop nodded and took out a sausage from his backpack: "Since you don't want to talk, then help me grill the sausage and keep your mouth shut."

Amanda's expression changed immediately: "No, no, no, tell me, you can say anything."

It's really embarrassing to grill sausages while walking.

"Then tell me." Aesop stuffed the sausage into Amanda's hand. "Say it with your mouth and rub it with your hands. I'm hungry."

Amanda: “…”

Okay, it's better than using your mouth.

"What you just said is not wrong. The inner ring is basically only inhabited by dragons," Amanda said weakly while rubbing the sausage with her hands. "It's completely closed to the outside world. The middle ring is where dragons, salamanders, and some fire-attributed species live together. My sister runs a barbecue restaurant there. As for the outer ring, it's more chaotic, with all kinds of people living there. It's also the main channel for the volcano to contact the outside world, but the environment in the outer ring is also quite harsh. Of course, I'm not talking about the ecological environment. Those of you who have been there should know."

"What does this mean?" Lian Kelim was a little curious.

"How should I put it? Due to ecological reasons, the tempers of fire-attributed races are... rather irritable," Jer explained. "In the past, because of the pressure from the dragons, the other fire-attributed races didn't dare to act rashly. But after the war ended, the dragons seemed a little reluctant to control the races below them, so everyone is a little... unwilling to submit to anyone else."

"That's about it." Amanda nodded. "The dragons generally don't leave the Central Ring, so the order of the volcano ends at the Central Ring. The monsters in the Outer Ring look down on each other, so basically there's a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days."

Aesop was a little curious: "Then why are they fighting? For territory?"

"It's not that different. After all, even in the Outer Rim, every inch of land is valuable. We all rely on the volcano for our livelihood, so every bite counts." Amanda felt a little indignant when she thought about how these races were, in a sense, relatives of the dragons. They were always fighting among themselves. Couldn't they just unite and fight outsiders? How embarrassing. "Anyway, you'll know when you go there."

"So what about that legendary hot spring we're looking for?"

"Well, there's nothing legendary about that hot spring. It's always been there. I don't know what you're looking for," Amanda said. "Plus, that hot spring is the only way to travel between the three ring roads without paying anything."

"What does it mean?"

"If someone from the Outer Ring wants to reach the Middle Ring, they need a referral from someone from the Middle Ring. If someone from the Middle Ring wants to reach the Inner Ring, they need the dragon's approval," Amanda said. "But there's only one way that doesn't require such hassle, and that's through that hot spring... It's called the Underground Spring, and it runs through the entire volcano and leads underground. In other words, if you have the ability, you can go down into the Outer Ring's spring and then make your way all the way to the Inner Ring. As long as you have that ability, no one will stop you, not even the dragon."

"That sounds easy," said Stank.

"Really?" Amanda glanced at Stank and said calmly, "There was a human magician who once tried to force his way through the three rings after increasing his fire resistance."

"and then?"

"People are here."

"Then..."

"The eggs are cooked."

Seventy-six can’t stop!

It took about a week for the group to reach the volcano.

Before even entering, Aesop could already feel that the temperature around him was not on the same level as that in Dream Town. What was blowing towards him was not wind, but waves of heat.

Of course, all of this was new to Aesop. This environmental change was even greater than the one he'd experienced when he'd moved from the Kingdom of Deya to Dream Town. Even the ecology was different. The only creatures living and surviving here were dragons, along with the species that once depended on them. These species were rarely seen elsewhere, especially since silly fire dragons like Amanda were rare.

Once you enter the volcano, the temperature around you becomes even higher. Regardless of whether you are in the volcano or not, basically everyone just wears a single piece of clothing, or some don't even wear a single piece of clothing... but wear underwear directly!

Such cool and revealing outfit made several people feel their body temperature rise a lot.

"Oh, oh, oh, so passionate." Stank was only wearing a thin shirt and a pair of large shorts, holding a large palm-leaf fan in his hand. He looked like an old man taking a stroll after dinner on a summer day, but his eyes were more lively than those of ordinary old men, and they never left the private parts of the women passing by. "I love this place so much. To be honest, why didn't I feel it the last time I came here?"

"Wow, look at that, look at that. That one is so exciting."

"Really... Hey, Kelim, you can't help yourself just by looking at it?"

"Nonsense, nonsense!"

Amanda, who was leading the way, could no longer bear the sight of these country bumpkins entering the city. She turned around and glared at them fiercely: "If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to get into Central before dark!"

Several people looked at Amanda with rather strange eyes: "We didn't say we had to go into Central on the first day."

"Yeah, yeah. Now that we're here, we haven't even experienced the Outer Ring yet. Why are we in such a rush to go to the Central Ring?" Stank flexed his arm muscles. "Don't forget our job... Evaluators! We haven't written new evaluation guidelines in ages."

"That's right, indeed." Jer nodded. "People should never forget their roots."

Amanda's lips twitched slightly. "If you were talking about something else, I'd take it as serious..."

There was no other way. Although Amanda wanted to take these old perverts to her sister's place and then run away to complete the commission, it was not her decision. Aesop clearly agreed with Stank and Jer, and his interest in this place was no less than the other two. So Amanda could only bear it and planned to wait until tomorrow to take them into Central.

"Hey, hey, hey, guide, we're already here, why don't you recommend a better shop?" Stank said somewhat dissatisfiedly, "Be careful or I'll have Aesop deduct your wages."

"He didn't give it to me at all... I haven't been here much!" Amanda didn't dare to provoke Aesop, so she could only sulk, "I used to live in the inner and middle ring roads, and basically didn't come to the outer ring roads very often."

"Tsk, how useless."

Amanda: “…”

"Hey, those guys over there are new faces."

A pleasant voice sounded, and several people turned around to see a pretty girl with a nice figure leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette and looking at them: "Looking for a place to stay? You can come to my place."

After saying that, she blew out the smoke rings from her mouth. The look of enjoyment with her eyes narrowed made several people completely unable to control their lower bodies. They almost teleported in front of her at the same time, which made Amanda's eyebrows jump.

"Hey, beautiful lady," Stank got straight to the point. "What's the purpose of your shop? Why don't you even have a sign?"

The girl replied: "Because it's a black shop."

Stank: "..."

Witnessing the change in Stank's expression, the girl guessed what he was thinking. She blew the cigarette ring in his face again and said with a sweet smile, "It's because this is a black shop that we can play some activities that we can't play anywhere else. Don't you want to give it a try?"

Stank stood up instantly: "Of course I want to give it a try."

Jer was a little confused: "A game you can't play anywhere else? What else could it be?"

If he remembered correctly, the Dream Demon Shop was also legal and compliant in Volcano.

So he asked cautiously, "What project is it specifically?"

The girl replied slowly while smoking a cigarette: "X oil step on my back."

"What's the point of that..."

"The Fire Fairy can't wear clothes."

“…That’s really interesting.”

Stank immediately became excited: "Then let's start making arrangements. We'll do one, two, three, four, five..."

Amanda and Klim subconsciously wanted to refuse, but then they heard the girl slowly say, "Sorry, we only have one Fire Fairy in our shop right now, so you can only come one by one. Of course, she's very skilled and won't keep others waiting too long."

Can we only come one by one?

Several people exchanged glances, thinking that it seemed a bit strange for one person to enjoy while others were waiting.

"Don't even think about going anywhere else. I've already told you this item isn't available anywhere else," the girl said. "Fire fairies are very rare. It's already quite a sight to have one in a shop like this. You definitely won't be able to enjoy it anywhere else."

Now that it has been said, I can only give it a try here.

Aesop, Stank, and Jer who wanted to participate, and the shy Klim played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would go first.

In the end, Stank won, and he immediately smiled brightly, as if he had won the world.

"Well, sir, follow me then."

The girl smiled and led the way for Stank, while the others had to wait outside.

"Take off your clothes." The girl instructed Stank.

Stank was a little hesitant, but when he thought about the others being outside and unable to see him, he happily took off his clothes and, following the girl's instructions, lay down on a black stone slab.

Then the girl began to apply oil to Stank with a brush.

How should I put it? It felt quite comfortable, and the girl's technique was also very good.

But Stank inexplicably felt like a piece of meat on the chopping board.

"Uh, is this project dangerous?" Stank asked this question just to be on the safe side.

"Of course, there's no danger." The girl waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, the customers who have tried it can't stop."

Stank was relieved.

Hehehe, the fire fairy without clothes, it’s really exciting just thinking about it.

With this thought in mind, Stank suddenly felt the temperature around him rise sharply, and his vision was filled with red.

He turned around suddenly and saw a "person" standing next to him, his whole body bathed in flames?

Stank was stunned: "Who are you?"

The fire man tilted his head and spoke in a very pleasant voice.

"It's an honor to serve you."

Then he stepped on Stank's back.

Then everyone heard Stank's wailing, and the extremely clear words mixed in with the wailing.

"No! I can't! Ah!"

Seventy-seven is broken

In the end, Stank was helped out by the girl.

When he came out, his legs were shaking so much that he could hardly stand, but the girl was very proud: "How is it, the service in our shop is not bad, right? It's absolutely right, remember to give a good review, dear."

"Alignment... oh my god!" Stank said through gritted teeth, "Where is the alignment?!"

"Hmm? Didn't you see the promotional slogan for our shop when you walked in?"

The girl turned her body sideways, allowing several people to see a line of small words written on the wall behind her.

"I guarantee you'll be so happy you'll crawl out of here."

Stank was stunned: "Is this called climbing out from behind the wall?!"

"Just tell me whether you will help or not."

The others were still confused about the situation. Jair asked, "What's going on, Stank?"

"Is it really so comfortable that you almost faint?"

"We all heard your voice outside."

Stank glared at the others. "Do you think I look like I'm having a blast? I'm about to faint, but that's because I'm being tortured. Do you understand what torture is?"

As he spoke, Stank lifted up his clothes and showed the others his back.

Well, how to say it?

It can only be described with four words: "horrific".

"Don't worry." The girl waved her hand nonchalantly. "It's just this serious. It will be fine after one night's sleep. Don't underestimate the oil I applied to you at the beginning. It's to help you with this. What do you think? Our shop is very considerate, right?"

"Stick your head!" Stank was really scared. He had just been tortured in there for a full half hour. This was the kind of torture that spies in wartime were subjected to during interrogation after being captured. "You guys are running a black shop!"

"We're a shady place to begin with." The girl gradually came to her senses. "It seems like you don't really enjoy it."

"You still think I'm enjoying it?!"

"If you don't enjoy it, why did you order this service?" the girl asked. "Isn't this your own problem?"

Stank was stunned: "How do I know that the fire fairy you are talking about is, yes, it is a fucking ball of fire!"

"Huh? You don't even know about the Fire Fairy?" The girl was a little puzzled. "No way, if you don't know this, how dare you come here to play? That's too bold."

This one sentence made Stank not know how to respond. He turned to look at the remaining people and said, "Do you know the Fire Fairy?"

Kelim and Jer both shook their heads, while Aesop thought for a moment and said, "I seem to have seen it in a book, but I've never seen it in person."