At the top of the Great Altar of Istalia, Rumple held a scroll in his hand, nodded to Cassius, and spoke respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the teleportation to the Elemental Plane of Fire has been completed."

"You will be teleported to the outskirts of the 'Cast Iron City', where the Empire's pioneers have established a base - the Burning Empire Fire Elemental Plane Office."

Plane Shift is a seventh-level spell that can transport up to eight creatures to another plane, with an error of 5 to 500 miles from the destination.

The Burning Empire did not originally master this inter-dimensional teleportation spell, but the "Imperial Southern Continent Company" sent people to trade with the court wizard of the Thracian Kingdom and obtained this spell scroll for only 17,000 gold nars.

Thrace is now filled with smoke of war and military funds are extremely scarce. The Burning Empire, as a country that grew up wildly in the magical wilderness, is extremely short of high-level magical resources.

The two sides hit it off.

This is the benefit of having money.

After months of research, Trump and other wizards from the Ministry of Magic have been able to initially reproduce the spell, but the error is slightly large, even as much as thousands of miles.

"Master, your power is so great that I have no doubt that you will return victorious."

"But in order to save you from all the trouble, I have found a native guide from the Fire Elemental Plane for you."

"The Empire's troops stopped the Salamander raiders sent by the efreeti to invade the realm for them. They owe us a favor."

"Glynn Cardoso!"

"You should fulfill the contract!"

Rumple pulled out a magic contract and called out the name.

The contract glowed with a fiery flame.

"Rump, the benefactor of the fire dwarves."

"Green Cardoso, the forger of the Iron City, has arrived as promised."

Suddenly, a humanoid creature with flaming hair and beard, and skin with a bronze metallic luster, appeared.

He was no more than four feet tall, short and fat, wearing a short skirt made of brass, holding a well-made iron war hammer, and with pockets made of red copper hanging on his back.

"Fire dwarf?"

Cassius looked at the creature, which seemed extremely small to him, and recognized its identity at a glance.

They are dwarf-like creatures born from the Elemental Plane of Fire. They are usually superb blacksmiths, and their reproduction method is quite peculiar.

The birth of a fire dwarf requires another fire dwarf to personally cast its body out of bronze, and then the caster must infuse it with the fire of life.

It is said that the first fire dwarf was the dwarf god who accidentally added the fire of life when forging a bronze statue, thus creating this dwarf-like species whose essence is the element of fire - therefore, they are also figuratively called "bronze-cast fire spirits".

Because of their cumbersome forging process, the Fire Dwarf population is quite sparse.

The fire dwarf named Green Cardoso had just adapted to the environment of the material world. When he opened his eyes, he saw the huge red dragon coiled on top of the altar. He was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

"Mo-Moradin is above."

"No way"

"This is not an illusion! There is actually such a giant dragon in the material world! A red dragon that is even bigger than the ancient dragon!"

He looked up at the red dragon's body tremblingly, muttering to himself.

"presumptuous!"

Trump angrily rebuked.

"Are you fire dwarves so rude? It is the greatest honor of your life to be able to come here!"

"The one standing before you is the only ruler of the Great Anzeta Wasteland, the one who broke the silver wings, the destroyer of the frost giants, the enemy of the abyss demons, the supreme Burning Emperor - His Majesty Cassius!"

"Fire dwarves! Is this how you treat the one who saved you?"

Trump's voice was like thunder, echoing above the altar and suddenly waking Green from his panic and shock.

But he really didn't expect it.

This empire located on the main material plane - its emperor is actually a red dragon that is even larger than the ancient dragon!

These fire dwarves live in craters and magma, searching for shining metals and gems. They rarely hear news from the outside world, and have never heard of the Burning Empire, which has only risen a few years ago.

But the military strength demonstrated by the empire is real.

What's more, there is such a ruler.

Thinking of this, the fire dwarf quickly turned around and knelt deeply on the ground. He first greeted respectfully and then apologized repeatedly.

"Green Cardoso, meet the great Emperor Burning Embers!"

"I am so sorry, Your Majesty, I was just... uh..."

Green racked his bronze brain, thinking about how to organize his words, and finally a few words came out of his mouth. "The huge body was shocked."

The fire dwarf lay on the ground, like a burning piece of bronze.

"Funny little guy."

Cassius, however, just stared at this strange fire elemental creature with great interest, exhaling hot air that smelled of sulfur.

These fire dwarves are excellent forging masters and are very valuable in his eyes, like walking human treasures.

"These Fire Dwarves created a lot of famous equipment in their previous lives. Perhaps they can be used by the Empire."

"But now, it is better to deal with the fire giant's affairs first."

A year ago, he sent Misha and the Empire's previous team to the Elemental Plane of Fire.

His main purpose is to trade with the Kingdom of Fire Giants and obtain various rare metals and minerals rich in fire energy from the local area - as food reserves for his next hibernation.

Yes, that's food.

As a dragon species with a bloodline level close to that of its ancestors, Cassius needs to go through multiple sleep periods from adolescence to young adulthood, consuming extremely terrifying amounts of energy.

Ordinary meat food is insignificant for the red dragon's huge body and can hardly satisfy its needs.

Cassius thought so and praised casually.

"good."

"Now that everything is ready, let's start the transmission."

"Yes, Master."

Trump responded quickly, then raised the staff in his hand, and the twelve skulls on his neck emitted tiny rays of light.

"Attention all teams in the Ministry of Magic, prepare to build a large-scale teleportation model for His Majesty!"

Trump ordered loudly.

"Group 1 received!"

"Group 2 received!"

"Group 3 received!"

Spellcasters on all levels of the altar raised their staffs and released dazzling spelllights.

The sounds of spells, magic web fluctuations, and the squeezing of space filled the Great Altar of Istalia.

"Shh-"

A large-scale and extremely complex spell model was gradually constructed, and a portal to another world several dozen meters high emerged out of thin air and appeared at the top of the altar.

For creatures of Cassius' life level, ordinary teleportation is unlikely to be effective. In other words, "the level of the creature exceeds the maximum limit of the spell."

This time, the teleportation to another world was led by the great wizard Rump, whose intelligence reached 22, and dozens of imperial court wizards performed it at the same time, and their ranks were close to the ninth ring.

"boom--"

The portal to another world slowly opened.

Even though the portal was unprecedented in scale, it was still a bit narrow compared to Cassius's thirty-six-meter-long body - but at least it was enough.

"This is."

"Sir Moradin, does that mean His Majesty is going to the Elemental Plane of Fire in person?"

Green looked up at the portal that was dozens of meters high and was stunned.

Then, he felt himself being grabbed and wrapped by a giant claw that fell from the sky. The surroundings became pitch black and his body could not move at all.

"Then let us go, my guide."

The red dragon's low, thunderous voice came from the "outside world".

"No, no, Your Majesty Cassius!"

"and many more--"

The fire dwarf shouted repeatedly.

But the red dragon didn't care. He just tightened his wings slightly and dived in holding the fire dwarf.

Because of the demon curse, he hasn't released his nature and had a hearty battle for a long time.

It is said that there are many powerful creatures in the Fire Elemental Plane, and he really wants to see them - for example, the Fire Giants in the City of Brass and the Fire Elemental Lords deep in the plane. (End of this chapter)