"Want some Mad Fire?"

This ancient voice, against the backdrop of the deep cave, seemed ethereal and melodious, intertwined with the scorching breeze, adding an air of mystery. It was as if a demon from Hell was about to claw its way into the world, and the voice was full of malice.

Yet, beyond this malice, there seemed to be a hint of... confusion?

Accompanying the voice that appeared in Jockra’s senses was a ghostly pale and emaciated old man’s face emerging from the darkness!

"Yaaah!"

Even though she usually maintained a calm demeanor, she couldn’t help but scream. Instinctively, she smashed the face with her magic wand, a face that resembled a ghost without any censoring. She crawled backwards with all her might to distance herself from the cave entrance, even pulling Sai Ke along with her.

Sai Ke was enthusiastically setting traps, but as she pulled him, he leaned back without knowing what had caused her to scream, as a burst of fire suddenly erupted from the entrance!

The flames shot straight into the sky, clearly visible even from a distance, almost brushing past Sai Ke. The terrifying heat was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

Even Sai Ke was stunned, and had Jockra not pulled him a moment earlier, he might have ended up as a roasted human head.

From within the flames emerged a staggering, thin, and naked old man! Sai Ke took one glance and realized it was a bizarre old man!

"You..." The strange old man reached out his hand as if he wanted to ask something, but in the next instant, an ice cone hit his face, and the powerful impact knocked him backward, sending him tumbling back into the cave.

"No, this guy is from the Demon Clan!" Jockra, panting, gripped her magic wand and shouted to Sai Ke, "Don’t just stand there, run!"

The strange old man indeed had numerous non-human traits, not to mention the obvious aura of evil around him... What else could he be but a member of the Demon Clan?

"Here they come!"

Sai Ke didn’t utter any bravado about defeating the opponent. Though he was a passionate young man, he knew better than to let his hot-bloodedness lead him. According to official reports, even an ordinary Demon Clan member could rival a silver-level adventurer, possessing mysterious abilities and formidable physical strength. He dared not challenge such a foe recklessly.

The Fran Guards could effortlessly hunt down the Demon Clan because they were the Fran Guards, a level of strength that ordinary adventurers couldn’t match!

"Let’s report back to the Lord and ask him to send people to eliminate the Demon Clan." Almost as soon as they regrouped, they agreed, and took off running outside the city.

But the Demon Clan member resembling a strange old man wasn’t going to let them leave so easily. With flames erupting once more, the fire-enveloped Demon Clan member charged at them on all fours, moving with a speed far surpassing a cheetah, catching up to them in the blink of an eye!

Both Sai Ke and Jockra used Shattering Step simultaneously. The relentless training over the past few days finally paid off. At the critical moment, they managed to dodge the attack.

However, this left them blocked by the Demon Clan member on their path.

"Do you two know Mad Fire?" The fiery Demon Clan member asked, scratching at the flames on his body.

Before anyone could respond, he answered his own question, "Of course not, you can’t possibly know, even I don’t know, so how could you?"

"This guy isn’t right in the head," Sai Ke said, drawing his weapon and aiming it at him. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Don’t linger in battle, let’s find a chance to escape," Jockra whispered. She waved her magic wand towards the sky, and from it came the call of birds. This was the Magic of Bird Summoning Technique, capable of summoning creatures like a giant eagle to carry the caster away.

The Demon Clan member was too fast on land, so she planned to use the advantage of the skies to make a quick escape.

Luckily, the summoned creature was indeed a large enough giant eagle, seemingly able to carry two people. Jockra was delighted, but at this moment, the eagle emitted a cry.

The eagle’s call was particularly clear in the open sky, but for the Demon Clan member, this sound was piercingly shrill.

An eagle?

The call exploded in his otherwise chaotic thoughts like a bomb, and a face like a White Eagle’s handsome man flashed in his mind, briefly clearing his thoughts!

Dorian remembered who he was.

He was originally sent by Priest Onora to collect the Abnormal Fallen Demon Egg and Abyssal information!

Collect the Abnormal Fallen Demon Egg’s abilities and seek every bit of information related to the Abyss. He had completed both tasks now.

Not only had he collected the Abnormal Fallen Demon Egg’s powers, but he also found places with absolute relevance to the Abyss like Fran Fort, Casas Underground Tomb, even acquiring the Hero Elsa’s blood and other body tissue, which was more than enough to report back.

He ought to quickly return and enjoy his retirement days.

But why was he here?

He tried hard to recall the series of events he’d experienced since arriving in the human world: attacked by Fran Guards, meeting with Eliphas, watching over Elsa, then Eliphas used the Abnormal Fallen Demon Egg and caused the Kingdom to explode.

"That’s right, at that time I saw something I shouldn’t have seen..."

The moment "something I shouldn’t have seen" flashed across his mind, yellow flames ignited before his eyes, an insane and bizarre fire.

Just that flickering glimpse, and his clear thoughts vanished without a trace!

"I must go home, no..." Dorian’s body trembled, looking extremely troubled, but in just a moment, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Hehehe, let’s have some Mad Fire!"

His body ignited in flames again. Though it was ordinary fire, in his hands, it transformed into a fiery whirlwind enveloping the giant eagle in the sky. This poor creature wailed as it fell to the ground, causing Jockra’s heart to sink.

No one said the Demon Clan could use magic too?!

Then what is this flame all about?

"Even though I don’t know why, I really feel like burning something!"

Dorian appeared insane, his eyes intensely locked onto Jockra, his gaze full of chaos.

But at that moment, taking advantage of his complete lack of defense from behind, Sai Ke furiously gripped the great sword and executed a move, [Lion Slash]!

Although he had been practicing the Shattering Step these days, he also spent precious Lune to learn Lion Slash once from Benar. Both its power and proficiency now exceeded his former self.

The results of the trained Lion Slash manifested themselves on Dorian’s body instantly, slicing a massive wound from his shoulder down to his side waist, with only a layer of skin still connecting!

Sai Ke himself was shocked — when did this move become so powerful?

Could it be that he’s actually a once-in-a-century martial arts prodigy?

However, the next moment, the sound of flesh writhing could be heard; Dorian’s flesh automatically sealed the massive wound, rapidly regenerating. In just a second or two, it restored to its original state, leaving no trace of a scar.

The regenerated flesh even enclosed the great sword within, and Sai Ke surprisingly couldn’t pull it out!

It turns out, it wasn’t that he was a martial arts prodigy; instead, Dorian had invested all his talent into regeneration, not caring about physical strength at all.

"Bang!" He lifted his leg and kicked Sai Ke away with a fiery force, adding burns to the damage.

"[Ice Cone Fall]!"

Accompanied by Jockra’s chanting, sharp ice cones of various sizes formed on Dorian’s body. But before they could land, many had already melted due to the flames on his body. When they finally struck him, they merely left deep pits that could be regenerated at any moment.

Unfazed, Jockra continued using magic; ice cones, ice balls, ice mist... the barrage of magic somewhat diminished the flames on Dorian, but his expression remained unchanged as he steadily walked toward her, extending claws resembling those of a monster.

"If I burn more things, will it more accurately reflect the Mad Fire?"

"What Mad Fire and not Mad Fire," Jockra’s forehead was dripping with sweat, but she smiled as if everything was going according to plan, and said, "Just look beneath your feet first!"

An excess of ice pillars suddenly erupted from beneath Dorian, piercing through his body in the blink of an eye and firmly trapping him!

Previously, Jockra had burned much of her ice magic into water, accumulating pools on the ground, which were now put to good use.

Sai Ke also drew another longsword, mustering all his strength to unleash a Storm Blade toward Dorian.

The sounds of shattering ice pillars and flesh breaking rang out simultaneously, but neither had time to witness the result of their attack as they turned to flee.

"This strike definitely won’t kill him, we’d better hurry back and ask for reinforcements!"

"You’re right!"

"Where do you think you’re going?"

The nightmarish voice suddenly came from behind, and both felt as if their hearts stopped.

"Dong!"

After a dull thud, Sai Ke and Jockra were knocked to the ground. Dorian’s fist, still lodged with icy debris, violently smashed towards Sai Ke. The latter, clutching the dagger at his waist, was suddenly pulled to perform a Shattering Step.

"Ah!"

His shoulder was hit, shattering the bone, but at least he managed to dodge it.

"Dodging like that is interesting, heh heh."

Suddenly, two additional arms extended from Dorian’s back, simultaneously attacking Sai Ke and Jockra. The two endured the pain and dodged seriously. Although they occasionally got hit, they always managed to avoid critical areas.

At that moment, both couldn’t help but be thankful for learning the Shattering Step. Indeed, evasion techniques are life-saving skills at all times.

If they could train a bit more, they might be able to dodge without injury.

Learning combat skills turned two adventurers who might have been instantly overwhelmed by Dorian into individuals capable of withstanding a formidable enemy momentarily, which was truly a significant progress!

However, the already restless Dorian grew impatient, his back splitting into more arms, in the blink of an eye, forming a three-headed six-armed figure, with flames even coating each limb. The abruptly accelerated attack speed left the two completely unable to cope.

"Damn, we can’t hold on anymore!" Sai Ke was unrelentingly urgent in his heart.

And it was at this moment that, from afar, a different kind of roar echoed, followed by heavy running sounds.

All present turned their eyes towards the source, stunned.

The newcomer stood three meters tall, with well-developed muscles resembling a small mountain. Its back featured a crab-like shell, its arms tiger-like claws, but its head bore an owl’s charm...

Undoubtedly, it was another demon clan member!

Sai Ke and Jockra’s eyes revealed despair. They couldn’t even defeat one, and now another arrived.

The demon clan member also noticed the situation here, finally letting out a roar, then...

Punched Dorian in the face!

"Eh?"