Chapter 27: Dont Try, You Will Hurt Yourself (1/2)

The crater had to be over a thousand meters wide and almost as deep. It was like looking into a whole other world down there and one that was hard to comprehend.

I could see serpents and other monsters swimming in the hot pools of lava below, but there was also a small town that I could just barely see in the far-off distance. Many creatures were moving down below, but it was nearly impossible to make them all out from this distance.

”Pretty interesting place? This is actually the smallest fire lake on the island, but the other two are controlled by the other two Demon lords, and the last one is controlled by a Fire Wurm. This one contains the more timid monsters, and it also houses Fireden, who watches over the area,” Mex explained as we walked up to the edge of the crater.

”You said that there was a Magma Spider that was causing trouble here; where is she, and what is a Magma Spider?” I asked curiously.

I didn't see anything in the crater that looked like a giant web, but maybe she had another way of attracting and trapping her victims.

”No, you won't see Liza right now; she only comes out at night. So, you will have to come and explore Crata's nightlife to catch her, but that is for another time, now you get to watch something that I always enjoy,” Mex said, and then he turned to the crater and yelled out Fireden's name across the crater.

At first, there was only the echo of this voice, but then I noticed something starting to happen in the biggest lake of fire. The surface was beginning to stretch and move, and it began to swell up.

I watched as little tiny monsters started to let out small screams that I could barely hear from so far away, and they started to run from the fire lake. The lava became a giant hand that pulled a body and a massive wave of lava that all the screaming monsters were caught up in and then slowly pulled itself out.

”Hey! I thought you said that these guys were not titans!” I shouted out in shock at Mex, but he just grinned at me.

”Fireden is only about thirty five meters tall and hardly considered a titan. When you make it to the mainland, you will be able to meet real titans, but they aren't even the scariest of what you will meet,” Mex explained to me calmly as the skyscraper of a lava coated man started to stand himself up.

I initially thought that the giant was killing the monster, but I could see monsters moving around inside him. Some with just their heads poking just out of his flowing lava skin, while others were swimming around.

”Fireden is the protector of this area, and all the creatures love him, but they don't get all swept up when he comes to see me. This is why you will have to be careful; Fireden is a kind and gentle soul that will help you build up your Physical and Magical resistances,” Mex explained as we stepped back; Fireden was getting closer now, and he was climbing up the side of the crater.