Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

The cave was dark, with only the faint light filtering through the entrance behind him, making it difficult for Zen to see ahead.

He had no time to consider what could be hidden in the dark recesses of the cave with his biggest problem behind him and moving closer.

As she made her way into the cave, the queen blade locust smashed stalagmites and stalactites chasing after Zen.

Only the heavens knew whether or not the queen blade locust had a keen sense of smell or Zen was leaving marks behind him. Whatever the case, it seemed easy for the giant insect to find him, even in a maze of caves like this.

The further down they went, the thicker and more pungent the sulfur odor became.

As he rushed into a connecting cavern, Zen discovered a red light illuminated the spacious cave.

Before Zen was an underground lake of magma surging. One after another, dark red flames burst up from the lake only to explode in a 'poof'.

This was the fire of the Earth's core!

It was recorded in ancient times that the fire came from the Earth's core.

The weapon refiners much preferred the fire of the Earth's core, because it was more primal, raw than the fire of life vitality that was in the refiner's body. The fire of the Earth's core had a miracle effect when refining certain special magic weapons.

Undoubtedly, the sulfur smell emanated from this pool of magma.

"Boom, boom..."

A low sound of rumbling thunder echoed through the cavern.

The queen blade locust was getting nearer again.

"Damn!" Zen blurted out uneasily.

He saw a passage at the side of the lake of magma, and he ran over to it.

The bank of the lava lake was heated by the fire from the Earth's core. Therefore, the ground was like a hot frying pan under Zen's feet.

All he wanted was to run for his life right then, so, he went through the heat at high speed not turning back.

"Ka-blam!"

The sound of exploding magma spurted fire through the air, splashing it in Zen's direction.

Without hesitation, Zen dropped and rolled, avoiding being splattered with the fires.

wall next to him, "sizzling," as the fiery magma that had just skimmed past his back, burned a large

it had gotten

Zen was more cautious. He couldn't imagine what his fate would be

blade locust was next

of fire. So the queen blade locust pursued Zen

' thought Zen. She was too big to dodge the bursts

her plight, the quaking of the queen locust's heavy footsteps caused the

queen blade locust

ahead and found himself facing

shockingly huge

its body was at least ten times bigger than a lion's.

mane, with its giant head resting on its mighty front paws, and a scorpion-like tail wagging gently as it slept soundly.

lion!' screamed Zen in his head.

terrifying name

scorpion lion before, but, he'd read about the creature. Based on their scorpion-like tails and high-temperature habitats, fire scorpion lions were easily

animals in the world, especially the deadly weapon they had for a

world in ancient times, but in the Eastern Region currently, they were

the ultra-rare crystal core in its body. The crystal core in the fire scorpion lion was a very masculine object used in pill and weapon refining. It

fire scorpion lion

a fire scorpion lion. Right now, he only wanted to manage to stay out of trouble.

loudly, the fire scorpion lion's sleep was undisturbed.

to attempt to go around the fire

accidentally woke it up?

his

I do? Venture ahead, or not?' wondered Zen, stuck between a rock and

a meal for the queen blade locust. So, forward was as good a choice for him as

an eye on the long fangs of the fire scorpion lion, and thumping tail, Zen took a deep breath

of the beast assaulted his nose. He managed to handle the smell as he walked softly

Twenty steps away.

Ten steps closer.

Another five steps.

he clenched his teeth to calm his

the fire scorpion lion suddenly rolled over,

heart was thudding so fast, that Zen thought it would burst

curled up, resting his large head back on his front paws, fast asleep

his breath, Zen continued