Arcane Journey

Chapter 214 Fire Elemental Plane

Here is the plane of constant burning.

It smells of burnt flesh and ashes of dreams.

Here is the embodiment of fire.

Everything on the Elemental Plane of Fire shines with fire.

The ground is but a vast, shifting, flattened plate of fire, the air springs up in the heat of a constant storm of flames, and the most common liquid is magma rather than water.

Oceans are formed by flowing fire, and mountains seep lava.

It is a crematorium for the unprepared traveler, and no comfortable place even for the prepared adventurer.

Here the flames can complement each other to create continuously burning landscapes that burn without fuel or air.

Leaving aside the water-filled travelers, the Elemental Plane of Fire is probably the one that really scares people when they list the horrors of the Inner Planes.

Of course, in the multiverse, there are many places that are worse than here, such as the negative energy plane that absorbs life force or the earth elemental plane with nowhere to go, but the above places are not like the fire elemental plane. Pure horror and evil.

The flaming tongues here, the scorching heat and the deadly poisonous gas emitted by the brimstone, even make some travelers mistakenly confuse this place with Baator Hell or Kaserli.

So there is little doubt that the Elemental Plane of Fire is the 'most evil place' of the Inner Planes.

Although this is a rather arbitrary title, the elemental plane of fire is probably the most powerful of the elemental planes. It will burn and burn enemies mercilessly, just because of the appearance of these people.

In fact, the Elemental Plane of Fire looks like any other plane, except for one major difference: everything is covered in flames.

Much of the plane is a sea of ​​fire, with occasional clusters of elemental solid 'land' floating above it.

Any entity is mercilessly incinerated to ashes.

Even air will burn up without protection.

The genies here can temporarily protect some creatures, mostly their slaves, from the fire.

If the traveler does not receive this privilege, he will need to use magic or magic items to protect himself.

This plane has a definite 'up' and 'down'.

Because fire billows upward, movement is relatively normal on this plane.

Since the surrounding temperature is so high that these things can be burned in the blink of an eye, food and drinking water can only be brought from outside and properly preserved.

If the create food spell is cast rashly, it will only create a small cloud of steam and an inedible coke, here, the potion will also boil and explode in the bottle.

Therefore, adventurers must be fully prepared before setting foot.

The figures of Brian and Myrcella appeared on a land formed by clusters of earth elements floating in midair.

Although mortals cannot breathe safely on the elemental plane, but knowing the characteristics of the elemental plane, Brian has already made preparations in advance.

For example, the magic here can be adjusted and changed according to the characteristics of the plane. For example, vaporized water can be replaced by vaporized rock and soil, water breathing can be replaced by fire breathing, and fossils can be replaced by mud. Fire becomes smoke.

Therefore, under the protection of the energy barrier that protects the flames, the two of them will not be affected at all while walking on this fiery elemental plane.

Looking at the plane he was familiar with, he began to recall the characteristics of the elemental plane of fire:
normal gravity.

normal time.

Unlimited size.

variable form.

Fire element dominates.

Enhanced Magic: Fire-related spells and spell-like abilities are maximized and magnified (as if using the metamagic feats Maximize Spell and Extended Spell, but without occupying high-level spell slots).Fireball will thus do maximum damage (although most natives are immune to fire).Spells and spell-like abilities that have been maximized and magnified are no longer affected by this benefit.

Impeded Magic: Spells and spell-like abilities that use or create water elementals (including the summoning of outside creatures of the water elemental and water subtype) are impeded, including spells from the cleric's water domain.These spells and spell-like abilities can still be used, but only with a successful Spellcraft check.

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"Where should we go next?" Myrcella walked up to Brian and asked, "It can be seen that you seem to be very familiar with this place."

"Haven't you been here?" Brian looked at the female lord curiously, and he immediately found that Myrcella's beautiful face was glowing red by the flames, and that delicate and glamorous appearance was really alluring.

However, he also knew that it was very rude to stare at a woman all the time, and before the other party noticed his gaze, he took it back without a trace.

If this situation were placed on Helisite, her innate keen aura of a psion would probably have noticed it long ago, and could even deduce what she was thinking.
"Actually, I have never been to other planes except the plane of the air element." Myrcella shook her head slightly, flicked her long hair that shone like a flame, and smiled softly, "So, next It's all on you."

"Don't worry, as long as you follow my command, I promise that I will be able to subdue the four legendary giant spirits and serve us without any effort." Brian assured her with a vow.

"You seem to be very confident." The confident words surprised Myrcella, she looked at him with interest, and asked with a smile:
"Then tell me, when we were just now on the Air Elemental Plane, why did the Fire Elemental Elder call us 'Material Guys'? I also heard this kind of title when I accidentally stayed in Sigil City."

Myrcella has actually been to Sigil?

Brian calmly suppressed the doubts in his heart, and explained to her, "Actually, 'material man' is already a more polite term for us mortals who were born in the material world, and in more cases, they like to call us Being an 'outsider' or a 'brainless'."

Mortals of the Material World still have one major advantage over native inhabitants: They are immune to the magic associated with the plane.

It seems that spells such as protection, summoning, and banishing, which are very effective on the inhabitants of the plane, have no effect on them at all.

They will never be dragged away by monster summoning at unexpected moments, and holy words will not beat them back to the main material world, and even to protect against evil, they will not treat them as creatures outside the original plane.

Although mortals from the material world are full of weird ideas, the cautious local residents will respect them.

After all, most of the people who have the ability to come to the plane are ruthless characters. Many mortals in the material world blast each other into scum just because they are squinted, and it often happens.

Of course, not every mortal in the main material world is very powerful, but the problem is that they don't play cards according to common sense, which makes people often confused.

Moreover, most mortals or adventurers from the main material world can't figure out the structure of the multiverse at all.

They usually think that the small place they are in is the center of the multiverse, and they have never heard of the fact that everything is three and everything returns to the ring.

For example, in their view, anyone with horns is a demon.

"Have you brought the elemental compass?" After checking the surrounding environment and confirming that it was correct, Brian looked at the female lord beside him.

Since the inner planes do not have directions such as southeast, northwest, etc., except for the elemental plane of fire, there is not even a distinction between up and down.

Under these conditions, ordinary compasses are useless, and travelers need an elemental compass instead.

Without this magical device or the right waypoints to guide them, travelers can quickly lose their way.

Therefore, he needs to use the elemental compass to confirm his current position.

"Although I don't like traveling in foreign planes very much, I still know this bit of common sense." Myrcella took out an elemental compass similar to a compass and handed it to Brian.

Brian took the item and immediately activated it with arcane energy.

After confirming his correct position, he activated the "Star Contract" on the 'Bright Evening Star' ring without wasting any time.

Accompanied by the bright brilliance flowing from the platinum ring, a burly, 5-meter-tall fire-element stone man with raging flames burning all over his body appeared in front of him.

"The Star Contractor of my family, welcome to the Fire Elemental Plane as a guest. Mr. Wizard, do you need to act as a guide when you call me here?"

Although the fire element has been deliberately suppressing its own voice, its loud and clear voice is still like a burst of exploding flames.

"Or, sir, wants to visit the 'City of Brass'?"

"There is no need for 'City of Brass'. Please take me to 'Charcoal Castle' in 'Obsidian Plains'." Brian pondered for a moment, met the bright blue eyes of the fire element, and said to it, "I need to go to See the lord of the djinn, Amsros Slag."

Although the Elemental Plane of Fire is one of the least friendly of the Inner Planes, it is also the liveliest and most welcoming.

Numerous elements, outsiders of the fire subtype, and fire-wielding creatures are likely to be encountered here.

Elementals are conscious parts of the plane itself, able to act by having something like will and purpose.

These include creatures that are basically similar to the Material Plane, but also have the fire elementals that spellcasters can summon through various monster summoning spells.

The elementals generally don't like fleshy, cooler creatures, and many attacks are just to burn them off to replenish the flames.

Outsider creatures such as genies, fire dwarves, and salamanders have more disciplined societies.

They usually have larger settlements, the most famous of which is the city of brass of the elves.

Brian suspects that the "star contract" attached to his ancient ring is likely to be a contract signed by the producer with a fire elemental family in the City of Brass.

"no problem."

The fire element patted his hard chest, sparks splashed, "Mr. Wizard, please, please be sure to follow my footsteps, otherwise, I can't guarantee what kind of danger you will encounter."

"Then I will trouble you." Brian smiled slightly, motioning for the female lord beside him to follow.

"Just now I thought you were joking when you said you had been to the elemental plane of fire." Myrcella and Bryan walked side by side, chatting: "I didn't expect you to have actually been here. With your strength, if you didn't witness it with your own eyes , I can never believe it."

"You have to know that the multiverse has never been short of miracles."

Bryan said, "If you're surprised by what I do next, you automatically put me in that category in your mind."

Myrcella rolled her eyes beautifully at him.

Speechless all the way.

Led by the fire element, they soon came to Scorched Rock Castle in the Obsidian Plain, a small castle that was blackened by flames.

Like earth elves, fire elves have many slaves.

It is impossible to resist or escape, since only the magic of the genie can protect the slave from the fire elemental, and who would want to flee into the flames after all.

"Mr. Mage, I will send you here. If you have a chance, please come to the 'City of Brass' as a guest." Fire Element bowed slightly to Brian, "Then, farewell."

"Thank you." Brian smiled kindly at the fire element.

Then, he led Myrcella and walked towards Scorched Rock Castle together.

"Who dares to trespass on my lord's territory." Two super giant fire elementals blocked the way of Brian and the others.

"We are the kingdom of Cormyr from the material world." Brian took a step forward, and with the blessing of language proficiency spells, he said calmly, "We came here specially to complete a deal with your Lord Slag."

"Two material guys?" The two fire elementals looked at each other and asked suspiciously, "Is the Kingdom of Cormyr a magical thing?"

"Uh..." Brian didn't know how to explain it for a while, his expression became serious, and he said in a slightly dissatisfied tone:

"This is not something you gatekeepers should consider. Your duty is to pass on my words to your master. Otherwise, don't blame me for destroying your castle."

"Damn it!" A fire elemental exclaimed, "Are all material guys so arrogant?"

"Forget it, don't cause trouble, let's pass the message to the master first."

Another fire element hurriedly stopped his companion and whispered in his ear, "We will deliberately speak arrogantly about this material guy later, and let the master deal with him."

After speaking, one of the fire elements disappeared in place like a gust of wind.

Little did they know that their so-called whispers were as loud as normal human voices, so they were naturally heard clearly by Brian and Myrcella.

Brian was not surprised by this, and he gave the female lord next to him a reassuring look, because that's what he wanted.

Otherwise, it would be really difficult for him to invite this fire giant out.

Sure enough, after a while, a burly giant spirit flew out in anger.

When the fire djinn is flying, the two legs of his lower body will also turn into a cloud of ash and embers, which looks quite funny.

"Who threatened to keep the lord of the flames of Charred Castle, Amsros Slag, as a pet, and stand up for me!"

A roar of fireball bursting came, and the loud and clear voice shook the surrounding flames like a dancing snake.

The djinn lord's charcoal-black skin is draped in robes of fine silk and satin, and he wears gleaming jewels of brass and gold rings, chains, and rings in a regal gold attire.

"Hey, material guy, you are the one who is going to take me as a pet, right?!"

He carried a machete on his shoulder and looked at Brian with a dark face.

Well, in fact, his face was originally black.

With the appearance of the fire djinn lord, even though Brian blessed the energy shield to protect the flames, he still felt the sudden rise in temperature.

"There's no need to be a pet." He said calmly, "After all, if you give me an ugly Heitan pet like you for nothing, I won't even take it."

"So, let me give you a suggestion." Brian deliberately showed a smirk at the fire djinn lord, "It's not your fault for being ugly, but it's your fault if you come out to scare people."

Although the female lord on the side couldn't help but be amused by Brian's words, she still didn't forget to stay vigilant to prevent the fire elves from violently attacking.

"Ah!!! It's too much! Matter guy, you are simply too arrogant, how can you be so arrogant, and dare to insult the Lord of Flame of Charred Castle, Amsloth Slag."

The face of the Fire Djinn Lord turned even darker. He raised his five-meter-long machete, pointed at Brian, and roared, "No, I want to fight you one-on-one, and fight until one side surrenders. Do you dare to accept it?"

"Hurry up, material man, I want to fight you one-on-one, let the herald announce my name, let the elemental tyrant, the king of fire, the fiery ruler, the eternal fire forging truth, Kosutris Judge our fate. Whoever loses will be his pet. Do you dare to accept Lao Tzu's challenge?!"

"Why don't you dare."

Brian accepted his challenge, and then smiled: "However, it's fine to be a pet. As I said just now, I don't want to find such a pet that looks so ugly. It would be too embarrassing if I took it out for a walk." .”

As he expected, the character of this fire elf lord named Amsros Slag is too easy for people to manipulate.

Of course, the premise is that you have this strength.

"You're still cursing! It's endless, right?" The Fire Djinn Lord was furious, "Hurry up and challenge me, I will turn you into a pile of coke!"

"How about this." Brian looked at him calmly, and said with a smile: "I accept your challenge, but I need to change the rules of the challenge. As for the conditions, I don't want you to be my pet anymore, come with me to the material world Just do one thing."

"No problem." Huo Djinn said nonchalantly, "Tell me how you need to change the challenge rules. I will play with you to the end today, and I will not turn you, a materialistic person, into a pile of coke."

"Let's compete to see who fired the bigger fireball. How about it? Do you dare to accept it?" Brian expressed his thoughts and looked at him provocatively.

"Hahaha..." The fire elf lord was suddenly amused by Brian, "Are you trying to laugh at me to death? It's so funny that you and me have the bigger fireball."

"Row!"

He responded: "I accept your challenge. If I lose, I will go to the material world with you to do something. If you lose, hehe, I will burn you into a piece of coke."

"I come first, take care, material guy!"

The fire dwarf lord put away the five-meter-long machete, raised his right hand, and muttered two hissing words in the language of the fire clan. A dark red fireball with a diameter of about ten meters burst into flames and appeared in midair.

The heat from the fireball even stung Brian's cheek, forcing him to increase his energy barrier.

Even he himself had to admit that, as the lord of the fire element, the fireball released on the fire element plane was indeed astonishingly large, and its power was naturally needless to say.

"Ignorant material guy, I'm curious, how do you release a decent fireball." As the roar of the fireball stopped, the Lord of the Fire Djinn took a breath, looked at Brian and sneered.

Brian ignored him, and looked at the female lord next to him calmly, and then activated the special ability "Arcane Memory" attached to the Arcane Fire to replenish his arcane energy.

Then, he took a deep breath and slowly adjusted his state.

As he quickly chanted the incantation of the fireball technique, a fireball the size of a washbasin quickly condensed into shape.

He immediately mobilized arcane energy and power points, and used arcane shaping to make the fireball grow larger at a speed visible to the naked eye without increasing the power of the fireball.

Myrcella beside her also secretly and cautiously input energy into the fireball in Brian's palm through her cooperative supermagic ability.

Just like that, under the stunned eyes of the fire dwarf lord, an extremely huge fireball finally took shape.

The fire dwarf lord was silent all of a sudden. From his bewildered expression, it can be seen that the shocking power of this huge fireball brought him.

Immediately afterwards, under Brian's control, the fireball fell from the sky like the sun, and with a whistling sound, it quickly passed in front of the stunned fire elf lord, bursting out a dazzling white flash, creating a violent explosion explode.

"call……"

Brian let out a sigh of relief, under the boost of Myrcella's supermagic feat, this fireball almost exhausted his arcane energy and power points.

However, the effect is still very significant.

At least the fire djinn lord has been frightened for a moment.

"I heard it clearly. You just said it."

He dragged his tired body to stand firm, looked at the Lord of the Fire Djinn, and said with a smile:
"Let Kosutris, the tyrant of the elements, the lord of fire, the fiery ruler, the eternal fire that forges truth, decide our fate. Don't tell me that you intend to go back on your word."

"You just regret it." The fire elf lord came back to his senses, sat down on the steps of the castle, and said to Brian:
"I'm willing to gamble and admit defeat. I have nothing to say. I'm not afraid of going to the material world. However, before you go, you must sign a contract with me. You must guarantee that you can return to the fire element safely within one year. Plane, otherwise, even under the witness of the elemental tyrant, the king of fire, the fiery ruler, the eternal fire that forges truth, Kosutris, I will not go, I will not go, I will not go!"

"It's not stupid."

Brian and the female lord looked at each other and smiled, took out a contract scroll prepared in advance, signed his name, and threw it to the other party.

(End of this chapter)