Chapter 144 - 143 Fire Melt Salamander
Since the Efreeti took nearly a year to transform the Steam Lake into the Molten Lava Lake, awakening a dormant volcano should not be easier than the former. Leon originally thought it would take a year or two, but unexpectedly it would only take a few days or a month, which made him overjoyed.
He cannot be blamed for his ignorance; his body did not inherit practical knowledge from his parents, only a soul from another world—a soul that belonged to a student of the sciences, who did not study geography too well... Heaven knows why geography is considered part of the humanities.
How could he know the origin of the Steam Lake, what geothermal heat and hot springs are? A dormant volcano is merely not erupting; its magma chamber is no longer active, but still maintains a certain temperature and pressure, waiting for a trigger to erupt.
"What else?" Leon asked, "Apart from the time consumed, are there any magic materials needed?"
The components of a spell are material conditions that must be met when casting that spell. It might be words, gestures, or materials. Only when all the components required by a spell are fulfilled, can the spell be cast.
Words and gestures are easy, but for high-level spells that require refined gold worth hundreds of Gold Coins or diamonds worth thousands of Gold Coins, these are the most troublesome.
"Others may need them, but I don’t because I am the Lord of Blazing Flames." The Efreeti said boastfully, "Your lordship only needs to protect me during the ritual."
"Awakening a dormant volcano will definitely cause a great commotion," the Efreeti continued. "I’m not worried about ordinary adventurers, but I do worry about the high-level adventurers, as well as the bronze dragons, or even Marids."
Between life and death there is great terror; Leon also fears death, and he fully understood the Efreeti, laughing: "Rest assured, as long as I am here, no one can harm you. Unless a Mature Bronze Dragon comes along... even Mature Bronze Dragons are no match, it would take at least an Elder Bronze Dragon to be a threat to me."
As he moved into adolescence, Leon’s confidence grew even more. He wouldn’t dare to storm the Empire just yet, but overseas he feared nothing.
"I believe your lordship can definitely protect me," the corner of the Efreeti’s mouth curved into a smile, "but I cannot always keep you by my side."