Chapter 21

The Temple Knight’s expression changed slowly.

He did not know what he had thought of, but his expression became increasingly grave. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====

"My lord, what is this?"

The scout knight exclaimed.

Because he saw that the tip of the Temple Knight’s greatsword had been scorched red!

"Magma!"

The Temple Knight said in a deep voice.

Behind him, the other knights also stepped forward one after another.

Several knights drew their swords and cleared away all the volcanic ash on the surface of the ground.

This layer of ash was very thick, a full half-meter deep.

After this layer of ash was scraped away, the scene beneath was revealed.

They saw that beneath the volcanic ash, there was, shockingly, red magma!

"My lord, it’s the same over here!"

A knight who had run out several hundred meters shouted.

"My lord, there is some here too!"

Another knight who had run several hundred meters in the other direction said.

"My lord, it looks like this entire area is magma underneath, but where did this magma come from? Could it be that there is a volcano underground?"

A knight asked in confusion.

The Temple Knight flicked the magma off his greatsword and stared at the vast area ahead.

This area was very large.

It was at least one kilometer long.

It was also several hundred meters wide.

The ground in this area was clearly different from the rest.

Because the color of the volcanic ash was very dark, and it was lower than the surrounding ground.

The surrounding land was normal; only this patch of land had magma beneath it!

Some knights had already tested it, and the magma was not particularly deep.

After some time, the temperature would drop, and it would turn into ordinary volcanic ash.

This meant there was no volcano underneath.

Besides, it didn’t look like there was a volcano here anyway!

"My lord, do you see anything?"

A knight asked.

The Temple Knight’s brow furrowed.

Many possibilities flashed through his mind.

But every possibility was terrifying.

After a while, he said: "Although I am not a mage, there are still some faint magical fluctuations remaining here, which were captured by my divine armor."

Speaking of this, his voice became low: "Therefore, this place is likely a battlefield. This land was created by a mage’s magical attack, and judging by the signs, it was caused by a single attack!"

Magic!

The Temple Knight’s words caused a stir among the knights.

"My lord, what kind of mage’s attack could create such a large area!"

A knight could not believe it.

Even though this knight had participated in many wars, he had never seen magic of this level!

Not even the most powerful Temple Mage in the kingdom could necessarily do this!

Even the large-scale magic he had seen performed by many mages combined did not have such a wide range of impact, nor such great power.

The Temple Knight thought of two words, and his eyes could not help but widen slightly at the thought.

"Forbidden Spell!"

He spat out these two words.

These two words instantly caused the knight squad to erupt in chaos.

Forbidden Spell!

These knights did not have a particular understanding of mage levels, especially high-level mages.

Most of them only knew that the sixth rank was a Magus.

What was above the sixth rank?

They did not know.

But everyone knew the words "Forbidden Spell."

In the legends of heroic stories circulating on the continent, the words "Forbidden Spell" appeared frequently.

This represented supreme power and terrifying destructive force.

Of course, they were equally unclear about what realm a Forbidden Spell specifically represented.

However, they only needed to know that these two words were terrifying.

Suddenly, all the knights retreated, fearing that the terrifying Forbidden Spell mage might be nearby.

"Do not go any further! Let’s go, we are returning. This place is no longer a place we can touch."

The Temple Knight made a prompt decision and led the dozen or so knights to begin their return journey.

Although they were unwilling to admit it in their hearts, they had indeed been scared away!

In fact, it was not just them who were scared; when they brought this news back, many people in the human kingdom to the west of the Misty Mountains were also scared.

Originally, because of this great fire, that human kingdom had harbored some intentions toward the orc nation to the east.

But now, those intentions were completely extinguished.

One reason was that the miasma forest of the Misty Mountains had not yet burned out, and the army still could not pass through.

The second reason was that the news brought back by this knight squad was truly too shocking.

You must know that when the fire had been burning for a month, the royal family had also sent a not-so-weak flying beast squad to check the situation.

But they never returned.

Combining these two events, the information revealed was enough to make that human kingdom afraid to act rashly without knowing the truth!

Well, that flying beast squad was indeed wiped out by Lin Yan.

The reason was simple.

A few broken birds and the people on them were actually preparing to urinate on the most fiercely burning flames!

The one burning most fiercely in the fire was naturally Lin Yan himself!

If you dare to do such a thing, who else would I wipe out if not you! ===== CHAPTER 51 =====

In the Fox Tribe, just five days later, the first batch of cement was produced by Lin Yan.

Before transmigrating, although Lin Yan was only in his twenties, he had not only succeeded in entrepreneurship but had not given up on his studies either.

He was a standard top student!

He was well-versed in the production processes of many industrial products.

Naturally, this included cement!

For a non-industrial society, the biggest problem with cement is the high temperature required for calcination.

The minerals needed to burn cement, such as limestone, coal ash, and iron powder, had already been found in the Misty Mountains by the Fox Tribe under Lin Yan’s instructions!

Before transmigrating, those cement plants all needed professional equipment for calcination.

Even with divine power, Lin Yan could not conjure such equipment out of thin air.

But Lin Yan did not need this professional equipment. ===== CHAPTER 52 =====