Chapter 97: The Sensation Caused by the Lava Fire!

Inside the great hall, after Aiwei was recognized by the leaders of all eight dwarf tribes, she could hardly contain her excitement.

But she stood in the middle of the hall, her ten fingers tightly laced together, and began to pray.

Yes, she wished to give thanks to the great Lord of Flames.

Without the Lord of Flames's help, on this trip to Grey Fortress, she could only have watched helplessly as the Grey Fortress leader severed the Frost Sword, powerless to do anything!

And Iron Fortress would have changed hands!

Fortunately, none of that had happened now!

Things were developing in the best possible direction!

All of this was due to the Lord of Flames's gift!

Seeing her appearance, the leaders of the other dwarf tribes were astonished.

"Has Her Majesty taken faith in a new deity? Ever since Iron Fortress split, our tribe has already ceased to believe in the God of Forging."

A leader of one dwarf tribe said.

"That's right, the God of Forging, for some unknown reason, never gave us any response. Even the prince of King Ailu's kingdom never received the God of Forging's blessing — such a god, it's just as well not to believe in him."

Another dwarf tribe leader said.

Their words, however, drew out a hidden piece of the past.

Once, the underground dwarf kingdom of the Misty Mountains all believed in the God of Forging.

The God of Forging did indeed give them some revelations.

But starting some fifty-odd years ago, the God of Forging seemed to have vanished.

Even Aiwei's father, the dwarf queen's father, never received the God of Forging's blessing!

Aiwei's father's faith at the time was quite steadfast, yet he never received any response from the god. Her father's downfall may well have been connected to this matter.

After the Iron Fortress kingdom split, the God of Forging was no longer worshipped by most tribes.

Only Grey Fortress still believed in the God of Forging, though even that faith was steadily fading with the passage of time.

This was only natural.

When a god ignores his believers for so long, what right does he have to expect them to remain devoted to him?

If this were a purely godless continent, it would be a little better!

But this was a continent where everyone knew for certain that gods existed!

Moreover, this God of Forging didn't even have his own church!

"Your Majesty, could you tell us how you melted the Heavenly Realm meteorite!"

A dwarf leader, seeing that Aiwei had finished praying, finally could no longer contain his curiosity and asked.

Not only was he curious, but the other dwarf leaders, including the Grey Fortress leader, were equally curious.

"Do you have any Heavenly Realm meteorite on you?"

Dwarf Queen Aiwei asked.

That dwarf leader shook his head.

"I have some here!"

The Grey Fortress leader spoke up.

The Grey Fortress leader quickly had someone bring over a piece of Heavenly Realm meteorite!

Dwarf Queen Aiwei placed that piece of Heavenly Realm meteorite on the Sword-Trial Platform, then began to pray.

As she prayed, immediately afterward, a flame drifted out from nowhere and landed on that piece of Heavenly Realm meteorite!

The moment this flame appeared, the leader of the Mist Tribe cried out in shock: "Heavens, this is Lava Fire!"

Then, he showed confusion again: "No, it doesn't quite seem right — Lava Fire doesn't have such a high temperature!"

The Mist Tribe lay close to that volcano's lava reservoir, which happened to contain a Lava Fire.

Their tribe had once used fire crystal stones to lure that Lava Fire over to help them melt certain special materials.

That Lava Fire's temperature was already considerable, reaching nearly three thousand degrees.

But it was far from matching the temperature this Lava Fire displayed.

Moreover, when this Lava Fire melted materials, it seemed especially fast!

Then the Mist Tribe leader saw that piece of Heavenly Realm meteorite rapidly melting under the burning of that flame.

"What kind of flame is this, so powerful."

"My heavens, it really melted. This flame is too powerful, isn't it? Your Majesty, where did you get it?"

"That's right, if I had a flame like this, I might be able to forge a divine weapon too."

"……"

This Lava Fire that melted the Heavenly Realm meteorite made quite a few tribe leaders so startled they nearly leapt to their feet!

Such a flame was simply too powerful!

These dwarf tribe leaders were all master forgers — they understood perfectly well what such a flame meant for them!

One had to realize, what was the purpose of their building underground cities beneath the Misty Mountains?

Wasn't it to use the lava's temperature and certain strange materials within to forge weapons?

Yet this Lava Fire surpassed every strange material they had ever encountered!

If they had a flame like this to help them…

Then their achievements would far surpass what they had now!

No wonder they were so shaken!

"Why do I feel that this flame contains divinity — could this be a flame sent down by a god?"

At this moment, a dwarf said doubtfully.

The dwarf queen Ai Wang, with reverence on her face, whispered softly:

"This is the flame granted to me by my god, the Great Lord of Flame!"