CHAPTER 536: CHAPTER 344: THE LEGEND OF FLAME DEMON GROSS_2

No wonder the Sea Demon Clan attacked the Black Iron Dwarves’ ships; any species would do the same.

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Then, High Priestess Sona revealed the continuation of the Flame Demon Gross legend.

It turns out that after the Copper Furnace Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom thrived for over a century under the Molten Crown, the buried ashes of Flame Demon Gross showed signs of revitalization.

With the passing of Emperor Sorondal, no one in the Copper Furnace Tribe could deal with Flame Demon Gross anymore.

The Great Wizard in the Copper Furnace Tribe discovered this, and after consulting with seven Elders in the tribe, they decided to excavate the Gros Embers and bury them in the coldest place.

In the end, the Black Iron Dwarves chose the coldest place deep in the Tidal Sea, which is the Deep Freeze Sea Trench.

The Great Wizard of the Copper Furnace Tribe dived into the sea to investigate and saw underwater glaciers stretching for hundreds of miles; it’s a peculiar ice containing unique qualities, embedded in the seabed, forming a crystalline undersea world.

The Great Wizard of the Black Iron Dwarves believed that dumping Flame Demon Gross’s ashes here would surely prevent them from rekindling.

Thus, starting ten years ago, the Black Iron Dwarves continuously transported volcanic ashes by ship and dumped them into the Deep Freeze Sea Trench.

Initially, it didn’t cause much change.

But as the situation continued, the glacier in the Deep Freeze Sea Trench began to melt, the temperature rose steadily, indirectly affecting the seawater temperature in the Sea Demon Clan territory.

Since three years ago, the Sea Demon Clan discovered the purpose of the Black Iron Dwarves dumping volcanic ash, and the conflict between the two clans escalated, with constant clashes.

The Sea Demon Clan prohibited any Black Iron Dwarf ships from entering the Tidal Sea.

However, the Tidal Sea is too vast for the Sea Demon Clan to block all areas, so the Black Iron Dwarves’ actions to dump volcanic ash into the deep sea persisted.

Many Black Iron Dwarves only knew they were supposed to dump volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea and didn’t even know why.

This work has continued for ten years, and many Black Iron Dwarf captains, including Friggs, simply followed orders.

As for why they were doing this work, it wasn’t their concern.

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After listening to the whole sequence of events, Lu Heng finally understood why the Danger Level for this Abyss Battlefield was set at Level 7.

There truly exists a powerful Demon King in this world, Flame Demon Gross.

Merely dumping the Gros Embers into the deep sea can raise the temperature of the Tidal Sea.

This shows just how terrifying Flame Demon Gross is.

The existence of Gros Embers has caused irreconcilable conflicts between the Sea Demon Clan and the Black Iron Dwarves.

In a way, the conflicts between the two clans are indeed irreconcilable.

The ashes of Flame Demon Gross are buried beneath the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom, and if the Black Iron Dwarves do not dig them out and dump them into the deep sea, the revival of Flame Demon Gross would spell the apocalypse for the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

To prevent Flame Demon Gross from reviving, the Black Iron Dwarves must continue to dump volcanic ash into the sea.

The Gros Embers were dumped into the Tidal Sea; regardless of whether Flame Demon Gross will revive underwater, even if not, just the rising seawater temperature significantly impacts the Sea Demon Clan.

The two species, in order to protect the climate environment of their habitats, are bound to be in conflict.

Trying to mediate the conflict between the two species is insolvable unless the threat of Flame Demon Gross can be eliminated.

But, can such a powerful Demon King, whose mere ashes can raise seawater temperatures, be resolved?

This issue seems unsolvable from the beginning.

Lu Heng carefully searched his memory for all information related to Flame Demon Gross.

Indeed, his memory contained much information about Flame Demon Gross, but until his rebirth, he hadn’t heard of the issue being resolved.

In fact,

The information in his memory concerning Flame Demon Gross appeared two years after the Abyss Descent.

Meaning this matter should only surface in half a year.

It wasn’t hard to understand.

Now is the first time humans are summoned to the Sea Demon World, very similar to the time of the first summons in the previous life.

At this point, human Ocean system superpower users are few, with combat power generally low.

The first batch of summoned Ocean system superpower users provided little help to this world, unable to complete even Challenge Tasks, let alone World Tasks.

In other words, the first batch of summoned superpower users in the previous life likely completed the Main Quest and returned.

They didn’t investigate the cause of the environmental deterioration of the Tidal Sea, nor knew the volcanic ash dumped by the Black Iron Dwarves were Gros Embers.

After this first summons ended, humans began to focus on cultivating Ocean system superpower users.

With the subsequent summons, the combat power of Ocean system superpower users gradually improved until they could influence the world’s landscape, finally uncovering the secret of Gros Embers.

This means humans learned the secret of Gros Embers in the previous life half a year later, but in this life, due to Lu Heng’s involvement, this timing was greatly advanced, uncovering the secret of Gros Embers in the first summons.

However, merely uncovering the secret of Gros Embers does not alter the world’s landscape.

The problem persists.

The conflict between the Sea Demon Clan and the Black Iron Dwarves remains unsolved.

As for dealing with Flame Demon Gross.

Lu Heng currently has no clue.

Information concerning Flame Demon Gross in memory remained unresolved until three years after the Abyss Descent.

It’s only been a year and a half since the Abyss Descent now; is there a way to resolve Flame Demon Gross?

This is essentially an unattainable task.

After serious thought, Lu Heng looked up at High Priestess Sona, saying, "High Priestess, you should know better than I how powerful Flame Demon Gross is.

"So this crisis likely won’t be resolved in one summons.

"If this summons fails to resolve the crisis, upon my return, I will publicize this world’s information, advocating for summoned humans next time to continue helping the Sea Demon Clan resolve the crisis.

"I only hope the Sea Demon Clan and the Black Iron Dwarves will temporarily set aside prejudice and consider solutions to the crisis together."

High Priestess Sona fell silent after hearing these words.

She neither agreed to Lu Heng’s request nor immediately opposed it.

Lu Heng knew that as the High Priestess of the Sea Demon Clan, she couldn’t make significant promises based solely on a summoner’s few words.

Thus, he continued his diplomatic effort: "I understand the High Priestess may not necessarily believe me, but that’s okay. As long as the High Priestess doesn’t oppose what I said, we can continue working toward the same goal, and someday we’ll find a way to solve the problem."

Of course, High Priestess Sona understood that such a terrifying Flame Demon King like Flame Demon Gross couldn’t be eliminated by the combined strength of the Sea Demon Clan and Black Iron Dwarves—they couldn’t rely entirely on summoners.

What she’s really contemplating is whether to reconcile with the Black Iron Dwarves.

In fact,

Being hostile to the Black Iron Dwarves offers no benefit to the Sea Demon Clan.

The Sea Demon Clan cannot gain any resource compensation from the Black Iron Dwarves, hence attacking them is meaningless.

Their sole reason for attacking the Black Iron Dwarves’ ships is to prevent them from continuing to dump volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea.

High Priestess Sona contemplated for a moment, then said, "I might not hold enmity toward the Black Iron Dwarves, but they might not think the same."

Lu Heng knew that to resolve this, he had to talk to the current Dwarf King of the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"I will set out for the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom to speak with their King, hoping to mediate the relationship between your two clans. If the High Priestess has any requests, feel free to mention them."

High Priestess Sona pondered for a moment and only made one request: "My demand is simple: Black Iron Dwarves must cease dumping volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea, and that’s it."