Chapter 127: Chapter 105: Slave of the Thousand-Year Fire, Debts Cleared (4317)!_2 Chapter 127: Chapter 105: Slave of the Thousand-Year Fire, Debts Cleared (4317)!_2 This was not their first battle with the Fire Demon, nor would it be their last.

In the midst of desperation and bloodshed, the dwarves of the Clock Kingdom had already crystallized their sense of duty and hope into an immortal wall of flesh and blood. They vowed to forever trap the Fire Demon within this clock, never allowing it to escape.

The Fire Demon let out a roar in anger again, “Bastards…bastards…bastards…!”

A dwarf shot an arrow into his left eye. Of course, the iron arrow could not pierce the Fire Demon’s cornea. The arrow broke and was then melted into molten iron.

But it was this strike that brought a hint of clarity to the enraged eyes of the Fire Demon.

The Fire Demon suddenly calmed down. He looked around at the bizarre gear islands and held his head, “What have I done?”

“Son of Forest, Pan God, Ancient Clam…”

“These people have all deceived me.”

“You bastards, look at what you’ve done to me, do I retain even a shred of humanity now?”

He actually took on a prayer-like position. “Thousand-Year Fire, please forgive me… None of this was my intention. Great Thousand-Year Fire, great Eastern Witches, your will rests within the Thousand-Year Fire, please ask for Thousand-Year Fire’s forgiveness for me.”

“I am not a traitor who evades his responsibilities.”

“It was the Sons of Forest who deceived me. In the midst of that monumental betrayal, I lost all my sense of reason, leading to the gravest sin of my life.”

“I actually endeavored to extinguish the flame!”

‘Bang~’

The flames surrounding the Fire Demon suddenly soared, as if the Thousand-Year Fire really heard the words of the Fire Demon and erupted in anger.

The Dwarven King, thinking that the Fire Demon was faltering, immediately ordered a legion to continue the attack.

Ivita saw the dwarf soldiers rescue Marquis Tata, who had lost his left leg, from the battlefield; he and the Old Witch immediately hid deeper within the army, because if they were seen by Marquis Tata, it would be disastrous.

“Is that Fire Demon really communing with the Law?” Ivita asked the Old Witch next to him.

The Old Witch shook her head. “My lord, I don’t know, it could simply be his emotional outburst stimulating the flames.”

“That’s why he seemed familiar to me,” Ivita said.

The Old Witch looked at Ivita immediately, she also was curious when exactly the Demon God had seen the Fire Demon.”

“Your Majesty, where exactly have you seen that Fire Demon before?”

“Are you saying there is a place I haven’t visited before?”

“No, you have been there.” Ivan said: “On the murals on the dome of the Fire Sacrifice Square!”

The Old Witch’s eyes widened.

Ivita confirmed: “I finally remember now.”

“That Fire Demon appeared on the day of the creation of the Thousand-Year Fire, along with the three Eastern Witches, on the dome murals, as the descendant of the five tribal leaders. I am guessing he is the one, which is why he gave me a familiar sensation.”

The Old Witch asked: “If he was a human before, how did he become this?”

“He said it himself; it was the act of betrayal,” Ivita said. “Did you forget? On the painting of the dome, his ancestor vowed to protect the Thousand-Year Fire generation after generation. Those who betray would be engulfed by flames, and become servants of the flame.”

“So the Fire Demon is a servant of the flames.”

“This Fire Demon was probably a member of the Five Major Fire Protection Families who wanted to extinguish the fire, deceived by the Sons of Forest hundreds of years ago.”

“He betrayed his family’s mission, therefore was engulfed by the flames, became a servant of the Thousand-Year Fire, and turned into the Fire Demon.”

“The Fire Demon is a puppet without clear consciousness, often bringing catastrophic disasters to those around him. Therefore, centuries ago, a witch created the Clock Kingdom to imprison the Fire Demon. We were wrong before, the Fire Demon was not sealed because it had already become a servant of the Thousand-Year Fire.”

“So the Fire Demon is imprisoned because in times of peace without wars, the Fire Demon is not needed, only when…”

The Old Witch’s eyes also lit up, understanding. “Only when the Thousand-Year Fire starts to weaken, do they need the Fire Demon. Therefore, the Fire Demon only stirs when the Thousand-Year Fire weakens. But the problem is, the people of Ambros have long forgotten the inheritance left by their ancestors, and as a result, have also forgotten to issue a command to the dwarfs to release the Fire Demon.”

“So it directly leads to the current tragedy.”

“That Fire Demon keeps asking others to kill him because in his confused state, he believes he is a sinner and does not deserve to live.”

“But he is merely a servant of the flame, so he doesn’t even have the freedom to die.”

“Also, because he is a servant of the flame, the Fire Demon constantly demands the dwarfs to let him go, because he needs to protect the flame.”

“To pursue those who stole the flame.”

“This explains everything. I can also understand why my magic power gets ignited when I approach it, because that is the Fire of Law!”

Ivita nodded, and concluded, “The Fire Demon is the aggressive side of the Thousand-Year Fire.”

“Aside from being the flame of human civilization in the Ambros region, the Thousand-Year Fire is also the Fire of Law, one of the most powerful fire magics, exchanged for the lives of the three Eastern Witches from the Civilization of Fire. So it’s quite normal that your magic power would be ignited.”

The situation on Gear Battlefield number 3333 had once again shifted.