Chapter 213 Fire Elemental Plane
This is a plane that is constantly burning.
This place smells of charred flesh and ash dreams.
This is the embodiment of flame.
Everything on the elemental plane of fire shines with fire.
The ground is nothing but a slab of vast, shifting, flattened fire, the air spun in the heat of the constant firestorm, and the most common liquid is magma rather than water.
Oceans were formed from flowing fire, and mountains oozed lava.
It is the crematorium of the unprepared traveler and not a comfortable place even for the carefully prepared adventurer.
The flames here can complement each other to create continuously burning landscapes, and they require no fuel or air to burn.
Leaving aside the imaginative travelers, after counting the terrifying things in the inner planes, the fire elemental plane is probably an existence that can really scare people.
Of course, in the multiverse, there are many places worse than here, such as the negative energy plane that absorbs life force or the earth elemental plane with no way out, but the above places are not as unique as the fire elemental plane. Pure terror and evil.
The tongues of fire jumping here, the heat that will scorch people, and the deadly poisonous gas emitted by the sulfur, may even cause some travelers to mistakenly confuse this place with Baator Hell or Casserly.
So almost no one doubts that the fire elemental plane is the 'most evil place' in the inner plane.
Although this is a relatively arbitrary title, the elemental plane of fire is probably the most powerful among the elemental planes. It will burn and destroy enemies mercilessly just because of the appearance of these people.
In fact, the Elemental Plane of Fire looks no different than an ordinary plane, except for one major difference: everything is covered in fire.
Most of this plane is a sea of fire, and occasionally solid 'lands' of elemental clusters can be seen floating above.
Any entity is burned mercilessly until it is completely destroyed.
Even air will burn out without protection.
The efreets here can temporarily protect some creatures, mostly their slaves, from fire damage.
If a traveler does not receive this privilege, he or she will need to use magic or magic items to protect themselves.
This plane has a clear ‘up’ and ‘down’.
Because the flames billow upward, they can move relatively normally in this plane.
Since the surrounding temperature is so high that these things can be burned in the blink of an eye, food and drinking water can only be brought from the outside and kept properly.
If you cast the spell of creating food rashly, you will only create a small cloud of steam and a piece of coke that cannot be eaten. Here, the potion will also boil and explode in the bottle.
Therefore, adventurers must be fully prepared before setting foot.
The figures of Brian and Myrcella appeared on a land formed by clusters of earth elements floating in the air.
Although mortals cannot breathe safely in the elemental plane, Brian is well aware of the characteristics of the elemental plane and has already made preparations in advance.
For example, the magic here can be adjusted and changed according to the different characteristics of the plane. For example, vaporized water can be changed to vaporized rock and soil, breathing in water can be changed to breathing in fire, fossils If it is mud, it will turn fire into smoke.
So, under the protection of the energy barrier that protects the flames, the two of them walked in this elemental plane like a sea of fire and were not affected by anything at all.
Looking at the plane he was once familiar with, he began to recall the characteristics of the fire elemental plane:
Normal gravity.
Normal hours.
Unlimited size.
Variable form.
Fire element dominates.
Enhanced Magic: Fire-related spells and spell-like abilities are maximized and amplified (such as using the metamagic feats Maximize Spell and Expand Spell, but without occupying a higher-level spell slot). Fireball will therefore do maximum damage (although most natives are immune to fire). Spells and spell-like abilities that have been maximized or amplified no longer suffer from this benefit.
Hinder Magic: Spells and spell-like abilities that use or create water elements (including the summoning of water elementals and outside creatures of the water subtype) are hindered, including the cleric's water domain spells. These spells and spell-like abilities can still be used, but a successful Spellcraft check is required.
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“Where should we go next?” Myrcella walked up to Brian and asked, “I can see that you seem to be very familiar with this place. "
"Have you never been here?" Brian looked at the female lord curiously, and he immediately noticed that Myrcella's beautiful face was reflected red by the flames, and she looked so charming. , really tempting.
However, he also knew that it was very rude to stare at a woman all the time, so before the other party noticed his gaze, he took it back without any trace.
If this situation were placed on Heliste, her innate keen aura as a psychic would probably have noticed it long ago, and she would even be able to deduce what she was thinking.
< br>"Actually, except for the wind elemental plane, I have never been to other planes." Myrcella shook her head slightly, shook her long hair that shone like flames, and showed a soft smile, "So, continue. It's up to you to come down."
"Don't worry, as long as you obey my command, I guarantee that you will be able to subdue the four legendary giants and serve us without any effort," Brian vowed. She promised.
"You look confident." His confident words surprised Myrcella. She looked at him with interest and asked with a smile:
"Then tell me, when we were in the air elemental plane just now, why did the fire elemental elder call us 'material guys'? I have also heard this kind of call when I accidentally stayed in Sigil City."
Myrcella has been to Sigil?
Brian calmly suppressed the surprise in his heart and explained to her, "Actually, 'material guy' is already a relatively polite name for us mortals who were born in the material world. In most cases, , they all like to call us ‘outsiders’ or ‘brainless children’.”
Compared with the local residents, mortals in the main material world still have a big advantage: they are not related to the plane. The influence of magic.
It seems that the spells that are very effective on the inhabitants of the plane, such as protection, summoning, and expulsion, have no effect on them at all.
They will never be dragged away by the monster summoning spell at an unexpected moment, and the Holy Word spell will never knock them back to the main material world. Even in terms of protection from evil, they will not be treated as creatures outside their own plane.
Although mortals from the material world are full of weird ideas, prudent local residents will treat them with more respect.
After all, most of the people who have the ability to come to the plane are ruthless characters. Many mortals in the material world will smash each other into slag just because of a sideways glance, which often happens.
Of course, not every mortal in the main material world is very powerful, but the problem is that they do not play their cards according to common sense, which often makes people confused.
Moreover, most mortals or adventurers from the main material world simply cannot understand the structure of the multiverse.
They usually think that the tiny place they live in is the center of the multiverse. As for the idea that everything is three and everything returns to the circle, they have never heard of it.
For example, in their opinion, anyone with horns is a devil.
"Have you brought the elemental compass?" After checking the surrounding environment and confirming that it was correct, Brian looked at the female lord next to him.
Since there are no directions such as southeast, northwest, southeast, etc. in the inner plane, except for the fire elemental plane, there is no distinction between up and down.
Under these conditions, the ordinary compass will be useless, and travelers will need an elemental compass instead.
Without this magical device or the correct signposts to guide them, travelers would quickly become lost.
So, he needs to use the elemental compass to confirm his current position.
"Although I don't like traveling to foreign planes very much, I still know this common sense." Myrcella took out an elemental compass similar to a compass and handed it to Brian.
Bryan took the item and immediately activated it with arcane energy.
After confirming his correct position, he no longer wasted time and activated the "Star Contract" on the 'Brilliant Evening Star' ring.
With the bright light flowing from the platinum ring, a burly, 5-meter-tall fire elemental stone man with blazing flames all over his body appeared in front of him.
"My family's star contractors, welcome to the plane of fire element. Mr. Wizard, do you need to act as a guide when you call me here?"
Although the fire element is already here He deliberately suppressed his voice, but his loud voice was still like an explosion of flames.
“Or do you, sir, want to visit the ‘City of Brass’?”
“The ‘City of Brass’ is not necessary. Please take me to the ‘Obsidian Plains’ 'Scorch Castle'." Brian pondered for a moment, met the bright blue eyes of the fire element, and said to it, "I need to see the elf lord, Amsroth Slag."
Although the Elemental Plane of Fire is one of the least friendly of the Inner Planes, it is also the most lively and popular.
A large number of elementals, outside creatures of the fire subtype, and creatures that use fire may be encountered here.
Elementals are conscious parts of the plane itself, capable of activity due to something like will and purpose.
They include creatures that are basically similar to the Material Plane, as well as fire elementals that can be summoned by spellcasters through various monster summoning spells.
These elements generally don't like flesh-and-blood, cooler creatures, and many attacks are simply to burn them down to replenish the fire.
Outside creatures such as efreets, fire dwarves, and salamanders have more disciplined societies.
They usually have larger settlements, the most famous of which is the Efreet's City of Brass.
Brian suspected that the "Star Contract" attached to his ancient ring was probably a contract between the maker and a fire elemental family in the City of Brass.
"No problem." The fire element patted his hard chest, sparks flying, "Mr. Wizard, please, please follow me closely, otherwise, I can't guarantee that you will encounter What kind of danger?”
"Then I'll trouble you." Brian smiled slightly and motioned for the female lord next to him to follow.
“I thought you were joking just now when you said you had been to the Fire Elemental Plane.” Myrcella walked side by side with Brian and chatted: “I didn’t expect you had actually been here. With your If I hadn’t witnessed it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it.”
“You have to know that the multiverse has never been short of miracles.”
Brian said cheerfully. If you are surprised by my next move, you will automatically put me in this category in your mind."
Myrcella rolled her eyes beautifully at him.
The entire journey was silent.
Led by the fire element, they soon arrived at the Scorched Rock Castle in the Obsidian Plain, a small castle that was blackened by flames.
Like the earth djinn, the efreets also have many slaves.
Resistance or escape is impossible, as only the efreet's magic can protect the slaves from the fire element, after all who would want to escape into the flames.
"Mr. Mage, I will send you here. If you have the opportunity, please come to the 'City of Brass' as a guest." The fire element bowed slightly to Brian, "Then, farewell .”
"Thank you for your hard work." Brian smiled kindly at the fire elemental.
Then, he led Myrcella towards the Scorched Rock Castle.
"Who dares to trespass into my lord's territory?" Two super giant fire elements blocked the path of Brian and his two men.
“We are the Kingdom of Cormyr from the material world.” Brian took the initiative to take a step forward, and with the blessing of the language spell, he said calmly, “I came here specially to complete the meeting with your Lord Rock Slag. A deal."
"Two material guys?" The two fire elements looked at each other and asked, "What is the kingdom of Cormyr?"
"Uh..." Brian didn't know how to explain it for a moment. He looked serious and said in a slightly dissatisfied tone:
"This is not an issue that you gatekeepers should consider. Your duty is to Pass my words to your master, otherwise, don't blame me for destroying your castle."
"Holy crap!" A fire elemental exclaimed: "Are all material guys so arrogant? "
"Forget it, don't cause trouble yet, let's pass the message to the master first."
Another fire elemental quickly stopped his companion and whispered in his ear, "We will do it later. I purposely made this material guy speak arrogantly to let the master deal with him.”
After saying that, one of the fire elements disappeared in place like a gust of wind.
As everyone knows, the so-called whispers in their ears are just as loud as normal human voices, so naturally Brian and Myrcella can hear them clearly.
Brian was not surprised by this. He gave the female lord next to him a look of reassuring waiting, because this was the effect he wanted.
Otherwise, it would be really difficult for him to invite this fire giant out.
Sure enough, after a while, a burly giant spirit flew out angrily.
When the efreet flies, the two legs of his lower body will also turn into a ball of gray smoke and embers, which looks quite funny.
"Who threatened to keep Amsroth Slag, the Lord of Flame in Scorch Castle, as a pet? Stand up for me!"
A roar of exploding fireballs came. , the loud voice shook the surrounding flames like fire snakes dancing.
The efreeti lord's charcoal-black skin is covered with robes made of fine silk and satin, and he is wearing gleaming jewelry such as brass and gold rings, chains, and rings, just like a rich man of gold. dress up.
“Hey, Material Man, you are the one who is planning to keep me as your pet, right?!”
He had a machete on his shoulder and looked at Brian with a dark face.
Well, actually, his face is originally dark.
With the appearance of the efreet lord, even though Brian had added an energy shield to protect the flames, he still felt the sudden rise in temperature.
“There’s no need to be a pet.” He said calmly, “After all, I wouldn’t take an ugly black charcoal pet like you if it were given to me for free.”
"So, let me give you a suggestion." Brian deliberately smiled evilly at the Fire Djinn Lord, "It's not your fault that you are ugly, but it is your fault that you come out to scare people."
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Although the female lord on the side couldn't help but laugh at Brian's words, she still did not forget to stay vigilant to prevent the fire djinn from rising up.
"Ah!!! This is too much! Material man, you are simply too arrogant. How can you be so arrogant? How dare you insult the Lord of Flame of Scorch Castle, Amsroth Slag. "
The fire djinn lord's face turned darker. He raised his five-meter-long machete, pointed it at Brian, and roared: "No, I want to challenge you to a one-on-one fight until one side surrenders. Do you dare to accept it?”
“Hurry up, material guy, I want to fight you one on one, let the herald announce my name, let the elemental tyrant, the king of fire, the fiery ruler, Forging the eternal fire of truth, Cosuteris decides our fate. Whoever loses will be the pet of the other. Do you dare to accept my challenge? "
"Why don't you dare? .”
Brian accepted his challenge and immediately said with a smile: "But forget about being a pet. I just said that I don't want to find such a pet that looks so ugly. It would be too embarrassing to take him out and run around. . ”
As he expected, the character of the efreeti lord named Amsroth Slag was too easy to figure out.
Of course, the premise is that you have the strength.
“You’re still scolding! It’s endless, isn’t it?” Lord Efreet was furious and furious, “Hurry up and challenge me, I will turn you into a pile of charcoal!”
< br>"How about this." Brian looked at him calmly and smiled: "I accept your challenge, but I need to change the challenge rules. As for the conditions, I don't want you to be my pet. Come with me. Just do one thing in the material world”
"No problem." The efreeti said nonchalantly, "You tell me how the challenge rules need to be changed. I will accompany you to the end today, and I will not turn you, a material guy, into a pile of coke."
" How about we compare who can set off the biggest fireball? Do you dare to accept it?" Brian expressed his thoughts and looked at him provocatively.
"Hahaha..." Lord Efreet was immediately amused by Brian, "Are you trying to laugh me to death? You and I are competing to see who can set off the biggest fireball. It's so funny."< br>
"Okay!"
He responded: "I will accept your challenge. If you lose, I will go to the material world with you to do something. If you lose, hehe , I will burn you into a piece of coke.”
"I'm here first, keep an eye on it, material guy!"
The efreet lord put away the five-meter-long machete, raised his right hand, and muttered two hissing words in the Fire Tribe language, a diameter of A dark red fireball about ten meters long, bursting out with flames, appeared in mid-air.
The heat emitted by the fireball even stung Brian's cheek, forcing him to increase his energy protection barrier.
Even he himself had to admit that as a fire element lord, the fireballs released in the fire element plane were indeed astonishingly large, and its power was needless to say.
"Ignorant material man, I am very curious about how you can release a decent fireball." As the roar of the fireball stopped, the efreeti lord took a breath and looked at Brian and sneered.
Brian ignored him, looked at the female lord next to him calmly, and then activated the special ability "Arcane Memories" included in the arcane fire to replenish his arcane energy.
Then, he took a deep breath and slowly adjusted himself.
As he recited the fireball spell quickly, a fireball the size of a washbasin quickly condensed and took shape.
He immediately mobilized arcane energy and psychic points, and used arcane shaping to make the fireball grow larger at a speed visible to the naked eye without increasing the power of the fireball.
Myrcella beside her also secretly and carefully input energy into the fireball in Brian's palm through her collaborative super-magic ability.
Just like that, under the stunned eyes of the Fire Djinn Lord, an extremely huge fireball finally took shape.
The Fire Giant Lord fell silent for a moment. From his confused expression, we could see the shock that this huge fireball brought to him.
Then, under Brian's control, the fireball fell from the sky like the sun. With a whistling sound, it quickly passed in front of the stunned Fire Djinn Lord, and burst into a dazzling light. White flash, resulting in a violent explosion.
"Huh..."
Brian let out a sigh of relief. With the increase of Myrcella's metamagic expertise, this fireball almost exhausted his arcane energy and psychic energy. point.
However, the effect is still very significant.
At least the efreeti lord has been frightened into a daze.
"I heard everything clearly, what you just said."
He dragged his tired body to stand still, looked at the elf lord, and said with a smile:
"Let Cosuteris, the tyrant of the elements, the lord of fire, the fiery ruler, the eternal fire forging truth, judge our fate. Do not tell me that you intend to go back on your word."
"You're the one who regretted it." Lord Efreet came back to his senses, sat dejectedly on the steps of the castle, and said to Brian:
"I'm willing to admit defeat. I have nothing to say. I just want to go to the material world." I'm not afraid. However, before you go, you must sign a contract with me to ensure that you can return to the fire elemental plane safely within a year. Otherwise, even if you are in the elemental tyrant, the King of Fire. , the fiery ruler, the eternal fire that forges truth, under the witness of Kosutris, I won’t go, I just won’t go!”
“I’m not stupid.”
Brian and the female lord looked at each other and smiled, took out a contract scroll that had been prepared in advance, signed his name, and threw it to the other party.
(End of this chapter)