The Paladin in the Abyss

Chapter 701: Chapter 725 No Need to Panic

The trouble with Fire Elementals lay in two aspects: first, their attacks had the characteristic of igniting anything flammable upon impact; second, they themselves were made of flames, meaning merely getting close could cause burn damage. In actual combat, the first issue could be resolved with an Elf Priest’s Water Conjuring Spell, and as long as they were quickly eliminated, the threat of the latter wasn’t so significant.

Once they grasped the knack of it, the battle became much easier, and if one disregarded their ability to ignite, the combat power of the Fire Elementals was even less than that of a Berserk Demon (though Bruto would disagree). The group didn’t take much effort to clean up all these enslaved elemental creatures and advanced to a spot only thirty feet away from the Lava Lake.

The companions all stopped in their tracks, for the surrounding temperature had reached an unbearable level; even Bruto’s beard had bent due to the high heat, making it look like a huge eggplant was growing on his chin.

“Big brother, this is as far as we go,” the Dwarf smoothed out his beard and pressed it back into shape. “You’ll have to go the rest of the way on your own.”

“What, don’t you want to see the treasures inside Visuvius’s vault?”

“I do, but I can’t go,” Bruto sighed. “We don’t have your kind of ability…”