"Oh no, that thing has gone berserk again!" Malcolm’s expression changed, and his voice was full of urgency.

Syed did not look good either. He frowned and said, "This is even worse than I thought."

"We have to repair the Scarlet Crystal as soon as possible."

Aiden noticed that the floor under his feet was heating up very quickly.

A violent and chaotic aura spread up from below the ground, carrying a suffocating sense of pressure.

"It feels like there’s something terrifying under the Red Dwarves’ underground city." Aiden narrowed his eyes slightly.

Before he could think about it more carefully, the floor became like red-hot iron.

Aiden did not hesitate at all and immediately flew up into the air.

The Red Dwarves present did not react much. They looked like they were already used to it.

Only Ethan had it bad. He had just been badly injured by Malcolm, and now he was being scorched by the intense heat.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The smell of roasting meat quickly filled the entire hall.

Malcolm glanced at Aiden, then directly took out a golden birdcage and threw it toward Ethan on the ground.

At once, the birdcage kept getting bigger and directly sucked Ethan inside.

When it landed on the floor, it returned to its normal size.

But Ethan’s body had shrunk, like an ordinary little bird, trapped inside the golden birdcage.

"Catch. I’m leaving this thing with you for now," Malcolm said quickly.

He lightly lifted his foot and stomped on the floor once. The golden birdcage immediately rose into the air and flew toward Aiden.

Aiden instinctively wanted to check the information on this magical birdcage, but found that he could not see anything at all.

"This should be a Mythic Rank item," Aiden judged at once.

The owner of the golden birdcage was Malcolm, so it was normal that he could not see its information.

Unless he used some special item, or a high-tier detection skill.

"We will do our best to meet your demands, human. Can you give us the Scarlet Skull Goblet now?"

"If we wait any longer, I’m afraid more problems will come up!" Malcolm said anxiously.

Seeing this, Syed also looked at Aiden and said,

"The Scarlet Skull Goblet is tied to the future of the Red Dwarves Clan. Aiden, don’t you want to become a Forgemaster?"

"If that thing under the ground keeps going berserk, you will lose your chance for good."

Aiden frowned. He had come to the Abyss this time for one reason: to become a Forgemaster.

He had done so much already. If he really missed this chance, wouldn’t that mean he had wasted a lot of time and effort?

"I can give you my forging notes. That will save you a lot of trouble," Syed said decisively.

Aiden no longer hesitated and directly gave the Scarlet Skull Goblet to Malcolm.

Malcolm let out a deep breath and said seriously to Aiden, "Thank you."

"If possible, I’d like to ask you to help me with one more thing."

"As long as you agree, the Red Dwarves Clan will owe you a favor. In the future, we will forge one piece of equipment for you for free, even if it is Mythic Rank."

Syed’s eyes lit up right away, and he quickly said, "Right, why didn’t I think of that? Aiden, like Karls, also controls a special flame."

"With Aiden’s help, we can repair the Scarlet Crystal faster."

"That way, we can quickly calm that thing down, and Aiden can also become a Forgemaster for sure!" Syed said to Aiden.

Aiden did not hesitate. After making sure there would be no danger, he agreed to Malcolm’s request right away.

Mainly because Cheryl also wanted the Red Dwarves’ Forge Master to make proper weapons for her and her sister.

Aiden also planned to use the Red Dwarves and Ethan to see if he could save the ten thousand humans Ethan had mentioned, the ones being used as materials.

Soon, Malcolm led Aiden and the others toward the left side of the hall.

Amid the heavy shaking, the entrance to a huge underground passage appeared.

Malcolm went straight in.

About ten minutes later, a large red glow suddenly appeared before Aiden’s eyes.

Rolling magma flowed slowly past, while black-yellow and white smoke rose gently above it.

"The Red Dwarves’ underground city is actually a volcano?" Aiden’s eyes widened at once.

Malcolm did not stop and continued moving along the flowing magma.

The temperature around them grew higher and higher, and sweat began to appear on Aiden’s forehead.

At the same time, he also noticed that the magma was churning more violently.

"Aren’t you afraid the volcano might erupt?" Aiden could not help asking.

Syed looked back at him and replied, "Normally, no. Our Red Dwarves ancestors set up a magic array inside the volcano. It keeps the volcano active, but stops it from erupting."

"To forge high-tier equipment, flames with extremely high heat are necessary. But for 99% of the Red Dwarves, special flames are something they can only dream of having."

"The array left by our ancestors can guide the fire energy here into the underground city and help us melt high-tier materials." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"At the same time, deep inside the volcano, there is a small amount of fire Force of Laws, which can help us understand and master the law of fire."

Aiden’s eyes shook with surprise. Force of Laws?

Right, he still had the Mythic Rank item dropped by Blaine after killing him, and he had not had time to check it before.

Just as Aiden was about to inspect the ice Force of Laws fragment, Malcolm, who was ahead of them, suddenly stopped moving.

"We can only stop here. If we go any farther, that thing will become even more violent."

"Come on, let’s repair the Scarlet Crystal first!" Malcolm directly took out the Scarlet Skull Goblet.

At the same time, he also took out a large number of Scarlet Crystal fragments.

Syed frowned and said, "Has the situation really gotten this bad?"

"We’re still far from the deepest part of the volcano. The temperature here isn’t even that high."

Malcolm let out a helpless sigh and said that if the problem were not so serious, he would never have considered agreeing to the Demon Clan’s demands.

"Luckily, we now have the Scarlet Skull Goblet, you’re still alive, and we also have Aiden, who controls Divine Golden Sunflame," Malcolm said, a trace of relief appearing in his eyes.

He looked at Aiden with deep gratitude.

"So there really are good humans," Malcolm thought to himself.

As for Aiden, he planned to check the things Blaine had dropped only after everything was over.

Right now, he was even more curious about the thing Malcolm and Syed kept mentioning.

Malcolm and Syed looked at each other and finally came to the same decision.

"It is a powerful weapon of war, and also one of the ancestors of the Red Dwarves," Syed said first.

Malcolm nodded and continued, "Its name is Codex. In Red Dwarves culture, it stands for resistance and revenge."

"And the Scarlet Crystal is actually formed from a drop of blood from a Heavenly Demon."

"Codex has no consciousness, but it is filled with hatred and killing intent toward the Heavenly Demon. Only the Scarlet Crystal can calm it down."

A drop of blood from a Heavenly Demon?

Aiden’s pupils suddenly shrank. He had not expected to hear anything about the Heavenly Demon Clan here among the Red Dwarves.

While Aiden was still shocked, Malcolm added that one reason all Red Dwarves found Crimson Blood so hard to resist was because they had inherited part of their ancestors’ hatred.

That hatred had been passed down through countless years.

So when Red Dwarves tasted the blood of their ancestors’ enemy, they felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, excitement, and powerful safety.

"Really?" Fiona’s eyes widened. She had no idea about this before.

Aiden, on the other hand, was even more confused. The question came up again: why did the Red Dwarves hate the Heavenly Demon Clan so much?

"Ah, I’m not too sure either. A lot of secrets were never passed down. For example, the myriad races rank war. Even I, as the king of the Red Dwarves, only know a little about it," Malcolm said.

When Aiden heard "myriad races rank war," he immediately looked at Malcolm more closely, wanting to know more.

Malcolm gave a simple explanation of what he knew. According to the information that had been passed down, the myriad races rank war was something that could not be avoided.

The reason the Demon Clan wanted to take over Earth was because it was the final battlefield, and also the refuge of the race that won the myriad races rank war.

"Refuge?" Aiden caught that point right away.

Malcolm nodded and said, "That’s right. Our Red Dwarves ancestors seemed to be afraid of something all along."

"As for why the myriad races rank war happened, and what exactly our ancestors were afraid of, I don’t know."

Syed took a deep breath and suddenly said, "In an old Forgemaster’s notes, I once saw a line."

[the Abyss is the cruelest cage. All races want to escape from here.]

Even the king of the Red Dwarves did not know any more.

Aiden could not help frowning. Why would Earth be called a refuge?

Was Earth really that special?

If the lower the Abyss was a cage, then what about the middle the Abyss?

And what was the thing the Red Dwarves’ ancestors feared?

Aiden could not help thinking of the mural in the Miko temple.

Could it be "it"?

Aiden took a deep breath. If only Golden Great Wall or WraithJack could tell him more.

Boom!

At that moment, the magma suddenly began to boil, and the shaking became even stronger.

"Quick, repair the Scarlet Crystal together!" Malcolm shouted hurriedly.

But in the next second, the walls around them collapsed fast, and a black stone pillar, five or six meters wide, suddenly rose out of the magma.