Chapter 81: Enough Blood-Shed

A.N: I changed Volcranax's gender from female to male. 

The wind roared around me as I stood on the precipice of the Temple of Forgotten Flames. The last time I had been here, it was under vastly different circumstances. Back then, I was weaker, barely holding myself together after escaping the brink of death. Now, I had grown—stronger, larger, a being at the peak of the second stage of evolution. My molten veins pulsed with energy, and my obsidian hide reflected the crimson glow of the temple's eternal flames.

Why here?

The [Map] function from my system had been guiding me relentlessly since I absorbed the cursed crown from the Lava Serpent. Its dark energies worked in conjunction with the crown's eerie pull, leading me back to this desolate place. A place that felt like a cruel mockery of fire's vitality—a tomb masquerading as a sanctuary.