9 THRONES

CHAPTER 76: GOLEM LAVA

As Vann was busy observing the Magma Pillar full of interest, a merchant approached Vann with a sly smile on his face "Son, I see you just came to this Magma Pillar, am I right?".

The surprised Vann immediately looked at the merchant who was approaching him. Although Vann found the merchant's face to look very sly, but it was not good to judge someone by his appearance so Vann nodded "I have just come to the Magma Pillar".

"Then you're lucky, I'm very happy to help a beginner because I'm a good trader!" said the merchant, taking a bottle of water like ice "You can certainly feel how hot the Magma Pillar is from here, right? I offer you a Snow Water Bottle, as long as you use it then the heat emitted by the Magma Pillar will decrease".

"Maybe you think as a cultivator, the heat of the magma doesn't bother you anymore. But do not underestimate the Pillar of Magma, when you are on the pillar then the heat will increase to make your movements disturbed or-".

The merchant continued to explain at length to Vann about how good it is to bring snow water to the Magma Pillar which can provide coldness for 10 hours after drinking.

But without waiting for the merchant to finish, Laken stepped forward to Vann's front "We're not interested, let's go Vann!".

Laken immediately took Vann away from the crafty merchant while whispering "Don't listen too much to what the merchant sells to this city, if you frequent the Magma Pillar then it doesn't matter. However some traders often try to scam newcomers, such as traders just now. Although Snow Water is indeed able to reduce the heat from the Magma Pillar to our bodies, but as cultivators then we do not need it at all. The heat of the Magma Pillar will not bother us, the merchant is only deceiving you".

"Not only that, he must have been trying to sell Snow Water beyond its supposed price.10 bottles of Snow Water cost 1 low-level cultivation crystal, he must have been trying to sell it for more than what it should be. 10 bottles of Snow Water cost 1 low-level cultivation crystal, most likely he plans to sell you 1 bottle for 10 bottles. You have to be careful in this town, especially the merchants who are trying to cheat your money".

"I understand, thanks for the advice" Vann said nodding.

Seeing that Vann had understood, Laken nodded before speaking to all the other members "We will buy some preparations then go to the Magma Pillar! You all carry your tokens, right? Do not forget the token that the academy gave because without bringing the token, we have to pay a fee to the Magma Pillar".

Vann along with everyone went towards some shops like weapons and medicine to buy some preparations then headed towards the Magma Pillar.

As Vann had just walked away from the sneaky merchant just now, the merchant looked towards Vann who was taken away by the displeased Laken "It seems that I was unlucky, I failed to deceive the newcomer! Whereas when I found him staring around with a stupid face, I was sure I would succeed in deceiving him. I was indeed being unlucky, but that kid was much more unlucky for making a group with those people, was he the new kid from the Wood Sword Academy?".

The cunning merchant shook his head and stopped thinking about Vann, he did not know Vann at all so Vann's problem had nothing to do with him.

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Vann did not know what the cunning merchant said, now he was at the door of the Magma Pillar with Laken and the others.

At the front of the Magma Pillar, there was a giant gate made of magma.

Around the gate, there were countless cultivators standing guard whether it was from the Wood Sword Academy, the Fire Animal Academy, the Mask Sect or the Yun Family.

Even they built a fortress near the gate, as long as the monsters dared to leave the pillar then the fortress served as a barrier for the monsters.

Before being able to approach the gate of the pillar, the guards from the Fire Animal Academy directly approached them "Show your identity!".

Vann and 4 others took their tokens as quickly as possible and showed them to the guards.

When returning the token to Vann, the guard said in a small voice so that only Vann could hear it "Be careful".

The guard's movements were too fast, no one realized that he had just spoken to Vann.

The guard looked at Vann a little and then took his comrade away from here, they should continue to check on the other arrivals.

Vann wasn't a fool, although he didn't fully understand what the guards were saying just now, but Vann had at least become more cautious by now. After all no matter whether the guard's warning was true or not, Vann became increasingly attentive to Laken's every move along with his other members.

Laken was unaware of the change in Vann, he waved his hand "Let's go!".

Vann and the others immediately passed through the Magma Pillar gate, their figures instantly disappearing as they passed through the gate.

The guard who had just warned Vann looked back at the gate of the Magma Pillar "I hope the boy doesn't end badly and listens to the warning just now".

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Vann felt the whole world spinning as he just passed the pillar gate, around him there was a lot of magma but no one approached Vann in the slightest so he was not injured.

When Vann regained consciousness, he found himself in a place filled with pools of lava and magma.

On the surrounding land, there are often very hot smoke explosions, Vann does not feel being on a pillar but rather like being near a volcano.

Among the lava pools, Vann found several moving figures.

Vann looked towards the lava pool more carefully to find the many Golems strolling around the lava pool.

Different from other Golems made of stone without any additions, the Golems in this lava pool had magma as well as lava all over their bodies.

Each Golem was about 4 meters tall, but in the midst of those Golems Vann found a Golem figure that was taller than the other lava Golems, its height was about 7 meters which was most likely the leader of the lava Golems.

Whenever monsters gathered, then there was generally their leader whose strength was above that of other monsters.

"No need to mind the Lava Golem, our destination is the fire lizard! As long as the Golem Lava does not attack us, neither do you need to attack it. Do you understand?", said Laken warning everyone. After all, as a captain, he had to lead everyone back alive.

"We understand!", replied everyone firmly.

They began to walk through the edge of the lava pool where the Golems were located so as not to attract the attention of the Golems.