The temperature inside the cave increased after every step Arthur took. He couldn’t understand how a volcano was there, in the middle of an immense Elven forest. It did not fit the vibe, but who was he to ask?


    Arthur had only one goal in mind, and that was to find the Lava Worm and kill it. In his mind, it wouldn’t be a hard fight considering his fire resistance, and his high attributes that were more like a cheat.


    A cave that not only kept increasing its temperature, but got narrower, giving a dreadful feeling. Also, there weren’t any living beings inside of it. All Arthur could hear was his breathing, and that wasn’tforting at all.


    It was at that moment, after walking for about 10 minutes, he saw it. A pit ofva, and a creatureying above it, asleep. A worm that was almost transparent, and with visibleva inside its body. About 17 meters long, with sharp long teeth in its mouth, but no eyes.


    The best moment to deal with it was at that moment, when the creature was deep asleep.


    “What attack should I use? All I know are fire dragon skills or fire spells…”


    He knew a few wood spells he was learning, as it would probably be the next essence he wished toplete, but these spells were weak whenparison to that Lava Worm. It was a beast that had a level of 70, and those tier 1 or 2 spells, Arthur knew, would do no harm to it.


    “Let’s turn into a madman then, he.”


    A change urred on his body, changing itpletely. Dark scales, shining eyes, ws and a tail. Arthur looked like a half dragon, as he activated his dragon transformation, increasing his attributes by a lot.


    The n he had in mind was to go into a meleebat with that beast, and devour it to perhaps finish his essencepletion. It would be the best-case scenario for him.


    Two fire wings grew on his back as he fly in top speed towards the sleeping worm. With all of that noise, it woke up, roaring towards Arthur, who did not stop because of it, but increased the speed.


    With a swing of its tail, the Lava Worm tried to attack him, and a normal person could not withstand the power behind that. Arthur looked at it disdainfully and grabbed the tail that tried to hit him.


    Arthur retreated a few steps with the impact, but did not fall, and kept firm in his stance. Then, using his extraordinary strength, he tossed the worm into the wall, making the entire cave tremble, and a few rocks fell.


    A change was something he could not give to that creature. Not that it would win against him in a fight. That was impossible, but it could escape, and Arthur needed the proof that he truly killed the beast.


    “Give me your head!”


    He shed his sharp dragon ws that were stronger than most treasures, and with one attack, cut off the head of the worm. Arthur quickly tossed it inside his magical pouch and continued his assault by devouring the rest of the worm.


    On his belly and face grew a mouth made of a ck substance. Then, it opened up so high it almost touched the roof of the cave. That could devour an entire city if he wishes to.


    A suction force came out of the mouth, making the rest of the Lava Worm go towards it, even if it did not want to. Then, the once powerful Lava Worm disappeared into Arthur’s belly, and who knows where it went? It was a mystery whatid inside Arthur’s belly.


    “Maybe it is like a dimensional realm inside? Creepy.” Arthur thought.


    At first Arthur felt nothing different, but when the beast core of that Lava Worm, who contained the essence ofva, was digested, he felt a painful warmth inside his body.


    “Agggr!”


    It hurt so much that Arthur rolled on the cave’s ground, and he felt like he was dying. That feeling of dreadsted a long time, and even Arthur couldn’t tell how long he stayed there, trembling on the ground.


    But in the end, it was worthy of it. Thepletion of his fire essence went to 100%, and now he could learn the best fire skills from the dragon’s.


    Not only that, but he was almost immune to fire now. Arthur jumped into theva pit not that far from where he was, and it felt good, as if he was in a sauna.


    With that, he left the cave, and returned to Slyvian to show the head of that beast, and pass the army’s test.


    The reason behind it was to get more information about this Elven kingdom. At first, it was only to learn more about the dark elves that shouldn’t be around that area, but now it was something else.


    Arthur saw that the technology of this Elven Kingdom was a lot like his previous world to the point it was almost a copy. That intrigued him, and the only way to learn more is to merge with theirmunity.


    With the help of his teleport spell, he quickly returned to Slyvian. When he was going to the volcano, he only used the teleport asionally as he wanted to store mana if anything bad happens, but now he did not care.


    He was back in a matter of a day, and rushed towards the pce to meet nor, who would probably be surprised to see him.


    The guards let him pass as nor had told them about the trainees who woulde see him, and when Arthur went inside that building, all the other elves were there.


    ,??m Everyone had passed the test, as the beasts they took were fairly weak.


    Kymil saw Arthur and was the first one to spill bullshit.


    “Akhur? Did you run away scared?”


    The other elvesughed. In their minds, it was impossible for him toplete the task, as the volcano was far away from the city, and the beast was strong beyondprehension.


    Arthur tossed the head of the Lava Worm onto the table, mming at it.


    “I honestly thought it would be harder. A Lava Worm of only 17 meters is so weak.”