"Boss, where are you meow..."
"We miss you so much, Boss..."
Looking at the night sky, watching the day about to end, Maru was about to become a little crybaby.
Meanwhile.
"Me? Fire transmission?"
Leon stared blankly at the Fireproof Woman reaching out to him, his mind not quite registering what was happening.
The woman before him was very beautiful, and for some unknown reason, she exuded a distinctly captivating aura.
He swore he wasn't attracted in a lustful way—he had never been lustful in his life; the attraction was an indescribable feeling.
"Didn't I transmit fire once before?" he said instinctively, "Do I have to transmit again?"
What, could it be that I've become an Ember King and have to be pulled up and burnt again?
"Lord Ashes, it is precisely because you have accomplished the feat of fire transmission before that the Awakening Bell has called upon you."
The Fireproof Woman stepped aside to reveal a stone stele behind her. Leon looked over and saw it inscribed:
