Angel nodded, seemingly understanding.
Although there’s no concept of countries here, there are tribal concepts. Between tribes, there are bound to be differing positions.
However, Angel was somewhat surprised. He originally thought elemental beings were more like the ecosystem of tribes, very primitive. But now it seems that they also have their own civilization and survival philosophy.
The existence of this classroom may represent a corner of the civilization of the flame beings.
However, this classroom is really too much like the academies in the outside world. Angel speculated that perhaps Teacher Magu had been to the outside world?
"By the way, why hasn’t Mr. Magu appeared yet?" Angel looked at the empty classroom, puzzled.
Dangross hesitated for a moment and said, "Could he have fallen asleep?"
Regardless of whether this guess was correct, Dangross opened his mouth, shouting loudly with all his might: "Teacher Magu, Teacher Magu! Are you there?"
After shouting for about two or three minutes, a coughing sound reached their ears: "Stop shouting, I’m here, I’m here."
Angel looked back and saw not far from the archway, an old man with a red beard, draped in a red robe, and leaning on a staff, walked in.
The newcomer looked like a human, but upon closer inspection, it was found that his red beard was actually a blazing flame. The staff he leaned on was also a red translucent flame entity, and even his red robe hid flickering flames.
Also, it seemed to be walking, but in fact, its feet were fused with the ground.
This was not a human, nor was it the true body of the newcomer, just a shaping of flames.
It was the ruler of this Lava Lake and Dangross’ teacher, Magu.
Magu entered the classroom slowly, leaning on his staff. Dangross immediately jumped off the table, skipped over to Magu, and hung from Magu’s fiery beard as if swinging on a swing.
Magu looked at Dangross with a kindly smile, not stopping him, showing the demeanor of a loving elder.
"Teacher Magu, why did you come so late? Did you fall asleep again?" Dangross asked while swinging.
Magu’s expression stiffened: "What do you mean asleep, I just had a little rest."
"Isn’t that just falling asleep?"
"Nonsense, a rest is a rest, how can that be called falling asleep?" Magu picked up Dangross solemnly and said to him.
"Alright, alright, a rest." Dangross nodded along with Magu, but his eyes were drifting, clearly not believing it.
Magu, regardless of whether Dangross was sincere or not, placed Dangross aside, turned, and looked at Angel: "You must be the human His Highness mentioned?"
Angel: "Has His Highness the New King already told you about me?"
"Not in full detail, just briefly mentioned through the flames that you had questions to ask me." After speaking, Magu turned to Dangross, "Did you hear? I wasn’t just resting, I also received information from His Highness."
Dangross pursed his lips, naturally repelled by this reference to "His Highness."
Magu gestured for Angel to sit down, glanced at Toby, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Angel patted Toby, and Toby, understanding Angel’s intention, flew down from his head, skimmed lightly through the air, and transformed into a giant gryphon.
Toby shook his mane, causing a lot of flames to be cast off.
These flames did not ignite the surrounding air but merged with the ground and silently disappeared.
Toby circled once in the air and finally landed gently by Angel’s side, quietly lying down.
Dangross, looking at Toby’s powerful physique, his eyes ignited with longing flames. He attempted to approach Toby, who did not reject him but pinned Dangross down with a paw when he tried to grab Toby’s fur.
Dangross, being held down like this, surprisingly did not struggle and even made a comfortable sound, which made Angel somewhat speechless.
Magu, on the other hand, examined Toby with a complex look, filled with both nostalgia and reflection. After a long time, he said, "Indeed, a descendant of Kalomchis... But the flame carries a hint of ferocity, while his own emotions are peaceful, somewhat contrary to the feeling the flame gives me."
Angel smiled: "Toby’s flame nature is, in itself, wrath."
Or rather, Toby’s gryphon form is intrinsically wrath. However, this pertained to Toby’s transformation secret, so Angel did not elaborate. Now letting this group of elemental beings mistakenly believe Toby is a descendant of Kalomchis, rather than explaining that Toby’s gryphon transformation is just one of its forms, is more fitting.
"Wrathful fire, not uncommon among flame beings in the Region of Fire. However, the flame of Kalomchis back then was the Flame of Equilibrium, a fire seeking balance in all things." Magu said.
Angel: "Kalomchis and Toby are ultimately different."
Magu nodded: "Indeed."
Magu looked at Toby, his eyes showing obvious fondness.
Angel also noticed this gaze and remembered what Midir the Demon Fire had said, that Magu had a good relationship with Kalomchis. His eyes flickered, and he asked, "Mr. Magu, can you tell me about Kalomchis?"
Magu hesitated for a moment, nodding: "Even if you didn’t ask, I would tell you... Toby and it are from the same race, perhaps one day Toby can deliver news of Kalomchis to its true descendants."
Speaking of true descendants, Dangross, pinned under Toby’s paw, struggled a bit, seemed to want to say something, but before he could make a sound, Toby pressed him tighter, silencing him again.
"The story of Kalomchis revolves around guardianship and waiting..."
Magu paused for a long time here. Angel thought Magu was reminiscing, so he quietly waited for two minutes, but what he heard was——
"Zzzzz..."
Angel looked up to see Magu sitting on the chair, both hands on the staff, his head leaned against the staff’s top, eyes closed, snoring loudly.
Angel’s lips twitched, turning to look at Toby beside him.
Toby lifted his head and let out a roar, flames shot to the ceiling.
The loud noise jolted Magu awake from his slumber, looking around in bewilderment.
"Ahem, I was just reminiscing, do you believe me?" Magu stroked his fiery beard and said.
"Of course." Angel smiled and nodded, not exposing Magu’s lie.
Magu’s eyes darted: "Shall we continue?"
"Please."
Magu nodded and continued: "Kalomchis possessed the most equitable Flame of Equilibrium, and because of this, it was left by its master, Mr. Feng, to serve as a hub of equality across various realms in the Tidal World..."