Lord of Fire

A summary of the first volume☺️ Current situation of Fire Vein City: ·Population: 400+ (including immigrants from the Greystone, White Birch, Red Rock and Permafrost tribes) ·Agriculture: Plant rye, turnips, garlic, and flax in hotbeds to basically provide food and clothing. ·Industry: brick kilns, pottery kilns, copper smelting yards, bronze weapon workshops ·Military: 30 members of the Bronze Spear Team, undergoing national military training ·Diplomacy: Ally with the Iron Face, Trade with the Permafrost Ministry ·Technology: Geothermal utilization (hot springs/greenhouses/steamed bricks/smelting), bronze smelting, original text ·Threat: The southern iron face is attacked by unknown external forces; volcanic activity in Yanshan may intensify

Fire Vein City was officially established, and Ayan became the city lord from a sacrifice. But on the night when the ceremony ended, a messenger covered in blood came from the south - Iron Face was attacked, not from other tribes, but from... The direction of the sea. Something is coming from the other side of the sea.

The covenant has been signed and the future is bright. But late that night, Yanshan suddenly trembled - not a big earthquake, but a pulsation coming from the depths of the volcano. Ayan woke up from the greenhouse, and the Eye of Earth Fire automatically activated - what did she see? The magma chamber under the Yanshan Mountain began to move slowly... After sleeping for thirty-two years.

What does Tie Ya know? Who does the "Lord of the Pulse" on his eighteenth stone tablet refer to? And he said "I've been waiting for you for a long time" - this means that the connection between Tie Ya and the Fire Vein Castle is not accidental. The arrival of the "Lord of the Veins" has long been predicted on ancient stone slabs three thousand years before the volcanic eruption.

What is recorded on Ironface's "ancient stone tablet"? Is it the heritage of civilization before the volcanic eruption, or the chronicle of a lost tribe? If it records the causes and patterns of volcanic eruptions - Ayan can know when the long winter will end. But would Tie Ya be willing to share something so important?

Ayan made a bold decision - not only to prepare for war, but also to take the initiative to send someone to "visit" Iron Face. Not to fight, but to negotiate. She wanted to bring salt and copper utensils to meet the leader with an iron face. But who is going? A-yan wants to go on her own, but everyone is opposed. At this moment, a man came from the direction of Iron Face - a man who was not here to fight.

The journey southward is uncertain. Three days' journey away is the boundary of volcanic ash - there, the gray earth will suddenly turn into emerald green. But behind the greenery is a powerful tribe with iron weapons. Can A-yan and her five-person team find out the enemy's situation without being discovered? And when she sees Tie Mian's strength with her own eyes, can she still find a way to fight against it?

Everything is going in the right direction. But the strong wind brought news - wanderers from further south said that they had discovered a piece of land not covered by volcanic ash three days away. There are trees, grass, and even... Crops. But someone is already living there, and the visitors are not good-natured.

The Bronze Age has arrived at Firevein Castle. But Ayan discovered a strange phenomenon while refining copper ore - in some ores, in addition to copper, there was also a golden metal. It is heavier and softer than copper and will not rust. She separated it and weighed it in her hands. Gold. But gold cannot be eaten or used, and has no practical value in this era. What really excited her was the silver metal next to the gold - tin. Copper plus tin is bronze. Bronze is harder, more wear-resistant and sharper than pure copper. A new era is coming.

The Fire Vein Castle with 400 people began to take shape. But Ayan encountered a new problem at the smelting site - the copper output was too low, and each smelting could only yield a few taels of blister copper, and there were too many impurities. She needs a more efficient furnace, higher temperatures, and purer ore. And deeper in the Yanshan Mountain, the Eye of Earth Fire vaguely saw something - a huge, scorching red main vein, leading straight to the core of the volcano. There was something waiting for her there.