The older man grabbed Jan by the shoulder and took a step back. They were facing Father Moses; both men had their feet firmly on the ground, and the fire energy seeping from their bodies intensified.
"When you said know your place, what did you mean? Aren't you a trespasser in an Element Cave under my control? Since when did Academy Officials start bullying others?"
Father Moses asked three questions, but it would have been better if he had three slaps instead. Flames began to erupt from the mouth of the older man, whose beard was on fire.
"A Near Circle commoner thinks he has the right to speak to me. Let's see if you can talk like that when you destroy this place under your control?"
The ten people who raided the Fire Element Cave concentrated the fire energy they had mastered around their bodies. There was no room for doubt, and they were all in the final stage of Elemental Transformation.
