Chapter 67: Burning Air

"WATAH!!" Desire shouted with all his heart as he let out water after water with both of his hands.

The sight of him letting out water that could cut was extremely majestic.

It was no doubt that Desire definitely mastered the art of water now. Of course, including the magic; Water.

'I-i can't keep this up...' Desire thought as he observed his Core.

Although the mana in his Core was still plenty, forcing it all out in one go was putting a toll on his body.

That was why Desire thought that he couldn't keep this up.

However, things seem to get better as Desire heard a loud explosion.

When Desire tried to focus on that explosion, Desire could tell.

Desire could confidently say that it was the water hitting the ground.

It was so sudden that when Desire realized it, he screamed with a weird look on his face.

"YESH!"

After all, he now could feel that he was slowing down bit by bit.

His arms were also feeling the pressure of the water hitting the ground, but it wasn't so hard.

After all, it was magic.

And when some time passed by, Desire was falling like a feather.

He was so slow that one could follow him with their naked eyes.

And this was a great result for Desire as this would literally mean that he saved himself.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Desire shouted, and his words were normally pronounced as the air didn't interrupt him anymore.

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It didn't take long for Desire to fall completely down to the ground. After all, even though he did slow down, he was still falling.

And when he undid his magic, he landed safely on the ground with no wounds suffered at all.

It was a great result that Desire wanted to achieve at all costs. After all, he would die if he didn't land safely.

And as soon as he landed on the ground, he kept his eyes open and scanned the area immediately.

The water that he released...was nowhere to be seen.

However, Desire didn't really care about that. He just continued looking at the place in a serious manner.

The place was dark, but Desire could still see through the darkness.

He was skeptical of his eyes now because of what happened when he was with Fireboy, but it seems like he could still trust it.

Well, if he didn't trust his own body part, that would make no sense.

Anyway, what Desire saw in this place was just an empty space.

It was an ordinary land, and it looked like the underground place where he found the small altar when he was still a baby.

That place and event was the first thing Desire saw since he was born, so he remembers it clearly, even with no help from his trait.

However, Desire could tell that there was something different to it.

And that was Desire could feel that it was...abnormally hot. It wasn't just the hotness of something burning near him, but Desire felt like he was really burning.

"What the hell..." Desire spoke as he wiped the sweat forming on his forehead.

Sweat has not only formed on his forehead but also all over his body.

This was the first time that Desire felt this hot ever since he was born.

Even though he has sweat a lot before, that was because of physical work.

Right now, Desire was sweating just because he was standing in this place.

"Haaa." Desire sighed as he tried using water magic to cool himself.

He opened his palms and pointed them to himself as the water came out of him.

It was weak, unlike before, but that was because of Desire's fine handling of mana.

However, it still didn't help him in keeping himself cool.

It was so hot that Desire was unable to keep up with it, even with magic.

It was such a drastic change in his temperature that Desire was feeling dizzy now.

After all, Desire felt the cold of the wind when he was falling. And now, it was as if he was burning in hell.

And that was why it was weird.

"There's nothing in here...just what?"

There was nothing in here that comes with the word hotness.

Right, there was no fire here. There was literally nothing. Desire couldn't even find the marks of something burning.

However, it all made sense when something popped up in front of him.

It was the familiar Unknown that Desire hoped to see whenever he was in a situation like this.

[The Warm-Up Trial of the Dungeon, Burning Air, has started.]

[Burning Air is a Trial that consists of hot air. The hot air will then become hotter as time passes.]

[Pass this trial by staying in here for one hour.]

[Time left until Desire's Vessel is taken over: 4 hours and 1 minute.]

[Time left until the Dungeon closes down: 4 hours and 1 minute.]

Desire read the message that the Unknown has for him very slowly.

His face became drenched in sweat as it turned into a frown.

His face wasn't too pretty now due to his injuries, and the sight of his frown made him look more monstrous.

And this was just because of what the Unknown said.

After all, the trial was just...too absurd and ridiculous.

"One hour and the time left is..."

Desire then read the details about how much time he has left until the monster could take over his vessel.

"Can I make it in time?"

What Desire was worried about was that his time would run out to save himself.

If he had to waste one hour here, it would leave him with three hours to rank up.

And his stamina and strength would be depleted by then because of this harsh and hot trial.

"This is just..."

Hopeless. Desire thought, but he didn't voice it out loud.

He didn't want to sound weak now when he made all that effort before.

He just has to do the same thing all over again.

Right, all he has to do was to prevail over this trial and get back to monster hunting.

"I just have to wait..."