Chapter 72: Search

"What the?" Fireboy spoke as he felt something strange.

Fireboy didn't know what made him feel strange in this place.

After all, this was his Dungeon.

There's no way he would feel strange in here when this is basically his home.

However, that was also why Fireboy was sure that something was happening.

Why? It was because Fireboy thought that he felt something strange.

Just the fact that Fireboy felt it means there is something foreign and unknown happening.

Although Fireboy didn't know if it were related to him or not, he wouldn't let this continue.

That was why he searched for the source of the strange feeling that he was getting.

However, no matter how much Fireboy searched, he couldn't find anything.

It was as if his mind were just playing tricks on him.

"That's strange. I definitely felt it..." Fireboy spoke as he 'closed' his eyes once more to try and find it.

What Fireboy was sure of was that he wouldn't mistake something like this.

After all, who was Fireboy?

He was the Spirit of Fire and one of the beings that could be considered strong in the world right now.

There were no beings who could fool the senses of the Spirit of Fire easily.

What's more, this was his Dungeon.

It would be absolutely ridiculous if that happened.

Well, there are cases where stronger creatures could fool Fireboy's senses. However, Fireboy was sure that there were no such creatures in the Muscula's mountain.

That was why it was weird.

"I still can't see it..." Fireboy said as he 'opened' his eyes again.

Even though he sent out his senses to every corner of the Dungeon, there wasn't anything unusual about it.

There were no changes in the place, and there wasn't anything strange that Fireboy could detect at all.

"What the hell is it!?" Fireboy spoke quite angrily as he stopped going down.

It seems the event of him not finding anything was frustrating for him.

After all, he even stopped going down just to focus again to try and find something strange.

It seems that Fireboy wouldn't take no for an answer now as he sent his senses once more.

Shung!

The fire floating in the air shined brightly as Fireboy even used some of his magic!

There wasn't really any change to his body. It was just shining, but his shining was so bright that his fire body brightened up this dark place all of a sudden.

His rays of light looked like it reached towards the end of the Dungeon.

No, it indeed reached towards the end of the Dungeon as Fireboy used it as his 'eyes.'

He looked at every corner with those rays of light. He left no stone unturned as he jumped from path to path.

Those rays of light soon reached the end of the Dungeon, and Fireboy was...distraught.

Although he didn't show it on his fire body or didn't speak about it, Fireboy was definitely irritated.

After all, he couldn't find anything at all even though he already used some of his powers.

"Was it really nothing?" Fireboy spoke as the light that he used to search returned to his body.

And while those lights were returning to him, he thought about how he couldn't find anything.

Fireboy was...embarrassed.

Although no one was here to witness it, the fact that he felt something but came up with nothing was embarrassing.

The fact that he was fooled by nothing was that embarrassing.

After all, it would mean that his strength, powers, senses, everything about Fireboy were a mistake.

That was why Fireboy wanted to find out the source of that feeling that he got.

He didn't even care if it were an enemy or something like that.

He just didn't like the fact that he was fooled in his own home, nonetheless.

"Sigh..." Fireboy shook his head as he looked at the last ray of light.

The last ray of light was coming from the place where Desire was staying.

And when Fireboy saw that, he had a thought.

'Hmm. Is it connected with him?'

Although Fireboy did look at every nook and cranny, Fireboy didn't look at the place where Desire was staying at.

After all, Fireboy was just looking at that place when he felt that feeling before.

That was why he didn't really need to go and investigate that place.

However, the situation right now was different for Fireboy.

He was just that desperate to prove that there was indeed something.

That was why before the ray of light could come back to him; he controlled the ray of light.

Fireboy sent his consciousness and senses to that ray of light as he closed his eyes.

He then focused as his senses traveled with the ray of light towards the place where Desire was staying.

And when Fireboy's ray of light reached that place, he immediately looked for things that were weird.

Fireboy was looking for things that could be described as weird. However, his search soon ended as a disappointment.

Why? It was because there was nothing strange.

The place was dark, and it had the same mood.

The Burning Air trial was still taking place, and Fireboy could see that Desire was still in a bad situation.

After all, Desire was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed...

Wait. Fireboy's field of vision then stopped as he looked back at Desire.

'Huh?' Fireboy thought as his eyes caught sight of Desire.

What Fireboy last saw of Desire was that he was lying on the ground, lifeless and weak.

However, why is it that Desire is now...sitting?

What's more, Fireboy could feel...threatened.

Yes, Fireboy was feeling threatened by the child, who he thought was a waste.

Gulp.

Even though Fireboy shouldn't have a mouth, throat, or even saliva, one could hear him gulping in his body right now.

And as if that weren't enough, even the ray of light was shaking.

And as that continued happening to Fireboy, he soon muttered a word with his mind.

'S-scary...'