Chapter 78: Taken over?

"Ahh…" A voice resounded out on top of the mountain as the child raised his body.

That child was, of course, Desire. His white hair swayed in the air as he stared at the air dazedly.

And when he saw the sky flying still on top of him, Desire murmured as he raised his hands towards the sky.

"What the…?" His lips parted as his face turned into a frown.

Why? It was quite obvious.

After all, Desire was inside the Dungeon before when he collapsed, and now he is outside and could see the sky.

Desire was seriously confused about it as he looked at his sides, at the ground, and at the sky.

However, no matter how much he looked, Desire could only confirm that he was now out of the Dungeon.

"What happened?" Desire spoke as he touched his head.

And as soon as he did, something hit him like a thunderbolt!

No, it didn't really hit him, but he just realized something.

And when Desire realized that, he soon looked down at this body with widened eyes.

"What the…I'm healed?"

After all, his body that was full of injuries before was now healed as if it didn't have any in the first place.

That was why Desire was touching his body as if he were…harassing himself.

Well, that was how it would look like if someone didn't know any better.

Of course, Desire didn't care about that as he touched his head, his lips, and his cheeks.

"My face is back to normal…" Desire spoke as he remembered that his face was distorted due to the punch that he took from the Muscula.

However, that was not all that was healed.

Every part of his body was now alright, and they seemed fine. Of course, not only the outside of his body but also his insides.

His organs, lungs, heart, stomach, kidney, and even bones! They were all back to normal as Desire moved his body without a problem.

Even the spine that was pulverized to dust was now supporting Desire normally as Desire stood up.

"There's nothing wrong with my body! Woah, what the hell happened?"

Desire didn't know what happened at all. He could only remember losing consciousness while being in the Burning Air trial.

What's more, it's not like losing consciousness would help heal his body.

And as if that were not enough, even the Dungeon and trial that he was taking was now gone like a dream.

Desire sure didn't know what to do in this situation.

And that was why he was thinking of calling up the Unknown to help him.

After all, the Unknown knows if Desire passed the trial or not.

The Unknown should also know where Fireboy was as Fireboy didn't even appear in front of Desire even though his Dungeon is now gone.

It was just crazy for Desire that so many things had happened when he was out cold.

However, everything was answered when he took a look at the Unknown, and what it said was…

[The Dungeon of Spirit of Fire has been cleared – Burning Air Trial.]

[The Spirit of Fire's reward for clearing the Dungeon – Key.]

Desire read over the first two lines that appeared over and over again as he thought about it.

'I cleared the Burning Air Trial?'

Desire didn't have any knowledge about how he cleared the Burning Air Trial at all.

What he remembered was how hard it was and how his fire burned all throughout the duration of the Burning Air Trial.

However, it's not like Desire would be mad about it. After all, no matter how it happened, he still cleared it.

And this fact made him happier as he now would have more time to rank up to prevent the Monster from taking over.

"Hmm, Key. Is it this one…?" Desire said as he read the next line while grabbing something on the ground as he bent his body to reach it.

There was a key lying on the ground, and Desire saw it as soon as he stood up. After all, it was quite obvious and conspicuous.

Why? It was because the key had the color of red, and Desire could see it clearly with his blue eyes.

Anyway, when Desire reached out to it, the Unknown appeared once more with a different text.

And Desire read it immediately.

[Dungeon of Spirit of Fire's key.]

-This key is used to go over the Spirit of Fire's Dungeon once more.

[Special Note: This key is only given to those recognized by the Spirit of Fire.]

"Hmm. So, it's like I can go to the Dungeon once more." Desire said as he put a hand on his chin.

Although he didn't expect that he would get something like this, Desire welcomed the key with open arms.

It was because this key may save his life one way or another, but also because it is connected with the Spirit of Fire.

As Desire didn't know what happened at all, he wanted to ask Fireboy, who would know about it.

Desire then swept past the screen that appeared to look back at the first screen that appeared.

The key was good, but it wasn't that important for Desire to fawn over it.

However, when Desire looked at the first screen again, he realized that there was no other text.

"Hmm. I don't believe that's all that happened." Desire spoke as he looked at the sky.

Although Desire 'believes' that he actually cleared the Burning Air Trial, he knew that it wasn't due to his efforts or something like that.

That was why Desire knew that there was more information that Unknown hasn't told him.

It was then.

Because Desire thought of it, Unknown naturally responded and showed another screen in front of Desire.

Of course, Desire immediately noticed it.

And what it said was…

[Desire's Vessel has been taken over by the Monster.]

That was all the Unknown said, but Desire couldn't believe it as he murmured.

"W-what? I-I was taken over by the Monster…?"