'Ah.' Desire thought as he felt the pain that he was feeling right now.

It was so bad that Desire felt like he was about to die.

His body, which was battered and beaten due to many events, was dying.

His mind, which was assaulted by the intense pain, was turning insane.

His Core, which was invaded by the fire, was burning literally.

And all these things were the cause of why Desire was in a bad state.

However, what was amazing in this situation is that his instincts, or 'consciousness,' were still fighting the fire inside his body.

His non-existent arms were still controlling the No-Attribute mana, which was swirling near the Core.

However, even that has not solved the problem that Desire has right now.

The wave of No-Attribute mana has not stopped the ferocious fire in Burning Desire.

And that was why Desire's body right now was still as a rock in someplace in the Dungeon.

It was crazy if you think about how his body was trying to put out the fire literally.

After all, scratches, lines of blood, and injuries that were caused by his nails and hands were all over his body.

It was clear that his body wasn't able to handle the fire as the body did that without Desire's consciousness.

Whooo. The wind blew in the place where his body was staying, and some of his skin flew to the air.

That skin then disappeared into the darkness as the wind guided it.

It was horrific if you think about how Desire was still living right now.

"A-ah..." Desire's throat let out some sounds as if he were a madman waiting for his death.

No...Desire was on his way to his death.

His Core was burning, and his mind was nowhere to be found, and his body was in this state...there's nothing that could save Desire.

And as if that were not enough, Desire's state of being awake and not awake at the same time has finally ended.

Why?

It was because Desire fell to sleep as his consciousness faded away.

Even his trait, the Heavenly Demon, couldn't help Desire take in all the pain that he has accumulated over the hours.

That was how intense and insane Desire's situation right now.

And now, only time will tell if Desire would live on as he just lay there with all his injuries.

****

While Desire was having problems with the Burning Air trial, the one who set this all up, Fireboy was still slowly going out of the hole.

Fireboy's pace was slow as a turtle, but it seems he didn't care about that.

After all, he didn't speed up at all even when he heard Desire's scream.

"Ahhhhh!!" Desire's scream reverberated out in the whole place even though he didn't intend to do so.

And Fireboy was just listening to the tone of the scream as he went down to the ground.

And when Desire's scream stopped resounding out in Fireboy's 'ears,' Fireboy had a thought for the first time ever since he went down.

"What the hell is he doing...?" Fireboy spoke while having no mouth.

It was weird that he could talk in his form right now as he didn't even have his body.

However, that was not all the weird things that happened as Fireboy moved his body.

No...Fireboy actually looked like he was shaking his head very slowly.

"Why would he open his mana circuits to let foreign mana inside his body?"

Fireboy spoke as he imagined Desire's situation right now.

It was crazy that he could tell what Desire did and what his condition was even though he was far away from Desire's location right now.

However, this was something normal as Fireboy was the one who owns the Dungeon.

And he could exactly tell what was going on in the Dungeon.

He knew what Desire did from the start to the end.

Of course, he also knew about what Desire did when he was falling down.

It didn't get much of a reaction from Fireboy, though.

"Was he not unable to endure the hotness of the Burning Air?"

Fireboy tried to guess the reason why Desire did what he did.

Although Fireboy had many other possible reasons in mind, this was what he concluded.

After all, it was reasonable for a human not to be able to endure the Burning Air.

However, it seems it was different for Fireboy as he continued speaking.

"That's a little..."

Disappointing. Fireboy trailed his words as he just continued falling down.

If Desire were unable to endure the hotness of the Burning Air, Fireboy would be fine with that result.

After all, it was just a warm-up trial.

Desire didn't have to win or something like that. He also didn't have to go under some great efforts to pass the trial.

He didn't even have to defeat some monsters in the process.

And what's more, what really disappointed Fireboy in this situation was...

"Why did he end up in that pathetic state?"

Desire's condition right now was so bad that even Fireboy, with his powers and magic, was horrified.

Of course, it was not because of the pain or something like that.

It was because Fireboy thought that Desire would just give up or something like that.

After all, Fireboy would be fine and okay with any results, even with Desire giving up.

Desire just had to say something to Fireboy, who was listening to him all the time, and Fireboy would stop the trial right away.

That was what Fireboy had in mind for Desire.

However, even Fireboy didn't expect that this would happen to Desire.

Battered and beaten, Core burning, knocked out, and even Desire's body was...just straight up horrible.

That was why it was disappointing for Fireboy.

After all, Fireboy was attracted to Desire's potential.

If Fireboy knew that Desire would end up like that, he wouldn't even bother with him.

"I shouldn't have-!?!"

It was then.

Fireboy tried to speak about how he shouldn't have paid attention to Desire.

However, he couldn't finish his words as he felt something strange.

"What the?"