Demon God

Desire was currently looking for monsters at the top of the mountain. Desire was walking slowly so he wouldn't miss anything that he could possibly miss.

However, all he could see was the scenery at the top of the mountain. It was pretty, but Desire didn't know any spots where he could see the true beauty of the mountain.

Well, even if he did know, he wouldn't really go there just to see the true beauty of the mountain.

What he wanted to see was the spot in the mountain where he could see monsters and more monsters.

It didn't matter how many monsters or Muscula would be there as long as Desire could find one.

However, no matter how much Desire looked around, the result was the same when he went up the mountain.

And that was he couldn't find any monsters at all.

"Just where are they? This is getting strange..." Desire spoke as he put a hand on his chin.

One could see behind his back that the fire was still following him. It seems it was determined to follow Desire no matter where he went.

The fire didn't really matter to Desire right now as he kept thinking seriously.

'I haven't met any Muscula except for that one time...'

Desire certainly didn't see or interacted with a Muscula ever since he ran into that Muscula one time.

And that fact was weird for Desire.

After all, monsters would have their own hideouts, homes, and traces all over the place if they were living in a mountain, forest, or anywhere else.

With his calm and collected mind, Desire could definitely say that this place has nothing like that.

He was so confident in what he speculated that he could say that the Muscula's nest wasn't really the Muscula's nest.

"Hah...Jarina, just why?" Desire murmured as he looked at the sky once more.

Even though he could speculate that this place was not the Muscula's nest, Jarina's words weren't something Desire could just deny.

After all, she emphasized that this place was the Muscula's nest.

He also couldn't deny the fact that he met a Muscula twice in the same day.

It's just that he was having a hard time meeting a Muscula when it mattered. And that was frustrating Desire.

It was then.

As Desire kept thinking with his crumbled face, he soon shook his head.

"They're definitely here." Desire's certainty could be heard in his words as his eyes turned sharper.

Desire was sure that monsters or Muscula were just wandering around here. Although he couldn't find anything that could support his statement, the trust that he has in Jarina was enough for him.

His instincts and his Heavenly Demon Trait were also sure of it as he found the place odd.

After all, if it were normal, he wouldn't find it strange or anything like that.

It was then.

As Desire thought of how the place was strange, his eyes widened to the brim.

After all, if there were strange, only one thing would come to Desire's mind.

That was why he whipped his head back towards where he came from, and he instantly knew what it was.

"So it was that place!"

His body moved faster than his brain as he ran with his eyes focused on only one thing.

His speed was inhumanly fast. However, he couldn't escape from the fire that was following him.

It was then.

As he kept running, his eyes finally saw the thing that he was looking for, and he shouted as he jumped from one tree to another.

"The cave!"

And the fire behind him smiled a little bit as it kept swaying in the air.

****

Huff. Puff.

Desire was breathing roughly with his hand on his chest when he arrived in front of the cave.

Even though the distance he covered when he searched for monsters wasn't much, he had to run all the way back here, which made him exhausted.

The cave was still the same; it only had a big hole for one to identify it was a cave.

Well, Desire sure didn't know if this were a cave or something like that.

"I got here, but what do I do..."

Although Desire suspected that the cave had something to do with him not being able to find any monsters, he didn't have anything or a clue to work to move forward.

Well, except for one thing.

"It's you, aren't you..."

Desire's eyes moved to the side as he noticed the fire 'walk' in the air.

This fire came out of nowhere while Desire was inside the cave.

That was the only reason Desire knew that the fire was somehow connected to his situation.

"Hah. This is stupid..." Desire spoke as he brought his finger to the fire.

After all, it's not like the fire would suddenly tell him or assist him or even be the boss that he has to beat to move forward.

This wasn't a game or something like that, and a fire is a fire even if it is behaving like a living being.

"I wonder if Unknown knows anything about this..." Desire said as he moved his finger while inside the fire.

His voice was weak as his last option was to rely on unknown

In fact, he didn't want to rely on Unknown just because he was in a tight spot.

Well, Unknown was basically the one who put him in this situation but still, Desire didn't want Unknown to interfere.

However, it seems his wish wouldn't come true as something appeared in front of him.

Although he wasn't still used to it, Desire knows that it was the Unknown about to say something.

And what it stated was the following...

[Desire has officially entered the Dungeon of the Spirit of Fire.]

[The Spirit of Fire is extremely attracted to Desire's Vessel and Potential.]

[Prove to the Spirit of Fire that you are worthy of its attention.]

[Clear the Dungeon of the Spirit of Fire.]

[Time left until Desire's Vessel is taken over: 5 hours.]

[Time left until the Dungeon closes down: 5 hours.]

And the message of the Unknown blew Desire's mind as he stared at it dazedly.

His mind didn't know what to think, and his mouth didn't know what to say, but his eyes...his eyes moved to stare at the fire flying in the air.

And whether to mock Desire or not, the fire had something like a mouth as it smiled.

However, that smile seems to be nothing to Desire as he spoke.

"So it was you. I never thought I entered a Dungeon."

Desire then looked at the cave, no, at the Dungeon where he supposedly entered.

Although this situation may be dangerous, Desire didn't think of it as so.

After all, he knew that the fire has no intentions of killing him.

He just has to clear it, kill some monsters to rank up, and he would be fine.

Right...he would be fine after he does all that work.

"I'll clear this in under an hour."

As he began to walk to enter the cave, the fire saw it all as it watched with its non-existent eyes.

Whoo!

With no wind blowing, the fire became bigger as it followed Desire into the Dungeon.

****

As Desire walked through the Cave one more time, he found that nothing really changed.

Well, Desire expected that nothing would change in it in such a short amount of time.

However, what he didn't expect was that there was something different to it now.

Desire didn't know what it was exactly. After all, he just felt that the cave was somehow different.

"I said I'll clear it, but what do I need to do to clear a Dungeon?"

For Desire, he didn't know anything about a Dungeon. Even though Lionel taught him about Dungeons, he didn't give Desire much details about it.

Desire knew that all he has to do was to kill a Dungeon Lord. However, he didn't know what to do to get to the Dungeon Lord.

In other words, he didn't know the basics of the Dungeon.

However, it seems he didn't have to worry about that as the fire 'stepped up' in front of Desire.

"Hmm? What is it now?" Desire asked, but of course, the fire didn't answer him.

The fire then moved in a specific way that seems to urge Desire to follow him.

"Are you telling me to follow you?"

And then the fire moved as if it were nodding his head.

It was quite a mysterious happening, but to Desire, it didn't matter.

Desire also nodded his head as he walked towards the fire.

"So, where do we go?"

The fire then looked as if it were turning its head around and 'walked' in the sky as it led Desire around.

Desire also followed the fire quietly as he knew that it would be best if he were to follow its instructions.

After all, it was the fire that was attracted to him.

At least, Desire was sure that it was the Spirit of Fire that was attracted to him.