Escape

The temperature was still rising. Achilles felt as if he was turning into a lobster being boiled inside a pot of water. With his acute senses enhanced by his ability, he could now pinpoint where was the source of this mysterious heat.

He heard the sound of water bubbling and boiling and recognized that the sea was being heated up for no apparent reason. It was becoming so terrible that the raindrops were evaporating before they could even touch the ground.

He checked on the cohort's condition and saw that they had run out of stamina and were slumping on the ground while trying to catch their breath. It was definitely not normal for them to run out of energy at the same time.

There was something eerily wrong with this heat.

Achilles turned to check on the condition of the Corrupted and what he perceived was not any good news.

'No...'