[Ascendance of the Ancient]

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Kael screeched in unbearable agony as flames consumed him. He tried his best to cover his Igni with his weak arm, but there was only so much he could do when there were flames all around him.

It was unbearable.

His nerves screamed, bones cracked under the heat, and his vision blurred.

It was the worst kind of torture and he wanted nothing more than to die and let this end right this instant.

But then…

Just as he wished.

Everything stopped.

It was unnatural.

The pain didn't fade away, or decrease, it simply... ceased to exist.

Like something or someone had severed Kael's very connection to reality itself.

Confused, he tried opening his eyes and surprisingly… he succeeded.

Then, he saw it.

A ceiling.

A ceiling he recognized.

Kael looked around and realized he was back in the room the City Lord had provided him.