Ikky pondered the merchant's words, it seemed like he had unlocked a hidden quest, or at least an important one for the main scenario. Those things were good, although at the moment he didn't know where to start looking.
"Thanks for the story."
The two said goodbye on better terms than how they had started the test and Ikky headed to the branch of the main tunnel. He was looking forward to testing what his new skills would be like, and above all looking forward to finishing that tutorial once and for all and going out into the open world.
Finally he reached the room with red walls and the scale of the fire tests in it, he stopped to see what the message was in case it contained clues about the use of that type of energy.