361 Emergence (2/2)

”Yes, I know you want to sleep. Do your thing then.”

After saying this the snake suddenly shrank in size and wrapped itself on the human's neck. It then transformed into a long white scarf that was now worn by the human.

Of course, these are none other than Venus and Raven.

Slicing another coconut open using his bare hands, Raven drank its juice and stared eating its flesh slowly while he gaze at the east.

”Should be happening in a few moments…” He murmured as he kept watching.

It has been six months since he began travelling towards the east. He managed to arrive a week early before the emergence of the Sun Temple and had been camping near the area so that he could enter it as soon as he could.

The moment he's been waiting for is nearly there. Today is the 9th day of the 9th month, and in just a few minutes, the 9th hour will arrive.

Raven's ocular technique is active, allowing him to survey everything around 5 kilometer radius. He might appear relaxed right now but that's just because he's in deep meditation. If he wasn't in this state, he might've not been able to sit still due to impatience.

'Relax.' He told himself, 'There's still one more place to go after this. After that, I'll be able to go home. Calm down.'

As he was calming himself down, he noticed that the temperature around him was rising at a noticeable rate. His face then became serious but he didn't move from his spot.

His vision the caught some activity. Just at the edge of his surveying vision, a small plume of flame appeared. His focus was fixed on this flame since it literally appeared out no where.

As time went on, the flame grew bigger and bigger. From a small plume, it turned into a raging wildfire that burned all vegetation around. As black smoke rose up to the skies, Raven remained seated on his position, unfazed by the growing fire and rising temperature around him.

Suddenly, a surprising development happened to the flames. It started gathering in one spot, forming a large orb that looks just like a smaller sun.

The flames then began to turn slightly transparent, revealing some kind of establishment that's being hidden by the flames.

A large temple, bearing a huge sun sigil, standing a couple hundred meters tall, could be seen through the flames.

The bright flames danced and formed a minuscule tornado around the temple. Raven took a deep breath and stood up from his location. He hopped off of the tree and started approaching the fire tornado.

As he approached it, the temperature around him was constantly rising, however this temperature was still a little bit weak to illicit some kind of reaction from Raven. He wasn't sweating nor having a hard time breathing. He was calm and unperturbed as he walked at a measured pace towards the tornado.

As he got closer, the fire tornado became increasingly violent. Almost as if it was being provoked by Raven's calm approach. A few wisps of flame flew towards Raven but it wasn't able to do anything to him thanks to his Chaos Force Barrier.

A few steps away from the eye of the fire tornado, Raven stopped. He then began counting down inside his mind.

'5, 4, 3, 2, 1!'

*Woosh!*

And there it is.

The fire tornado was gone as soon as his countdown ended. Leaving a majestic Sun Temple for him to explore.