Chapter 76 - 76. Walking On Fire (1/2)

Mack kept walking over the magma, the palm of his feet already burned so much that the smell of rosted pork even stopped.

Walking a few meters Mack noticed the 'magma lake' started to go deeper as he walked.

When the magma covered his feet he stopped walking and stood still.

He needed to give himself time to adapt.

Cold sweat dripped from his body and made crisping sounds when touching the magma.

If a person looked at this, they would think that Mack was insane, and apart from that, that he had no pain receptors in his body.

But Mack felt pain, he just didn't let any pain rule over him, rule over his actions.

Mack would only show that he felt pain when he wanted to..

That's how strong Mack will had come to be over the years in the tower.

Every single thing he made since touching the book demanded him a stronger will.

Mack looked to the horizon seeing only bulbing lava and felt that it was one of the craziest moments in his life.

”That must be one of the best scenery I ever saw”

For a moment he thought everything he learned in the tower, and indeed he needed to feel a little grateful for all.

”Heck, i can even fly. Well... its not flying but ... it's almost the same.”

Time flyed but Mack stood there over the thin layer of lava, thinking of several subjects one after another.

Talking to himself, talking to no one and even talking with the Arcane.

That was the daily routine of solitude of Mack.

One that almost made him go crazy over the years.

For some people is easy to endure physical pain if they know they will receive something worth it later. But the kind of psychological pain that Mack had to endure was something no one should experience in life.

Mack looked below to his feet and indeed they seemed a little better then before.

His passive healing plus his will adapting to the new environment was finally starting to overtake the effects caused by the extreme heat of the lava under his feet.

A few hours later and still in the same place, Mack finally took a step foward.

And another one.

Walking on fire, going further and further.

The lava touched his skin but no more crisping noises came.

As Mack walked the lava lake got deeper until it reaches his knees.

Mack raised his leg a bit and noticed the hair over his leg didn't burn.

~sigh~

Mack was delighted, he was worried that he may become bald if some lava splashed over his head.

”Maybe it's because even my hair has my DNA”

Thinking of that and seeing that the lava could not harm him anymore Mack had a crazy idea.

”Well, its been ages since last time i swum”

Saying that, Mack jumped head first in the sea of lava.