The moment they stepped past the threshold of the cave, the temperature spiked.
No longer a warm summer breeze, it turned into the kind of heat that tried to cook them from the inside out.
One of the nervous first-years, wiping sweat from his forehead, looked around the red-lit walls.
"Professor... what is this dungeon's name?"
John adjusted his glasses, the lenses reflecting the dull glow of the magma veins running through the rock.
"Burning Hollow."
A second later, everyone understood why.
The air shimmered with haze, and the ground hissed.
This wasn't just physical heat but also Divinity being aggressive.
Ignotus could feel his Divinity reserves ticking down.
Ding!
—
[Warning: Environmental Heat]
[Divinity Drain: -2/sec]
—
It was a constant, parasitic drain.
And just as the students were processing that unpleasant fact—
RUMBLE.
The cavern shook, and a section of the wall to their left exploded outward with a torrent of liquid fire and superheated steam.
