The moment Adam's fingers brushed against the cool surface of the Faceless Mask, something strange happened.
No, it would be wrong to call it simply strange. It was pure, unfilitered, and utterly diabolical!
The Facelss Mask, which had been in slumber for countless millennia, finally hummed to life. For all these epochs, no one had been able to descend down the staircase, let alone step through the circle of soul flames.
But now, someone worthy had finally overcome the trial of the soul flames. So when Adam came in contact with the dark silver mask, it immediately dissolved into shifting liquid, snaking up his arm before wrapping around his face.
Everything had happened far too quickly for Adam to even react. One moment, the soul flames were being suppressed inside his spirit sea, and the next… the Faceless Mask had already transformed into dark silver liquid and had already slithered towards his face.
