Reinhard continued rushing downward through the inferno, and the burning flower had finally turned into ashes. Its screams had faded away with the millions of voices reduced to faint echoes that grew quieter with each passing second.
Flames burst from the walls ahead without warning. He leapt, soaring over the eruption as golden-red fire exploded beneath him. His boots hit a root pathway on the opposite side, momentum already carrying him forward.
A section of the interior collapsed with massive roots falling from above.
Reinhard tracked their descent with Fenrir's enhanced perception and calculated the trajectories. He then launched himself off his current pathway, sailing through open air, and then his boots touched a falling root mid-descent, using it as a stepping stone. He kicked off immediately, the motion redirecting his momentum toward another pathway that remained stable.
The root he'd used crashed into the burning platform below, disintegrating on impact.
