The being's aura exploded outward.
Reinhard felt it slam into Odin's consciousness, it was like experiencing that terrifying shockwave back in Colin Forest.
Through their shared awareness, he experienced what Odin faced. A pressure that made the river stream's power feel like a gentle breeze, a presence that dwarfed even his newly transcended state.
This was the First Flame, the original and first consciousness that was born when fire first came into existence in the void. The being that had existed since the universe's 0th phase, that had witnessed Ymir's birth, that had shaped the fundamental laws governing existence itself.
Heat erupted around them, surpassing any he had ever experienced. This was the idea of burning made manifest, pressing down on him, and making him experience every feeling and consequence of fire itself.
