Fourth Realm Breakthrough

Soon after the Heavenly Punishment clouds dispersed and the heavenly pressure vanished, Freya and Noa approached with ashen expressions. 

They could still feel the blood-curdling aura lingering as they got closer to a giant charred crater which was supposed to be the mountain where Ace had spent over six months. 

"Do you think he's alive?" Freya mumbled grimly as she looked at the smoke from the charred crater. 

She was even trembling from the lingering aura of heavenly thunder; this fearful feeling came from the core of her very being. 

'What kind of trial is this? If this came from the Goddess, do we have to go through it as well?' Just thinking about it frightened Freya, and she even started to doubt whether the Thief House was still safe or not. 

If before she was happy about this fact of gaining the thief house member spot, now she was forced to reconcile and think with a somber mind. After all, everything had a price.