The [Fifth Barrier] stood like a colossal wall of black flames, stretching endlessly across the horizon and blocking the way to the sixth zone.
Sam couldn't see anything beyond it.
Nothing existed past that barrier, not even light.
When he reached his hand forward, intending to touch it—
[If you do that, you can't go back.]
The warning flashed before his eyes, and he immediately pulled his hand back.
"Hm."
He stood still, staring at the wall of flames in silence.
Even from where he stood, the faint pressure radiating from the barrier made the air feel heavier, as if the world itself was warning him not to proceed.
He had only wanted to take a glimpse, nothing more.
But after feeling that presence leaking through the flames, he changed his mind.
'Not yet,' he thought.
He was only level three of the [Forsaken] rank.
He still had a long way to go.
