After walking inside the cave-like space for a while, a wide space filled with light appeared in his view.
The stone walls of the cave had small glowing crystals embedded in them.
Since there was no need to use his fire to illuminate the surroundings, he turned it off and looked in front of him.
He could feel a rotten smell coming towards him from the distance. He continued to walk till the source of that smell came into his full view.
On a damp and red ground, human bones, skulls, and cut-off body parts were scattered.
Some of them were old,while others were fresh. The rotten smell was coming from from the old, rotten flesh.
Centipedes and bugs were feasting on those rotten fleshy thighs and hands, along with some eyeballs.
'Uggh, Disgusting. I feel like puking. '
It was hard to breathe in that foul air, making Leon hold his breath for a while.
And the scattered flesh and blood, which obviously belonged to the humans, whose skulls and heads were on the ground, made even Leon shut his eyes.
'Seems like the doing of some dungeon monster. Or maybe it's really a dungeon.'
Regaining his composure he slowly opened his eyes. Mixed feelings of disgust, surprise, and curiosity reflected in them.
Leon's gaze moved from one end of the room to another, scanning everything and taking in all little details. Trying to find the source of this mess.
But there was nothing else there. No more secret doors, no living monsters or humans. Just the bloody and damp earth.
"It's strange." he muttered. "There should be some clues atleast."
*CLUNK*
Leon started to move inside the cave room, sometimes his foot accidentally touched the crystal-white bones.
The cold touch of bones mixed with the warm feeling of blood, it made Leon feel unexplainable emotions.
"Truly a otherworldly adventure. I had my fair share of fun on earth, but never this messy."
He traced his hand on the glowing crystals on the stone surface of the cave's walls, feeling the smooth texture.
"Nothing at all."
Slight disappointment flashed across his face. There were no clues at all, which could reveal anything further about the situation.
The little girl's scream, the secret of the well, and that door at the entrance of this cave. There were so many things who screamed that there was something more, something... Suspicious.
Not a simple empty dungeon at the very least.
"The novel's knowledge is of no use as well. Original protagonist was reborn in a border area of Empire, so most of his adventures happened there."
Not having found any clues, he stopped his investigation and started to think about his next course of action.
If possible, he wanted to uncover the secret of this place, so he still didn't walked out, and stayed there.
"I can just wait here and practice with my ability. Maybe, i should try to cover my naked body with flames."
" [ Infinite Fire ]."
*SWOOSH*
Starting with a small purple spark, raging fire came into existence.
Leon used his ability and started to experiment with it. Flame covered his entire body.
It made him look like he was using [ Return To Chaos ], with the only difference being flames colour, which was purple instead of red.
"Let's remove it from my head and few other places, and keep the shape similar to a cloak"
Flames started to flicker and change their shapes, moving like they were alive. They took the shape of a cloak, covering Leon's body from neck to ankles.
Inside the cloak, they created undergarments, shirt and pants.
Leon went all out.
Flames began to condense, their flickering form disappeared.
The final transformation happened and now they looked like a cloak made of purple fabric. Nobody could tell that it was flame.
Leon grabbed the cloak, then other clothes, and felt their tangible form.
"This is still just fire, just looks like a cloth. But for me, it's perfect. Anything is better than being in full view. Staying naked is comfortable and all, but I don't want people to stare at me."
Now that he had discovered another way to use his power, he was going to make a full use of it.
"This smell of rotten flesh is making me uncomfortable since earlier."
Leon looked at all the scattered things on the ground and used his flames.
Everything started to burn in the chaos fire, but since the heat of it was lowered, it took some time to completely burn.
The damp ground also burned. The air and whole space of the cave got filled with the purple fire.
After everything disappeared, only a clean and empty space remained.
Leon closed his eyes and took a deep breath," Ahh... the air smells like it's completely purified. What a refreshing feeling."
For the next few minutes, he just took the deep breaths and enjoyed the feeling.
In the middle of the cave, he created a new wave of fire, this time for different reasons.
"Why don't i try sleeping here? I might discover something after a good sleep. Plus, another new experience." he thought, as the fire slowly condensed into the form of a big, soft and fluffy bed.
Leon had full regeneration, which mostly worked passively.
It could recover all his lost energy and remove all the fatigue from his body.
Truly a convenient ability.
He could stay in his peak condition even without sleeping, eating, or drinking water.
Despite all the convenience it provided, it didn't took away his basic human feeling. He still felt sleepy, hungry and thirsty.
Leon jumped on his special bed, and was about to sleep.
"Forget about the mystery and murder, It's time for a good beauty sleep." he exclaimed.
His half closed eyes about to close fully, but suddenly he saw something moving in front of him.
Hiss...
Something, which was not a human nor a monster, but still resembled both. It was looking down from the roof of cave, which was so high that the light of wall crystals couldn't reach it.
"Oh, fuck!" he cursed."Not now."
*BOOOOOM*
A strong wave of energy surged towards Leon, and before he could react, the view in front of his eyes changed completely.
Leon now stood in front of a hospital, but not of this world.
It was a very familiar place, something he had visited many times in his previous life on earth.