Noel hesitated for a moment, wondering if there was any hidden meaning. However, after some consideration, he grabbed the scabbard.
All of a sudden, a black flame sparked in his hand.
"!!!" The Arctic Queen's heart skipped a beat. After hearing how the flame was able to kill the Celestial Wolf, she thought it would be her next. Hence, she immediately dropped the box and jumped back in fear.
The flame touched the box and burned it completely before it could touch the ground, proving that the story wasn't an exaggeration.
The elders looked shocked. The flame itself wasn't a part of Noel, so it was just purely the flame of the scabbard. And it could actually burn the box to nothingness in less than a second.
More importantly, the flame started spreading to Noel's hand.
Noel remained silent, as if the flame wasn't hot. But as he expected, he could feel the attachment to the scabbard, but not Ardagan.
"..." Noel bit his lips. It seemed that this wasn't enough to wake him up. Nevertheless, the flame continued moving up his shoulder. If this continued, it would burn his clothes.
Hence, Noel began to channel his spiritual energy. The flame clashed with his spiritual energy, but because his body had fused with Ardagan, the flame recognized the spiritual energy.
It gradually changed from burning spiritual energy to harmonizing with it.
"Go back." Noel muttered as if he were communicating with the flame.
The flame gradually moved back to the scabbard. Some of them were still rebellious, but Noel continued to infuse his spiritual energy until they were under his control.
Noel could kind of understand what was going on.
In just five minutes, it covered ten percent of the rock's surface. In ten minutes, it covered half of the rock's surface. In thirty minutes, it burned half of the rock. And in an hour, there was nothing left behind.
"What is this..." Noel dropped his jaw in disbelief. "That flame is—"
Before he could finish his words, his head suddenly started spinning.
"Kh." Noel clutched his head. There was an influx of information entering his brain.
'The Undying Fire is a part of the essence of fire, the flame that burns everything.'
"!!!" Noel was astounded by the statement that rang in his head. He also got more understanding about his flame. "The flame that can burn anything? If it's really able to burn anything, it also means that it can burn nothing.
"If that's the case, it might also be possible to burn that curse." Noel gritted his teeth as the pain kept increasing, and he didn't know why. But he needed to get a bit more time to complete his thought. "If that's the case, then... if I can control to burn only the curse..."
Noel's consciousness started to disappear as he muttered his last words. "The Celestial Wolf died because...no one controlled this flame."
"Haaa... Ha...!" Noel started panting heavily when he snapped back to reality.
"Noel?!" Anna panicked while the others were staring at him worriedly. "What's wrong? Your body is convulsing like crazy."
"I am..." Noel wanted to assure her, but he couldn't complete his words. The blood rushed toward his head as he suddenly dropped to his knees. He spat a few mouthfuls of blood. "Geeeh!"
"Call... Call the prophet!" The overseer hurriedly shouted.
Anna approached Noel, trying to check on his condition.
However, Noel grabbed Anna's arm. He said, "I... might have found a way to remove the curse..." before passing out.