Fire Breath
Acheron

Waves of coldness crawled through Sabina's esophagus. The water has no taste. Just a strange fragrant scent. Like a vertical water flower that tastes bland. Nothing happened after Sabina took a gulp of water in the cup. Only that golden cup slowly faded from his grasp.

Akheron seemed to be smiling with satisfaction. The old man then nodded, telling Sabina to go to the middle of the spring. Sabina looked at him doubtfully, but then according. He stepped closer to the spring and slowly put his foot into the water. Sabina was already preparing for the pain that might arise, but it turned out that her legs were fine.

Only a coldness appeared when his skin touched the water. Sabina turned to Akheron. But the man just looked back at her with a smile. Sabina finally decided to continue walking in the water. It turned out that the spring was not too deep, just like a shallow pool whose water was no more than Sabina's waist.

The sound of water sluggishness sounded as Sabina's steps approached the stone steps. Sabina was fascinated by the truly beautiful color of the pool water, changing every single subtle wave of it touched Sabina's body. The sunlight from the narrow gap in the upper wall of the cave created a beautiful golden tinge.

After a while of walking, Sabina finally managed to reach the stone steps in the middle of the pond. The height of the stone steps was slightly higher than the tip of Sabina's head. So slowly the girl climbed the slippery stone steps to parallel with the sparkling water container above her.

After a closer look, the water container turned out to be a transparent glass ball containing sparkling water with rainbow colors. It is about the size of a coconut and does not look very comfortable to carry around. The glass looks fragile and easily broken. Even so, Sabina still ventured to take the glass ball carefully.

The amazing thing happened once Sabina touched the glass ball. A dazzling light emerged from within the sphere, making Sabina spontaneously close her eyes. The girl then felt her body lift so lightly. Sabina tried to blink a few times, trying to get her eyes used to adapting to the dazzling white light.

Moments later he realized that his body was now floating with the glass ball towards the edge of the pool. Sabina was a little stunned, then immediately looked around for the figure of Akheron who should be standing around there. But like Sabina, it turns out that Akheron's body is also floating while giving off a white light.

A while later the figure of the old man faded, replaced with the look of an extremely handsome golden-haired youth.

"Congratulations, Sabina. You've passed the Life and Death test. Now you deserve the blessing of the Akheron Springs" said the golden-haired young man.

"Akheron…?" sabina's mumbling was still digesting the situation.

The next second, Sabina and Akheron landed gently on the cave floor. The glistening glass ball also fell into Sabina's embrace gently.

"really. This spring is the Water Spring of Akheron. I am the nymph guard of this place. As he called it, anyone who successfully passed the test, would get the blessing he needed. These springs can give eternal life or deadly poison. Where did you choose?" ask Akheron who is now a handsome young man with golden hair.

"Eh... But why has your form changed?" tanya Sabina still looked

"This is my true form. But sometimes, if I'm bored with my good looks, I want to turn into a little less handsome," explained Akheron, raising his head proudly.

"Oh. alright," Sabina said as she raised her eyebrows. "So did I get any poisonous goldfish? I don't see any fish in this glass container."

"Are you sure you're going to choose a deadly poison instead of the water of life? The water of life can make any human an eternal life" Akheron said.

"Give me a poisonous goldfish" Sabina said.

After all, the purpose of his current journey was to search for silver bullet and nothing else. Sabina forced herself to stay focused on the goal.

"Alright if it's your choice," said Akheron then waved his hand.

The movement then made the glass container that Sabina brought back to shine. A few seconds later, a goldfish appeared inside the glass sphere, with bright orange scales sparkling.

"Your request has been granted" said Akheron.

As soon as Akheron finished speaking demkian, the walls of the cave shook violently to make Sabina lose balance. The girl was shrewd and almost fell, but the darkness suddenly came to surround her. He lost consciousness.

Sabina tried to open her eyes. The sunlight looked dazzling, making his eyes poignant. He blinked several times, then realized that his body was lying on a stretch of grass on the field near the forest. He got up and sat down and looked around.

"This is where I stopped and found the mouth of the cave earlier," Sabina muttered softly. "What's going on?" he continued, rubbing his head.

Suddenly Sabina saw next to her, a glass ball the size of a coconut fruit lying glittering. Hurriedly the girl grabbed him and saw a goldfish swimming merrily in it.

"This.." said Sabina muttering as she circulated her gaze.

But he could no longer find the mouth of the cave he had entered. Though he was sure that this place was the place where he first saw the cave. Now, the place where the cave was supposed to be, it had turned into a steep cave of rocks.

"That's definitely not a dream," Sabina sighed as she hugged the glass ball filled with poisonous goldfish. Sabina was a little sorry because it turned out that the cave could not be visited anymore. Though he intended to return to the cave after this trip was completed. He wants to ask Aiden for the water of life, so that his lover can have a longer life.

Unfortunately, the plan seems to be unworkable. The girl stood up too. It seemed like he had to undo his intention to hunt. Somehow his body now felt so energized and his hunger had disappeared completely. Maybe the effect of the water in the cup he drank earlier.

If Akheron is the nymph of the spring, it means that Sabina has drunk the magic water that is part of Akheron's own body. Nymph-derived foods or drinks are known to have powerful magical effects, nutritious enough for vampires like Sabina, although they should not be consumed too often.

Finally, after feeling better, Sabina darted towards where Aeron and Nora were. He must tell them that he has found the thing he was looking for. After this they could immediately go to the final destination: Death Mountain.