The pain was excruciating. It was like he was being burned up from the inside out.
Fire wasn't something that Zarek was unfamiliar with. But this felt like a completely different sort of flame, one that came for the soul rather than the body.
The soul… it was something that only S Classes should feel so clearly. It was also something that Zarek had a little bit more familiarity with because he sensed it more clearly every time he died.
Rather than just a Time affinity, it might also be safe to say that Rebirthers had a strong soul affinity as well—whatever that meant. Honestly, Zarek wasn't sure.
What he did know was that upon crossing the barrier from A Class to S Class, there was a new, smaller kernel of yourself that took shape within. This smaller kernel was key to the creation of your own personal Godsfall Pathway channels that Zarek had mentioned before, and it was also what made S Classes particularly difficult to kill.
