On the way to the bridge, Zhao Si kept an eye out for scorch marks along the road.
After analyzing Adam's mindset, he reached a conclusion: Adam was a show-off and rather immature.
The reason was that, from the Church of Repose to the Church of Vows, Adam had loved burning things, but that was as far as he went. He had never done anything that took a life, and the Fire Monks had only accused him of theft, which suggested that he had not harmed the Fire Monks either.
He burned things simply because he had suddenly gained power beyond his imagination. [Flame of the Fell God] was a concrete manifestation of the power wielded by the Fell God the Giants worshipped. For a mere Fire Monk to possess such power, it was probably impossible not to let it go to his head.
Weren't Fire Monks supposed to practice asceticism? They even burned themselves to remember the pain of being engulfed in flames and deepen their reverence for fire. So why had Adam let it go to his head? That was perfectly normal. Not everyone could endure an ascetic life. It required an extremely firm faith.
Amon, who had defected to Black Flame, lacked such steadfast faith. The Fire Monks even believed that he had betrayed them because he had lost his nerve and become afraid. Adam was the same. He had already resorted to stealing Incantations, so how sincere could his faith be? His faith was insincere, so naturally, the power went to his head and made him arrogant.
Wherever he went, he had to show off, throwing huge fireballs around to burn things, just to say, "Look how awesome I am!"
But nobody stayed to see how powerful he was. The moment they saw him setting fires,