Annan had already vaguely sensed part of the rules of this nightmare.
Thanks to the "Curse Binding of Endymion" he possessed.
This curse required Annan's left shoulder to be exposed to a sufficient intensity of light. If it didn't absorb light, it would gradually become searingly painful.
By the thirteenth hour, every second felt as if a red-hot iron was pressed against his skin, and it never lifted.
This was not just a "hallucination" that existed in the senses.
It was not merely punishing phantom pain.
When others touched the cursed mark with their palms, they could truly feel the heat—ordinarily, the heat was about as much as a freshly steeped cup of noodles. If an ordinary person bore this curse, such heat alone could be lethal.
But if it maintained the highest level of heat—even if the pain could be masked or weakened by some means, the remaining heat could destroy Annan's body.
