When Eino grew a little more confident flying, and determined that his brrom wasn't cursed, like last time, he prepared himself to take on the first barrel. He approached it very slowly and flew around it first to examine it. Yep, it was on fire, and it looked dangerous. There wasn't much to worry with all those non-burning charms, but Eino was still a little anxious. He first needed to determine the proper position he had to take, so that his head and his feet wouldn't hit the barrel. Most importantly, the speed at which he had to pass through them so that he didn't get stuck inside the burning barrel.

He positioned himself right in front of it and measure the entrance and exit openings as well as he could. After a few adjustments, he rubbed his hands together, and double checked if his goggles were on properly before his first attempt. He backtracked a couple of yards, bent his body forward and began flying towards the barrel. He began to fly faster and faster until he reached the barrel and began to slow down. At least his calculation had been right, and he made it through the first opening. The problem was he was now back at the speed of one mile per hour and barely made it out the barrel. His arm had caught on fire but after a few pats it was extinguished, and the robes were intact. That wasn't bad for the first barrel. Now, let's try doing that again without slowing down and getting stuck inside the barrel.