When Zatanna's Backward Magic took effect.
Whoosh!
The pitch-black night sky seemed to be torn open by a rift.
A heavy, evil, oppressive aura spread from all around.
Then, foul-smelling sewage dripped from the Spatial Tunnel.
An ugly, terrifying monster beyond description slithered out of the slime.
Its entirely white body was covered in snake-like scales.
Yet even more eye-catching was the grotesque, alien-like face and its savage, horrifying maw, filled with sharp, pale fangs.
Anyone who saw it would be filled with fear.
Compared to it, even Hecate's resentful-woman face seemed quite kind.
"Got you!"
At the same moment in the physical world, the eyeless monster twisted its head and turned its gaze toward Hecate.
"You damned thief!"
It opened its mouth, and as drool dripped from its lips, an immense, nameless terror engulfed the space.
"No! How dare you let it in!"
The instant she saw the ugly white-scaled monster appear, all three of Hecate's faces screamed at once. Her floating body trembled as she tried to flee this dimension.
"Where do you think you're running?"
But the monster suddenly lunged at Hecate like a slithering serpent, opening its jaws and viciously biting down on the rightmost of her three faces.
"You stole my things!"
The dark magic entity known as The Upside-Down Man let out a shrill cackle. "And now, it's time to give them back!"
It dragged Hecate toward the spatial opening, clearly intending to keep its promise and eat her bite by bite.
"Now, Little Zha." Jino quietly gripped the girl's shoulder. "Close the 'door.'"
The stunned Zatanna nodded instinctively and blurted out, "Door, close!"
As Heavenly Magic spilled from the girl's lips, the simply constructed magical passageway began to tremble and break apart.
The Upside-Down Man, the monster with a blood-red tongue, tilted its