Hermione's reaction at that moment was exceptionally quick and precise. She turned sideways, rolled across the floor toward Harry, then drew her wand and traced a circle through the air—
She cast a simplified version of Nakht's Wall, protecting everyone, herself included.
"Since you're here, don't leave!" Tierra lightly clenched his hand toward the space before him.
Hermione, Harry, the Weasleys, Fleur, and Sirius all felt the space around them shudder—
Just moments ago, they had been inside the carriage, anxiously facing the suddenly appearing Voldemort. But in the next instant, they found themselves in the middle of the road.
Tierra was there too, though he stood outside Hermione's protective circle. In his hand was a carriage shrunk countless times over, trapped within a square, transparent spatial barrier. Countless streams of black vapor spread from the carriage, viciously battering the spatial barrier like an enraged octopus.
Tierra raised the miniature carriage in his hand like a specimen and smiled at Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the others.
"Look," Tierra said casually. "This is what you call inviting the guest in—"
Before Tierra could finish speaking, however—
The spatial barrier in his hand suddenly changed—
The black mist inside the miniature carriage grew thicker and thicker, while Voldemort somehow vanished directly from within the tiny carriage in Tierra's hand.
The black vapor rapidly accumulated inside the spatial barrier and soon reached its critical point. Then—
"Ding—"
Tierra smiled faintly. A golden light lit up in his left eye, and the spreading black mist within the spatial barrier froze as though someone had pressed pause.
Then Tierra lightly tossed the spatial barrier upward—
The entire miniature carriage shot into the sky like a comet, swiftly leaving Earth and even flying beyond the Solar System.
Almost instantly, the miniature carriage appeared on an eternally