Before long, everyone's preparations for retreat were complete, and Dox was ready to activate the Planar Corridor at any moment.
After confirming everything through the Mind Tether, Angel killed the last batch of human-faced fish before him and swiftly retreated. As he sped away, he took an external array plate from his bracelet.
While retreating, he had already identified the node in the nearby magic energy array that could most greatly affect spatial stability.
Without the slightest hesitation, Angel hurled the external array plate toward the node.
The square array plate traced an arc through the air, drawing everyone's gaze.
Including the human-faced fish in the air.
The human-faced fish seemed interested in all moving objects. Every nearby school of them chased after the array plate. The entire sight resembled a comet streaking across the heavens, dragging a long luminous tail behind it.
Though the human-faced fish were pursuing the array plate, everyone trusted Angel's judgment. Since he dared throw it out, he must have been certain it would not be intercepted.
Dox also kept a close watch on the external array plate. The instant it landed and the magic patterns upon it lit up, he would activate the Planar Corridor.
Just as the array plate tugged at everyone's nerves, a voice none of them had ever heard before suddenly rang beside their ears.
"Little mermaid, why are you still playing outside? It's time to go home."
It was an exceptionally pleasant male voice. It possessed the texture of a deep bass, the languidness of a refined rogue, and a faint trace of doting affection.
It was the kind of voice that would make countless women scream.
However, Angel and the others were all men, incapable of appreciating this deliberately affected coquettish voice.
Yes, deliberately affected. How could a normal