Dox had imagined it beautifully, but reality rarely lived up to one's wishes.
Just as Dox was pretending to ferociously chase after Witch Sharon, the spatial gate at the center of the arena suddenly began disgorging an enormous amount of spatial energy.
Spatial energy had entered and exited it before, but never in such staggering quantities!
The abnormality in the spatial gate immediately drew everyone's attention.
At that moment, everyone's expressions and actions differed.
Witch Sharon looked overjoyed and rushed toward the spatial gate at top speed.
Angel and Dox exchanged a glance, both their eyes carrying a trace of caution.
Though Angel said nothing, he conveyed a message through the Green Pattern text in Dox's field of vision.
"Abnormal spatial energy. Preliminary confirmation: someone is crossing spacetime at extreme speed and will arrive here shortly."
"Barring any surprises, it should be her companion."
Even without Angel's explanation, Dox had guessed the answer. Such a change in the spatial gate meant either it had gone bad or it had gone well. If it had gone bad, Angel must have caused it, but Angel's expression was so wary that he clearly had not tampered with anything. Then, looking back at Witch Sharon, the wild joy on her face could not be concealed at all.
The answer was obvious.
If it was a good development for Witch Sharon, then her companion must be about to arrive.
At that thought, Dox silently cried out in alarm. He could still threaten Witch Sharon now, but if reinforcements arrived, the outcome would be entirely different.
Of course, Dox was not most worried about being killed by the newcomer. Judging from the Green Pattern light screen, Angel's search progress was still far from sufficient. The substitute item data collection had only just reached 97%, while locating