"What's going on?! Was that an earthquake?!"
"T-the ground is moving!"
"No kidding! The whole cave is moving—aaaaah!"
Screams, panic, chaos.
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In an instant, it swept through the entire cave!
Gemma Farley, the Slytherin Prefect who had gone in first, had already reached the cave exit.
She stared in shock toward the depths of the nest, her pupils contracting slightly.
Could it be... the Toad King had been disturbed?
The next second, she abruptly realized something and whipped around.
A pair of scarlet eyes after another had appeared on the formerly dim lake.
They were staring straight at them.
—The toads had all gone berserk.
"Quick! Run to the professors!"
Gemma shouted, doing her best to stay calm.
She swept her wand and cast a sheet of ice, freezing a tongue that shot toward her in midair. Her heart pounded wildly.
Damn it!
What on earth had happened deep in the cave?!
That was exactly what all the professors wanted to know, too.
"What's going on? Why have the toads suddenly gone berserk?! That roar just now... Could their king have been hurt?"
"That's impossible! Professor Snape is guarding the place!"
"The priority is getting the students to safety—Armor Charm!"
The professors hurried into action, rushing toward the cave to protect the students.
Professor Flitwick flicked his wand, and a wall of mud immediately rose from the lakebed, trapping the toads behind it.
Amid the chaos,
Professor McGonagall glanced over without thinking.
Her gaze fell on the figure still standing at the starting point.
In the emergency, all the professors had forgotten that the only first-year applicant, Ethan Vincent, was still standing at the edge of the cliff.
And in the midst of the emergency,
Ethan hadn't moved an inch.