It Should Be Possible to Officially Proceed to the Next Step

The female Phoenix bristled the moment Luna came in, bits of rabbit meat still dangling from her beak. Her feathers stood on end as she bared her claws and beak at Luna, ready to attack at any moment.

Luna saw the shredded meat in her beak, then looked at Allen behind her. She spread five fingers glowing with magical light toward Allen—though in truth, she had only cast Lumos.

The female Phoenix spread her wings and shielded Allen completely behind her, as if she meant to use her own flesh and blood to block Luna's spell for her frail kin—though if it was only an external force, she would not truly die anyway.

Seeing this, inspiration struck Allen, and his blurred voice rang in Luna's mind: "Pretend to cast a spell and turn me into human form."

Luna understood Allen's intention in an instant. She reached her other hand toward the female Phoenix, and the Phoenix felt as though her plumage had been seized by an invisible hand. Then that force roughly yanked her aside.

The next moment, the female Phoenix watched in terror as the bright orb of light created by Luna's Lumos swept past and struck the male Phoenix who had been hiding behind her.

Allen's human form replaced the male Phoenix that had been there. The female Phoenix widened her eyes, then shook her head and looked left and right, as if wondering where the male Phoenix from just now had gone.

Luna simply turned and left the Binding Room, leaving the space to the two Phoenixes.

But the moment Luna left, the female Phoenix became hostile toward the suddenly appearing Allen. Her beak jabbed viciously straight at him.

Allen hurriedly dodged the Phoenix's attacks. He did not dare strike back at a Phoenix, lest he provoke