A bronze gate stood inside the shop.
The center of the gate glowed dark red. Countless streams of red energy spiraled around it in a vast vortex, drawing everything in the shop toward it.
Furniture fixed to the floor cracked bit by bit under the tremendous pull. The broken pieces were instantly sucked into the vortex and vanished without a trace.
Nameless would have bet that Arman Seti had lost patience and tried to make the portal himself. Something had gone wrong, though, and the spell scholar had fallen into his own trap. He had been sucked through the gate. He might now be in the Dark Gate Dragon's secret realm, or he might have been sent to some unknown world, some unknown dimension.
In short, he had asked for it!
Nameless pushed the door open and slowly walked inside. Lin Renmei and Big Yellow followed at once.
The moment those two entered, they felt an enormous pull. Lin Renmei immediately steadied herself, but Big Yellow was a step too slow and flew toward the portal.
Nameless caught Big Yellow by the leg. "Big Yellow, after all these years, all you've done is put on weight. Your strength hasn't improved one bit."
He set Big Yellow on the floor. In the next instant, Big Yellow felt as though an invisible membrane had separated him from the pull.
"Be careful. Don't get too close. We don't know how far the portal's reach extends." Nameless patted Big Yellow on the head, then walked slowly toward the portal and stopped a short distance away.
Lin Renmei came over too. After they had watched the portal for a while, she asked, "See anything?"
"I'm no spell expert. What would I see?" Nameless blinked innocently.
"Then why have you been staring at it for so