Alice noticed nothing at all. She only felt that her hair seemed a little heavier today.
Following the Demiguise's guidance, the three continued onward.
Each time, the Demiguise pinpointed a spot where there were no knights.
After winding their way around, they finally reached the door again.
"That's-!"
Stella saw it, right in the middle of the doorway.
The translucent Stephens was bound to a sacrificial altar designed for someone to lie flat on.
The Red Knight stood beside him, holding an exquisite knife.
The incomprehensible whispers sounded again.
The White-Robed Elves prayed devoutly.
Stephens cried out in pain.
"He's in trouble!" Stella said anxiously. "We have to find a way to save him!"
The White-Robed Elves' hands sank into Stephens's head.
Stephens roared in agony, his eyes gradually glowing white.
Even his physical body at Hogwarts began to suffer.
With a roar, his eyes snapped open, revealing another world within their white light.
Alarmed, Professor Sprout witnessed the scene in the dormitory and couldn't help exclaiming, "Merlin's beard."
Two beams of white light rose from the ground.
Stephens began to convulse.
Amid the immense pain, he once again saw another world, along with the figure of the White Wolf from beyond it.
The Red Knight saw the White Wolf, and fear showed in his eyes.
Blue light shone from the White-Robed Elves' fingertips, doubling Stephens's agony.
The white light grew ever more brilliant, countless worlds appearing before his eyes.
Stephens's body and consciousness were about to merge, dragging his consciousness upward.
The Red Knight gripped his blade. When the two beams of light touched in the sky, he raised the ornate knife high.
He aimed at Stephens's consciousness, ready to plunge it down.
At that moment between life and death.
A Zouwu burst onto the scene.
The Red Knight