"Stop!!"
Lin Ze and Zhongli hurried over behind Wong, meeting Master Mordo at the door. He, too, had sensed the disturbance in space-time.
The sight of the prismatic crystals spreading before Stephen horrified Wong and Mordo, and they shouted for him to stop.
Stephen snapped to attention. The green Magic Array around his hands dissipated, and the unfinished prismatic crystals before him vanished in an instant.
Master Mordo looked ready to explode with fury. He strode up to Stephen, who had unwittingly caused a terrible disaster, his expression darkening further.
"How could you tamper with the boundaries of space-time so recklessly!"
Even Lin Ze, who was always getting into trouble, had never seen such anger on his face or heard that tone from him.
"I-I was just following what the book said."
Utterly bewildered by the scolding, Stephen pointed at the book before him and desperately tried to explain.
At Stephen's gesture, Wong's eyes widened like saucers, and the wrinkles across his forehead knotted together.
"What did the book say? Did it mention the dangers of doing this? Did it!"
"Uh... I don't know. I-I haven't gotten to that part yet."
Stephen spoke quietly, without a shred of confidence.
Hearing Stephen's answer, Master Mordo nearly burst with anger. He wanted to charge forward and give Stephen a thorough beating.
His brows drew into deep furrows as he pointed at Stephen and snapped:
"You need to understand that the Time Manipulation Spell can create branches in space-time. Those are extremely unstable spaces!"
"Spatial paradoxes! Time loops! Do you want to be trapped in endlessly repeating time, forever! Forever! With no way out?"
"Or do you want to have never existed in this world at all!!"
The more Master Mordo spoke, the more agitated he became. His face flushed, and his breathing