Completely thrown to a shell-shocked state, everyone came to a standstill the moment the ground below Venus opened up.
Gravity mercilessly pulled her all the way down to that huge, round hole. Though they already anticipated that the Realm's master would pull out a dirty trick, they were still taken aback by how sudden and fast everything happened.
"Hal...!" Zeke exclaimed in evident perturbation and panic, swerving back around to face his upperclassman.
You got to have some kind of plan, right?!"
"Forget about a plan! Let's just go there already!" Leah bolted out exasperatedly, readying her fencing swords once more before preparing to take off.
"Wait, Ms. Spencer..." Allen suddenly muttered as he stretched out his arm and kept her from taking a step further.
"Let's calm down for now-"
"But Eli is...!"
"His Majesty gave his consent earlier. He has a plan in mind."