Mother

"Crescent! Crescent!"

The scratchy voice of the horned being, Levi, chasing the flying Crescent resonated inside the portal. Since he was inside the domain of another Halfling, Levi could not conjure Basilisk to make the latter his transport since he did not get any wings.

"What an idiot," said Merlin.

He dashed past Levi with a smug expression as he rode a pentagram that was emitting a bright purple aura. Merlin was stepping on it as it took him closer to Crescent.

"Dude! Hey, wait! Damn it!"

Though his vitality could keep up with him for running all day long inside the portal, he could not possibly miss the opportunity to see some live action.

After hearing a stranger's voice behind the cluster of mist, Crescent raced towards the still-opened gates of her shadow portal. Crescent who was running a couple of seconds ago went flying, leaving him and Merlin in a state of daze.