Escalate

Lily was still conflicted; she still felt this was a bad thing. 

At this moment, Alex got a message from Patricia, making him frown. While he was thinking this, Aurora also got a message.

The message was so alarming that she stood up. "We need to go now. But Sasha, you need to stay here."

"What do you mean, Aurora?" Blaire asked while Sasha felt confused. In their plan, she was supposed to go with them to help evacuate the citizens.

"The situation is dangerous now; an unknown creature is coming out from the portal; Belthazar is doing something that changes the teleportation."

Lily asked for more details, and Alex started linking it with the portal that Patricia had told him about.

Alex stood up and moved to a nearby window. He didn't see anything weird at first, but then, focusing his eyes, he could see a pillar of dark red energy rise in the sky for a moment before dissipating.