Seeing the light of the exit, those who were frantically escaping resembled drowning people clutching desperately at a lifeline, their eyes suddenly filled with intense hope, and their speed of escape unwittingly quickened.
Soon, before the darkness behind them could catch up, all the students who could still run had burst out of the corridor.
Luckily, the darkness in the corridor behind them did not surge out, but instead, after engulfing the entire corridor, it stopped advancing.
It was as if an invisible wall had blocked it, leaving a blurred circular dark patch on the stone wall behind them.
"Is everyone alright?"
Having just steadied their nerves from the calming darkness behind, Alisa let out a breath of relief and began to check on the condition of her teammates.
"We're okay... Just a bit drained of magic power."
Mondolo, Roche, Matt, and the others responded one after another, but the squad's numbers had decreased by three from their arrival, now down to just six.
