Terrified, muffled screams continuously echoed from deep within the cold stone prison. The nearby student nearly jumped right out of his skin upon hearing the raw, unadulterated panic in those voices. It took him a stunned moment to fully realise that the frantic screaming was actually coming from those three usually formidable bullies.
Initially, his first instinct was to immediately run off and find a teacher to report the matter. However, after taking several hurried, panicked steps away, his pace suddenly slowed down before he came to a complete, dead stop. A strange, quiet, and insidious thought slowly surfaced within the depths of his mind.
