Sys's warning had started suddenly, beeping sharply inside Benjamin's head like an urgent alarm that cut through everything else.
{Master, this portal has been thoroughly hijacked by a magic user.}
[Huh?! What's that supposed to mean?!]
Panic was beginning to rise quickly in his chest, because Benjamin and Grey Ivy had already stepped fully into the portal.
A vast world of pure white and shimmering gold now covered their entire vision, surrounding them completely as they hovered weightlessly somewhere in-between realms.
The air felt thick and dreamlike, every sound muffled and distant, while the golden light pulsed softly around them like a living thing.
[So... I'm being kidnapped again?]
{That is correct. And the magic user orchestrating it is immensely powerful… They know exactly what they are doing, Master. There is nothing to be done right now to stop the transfer.}
