Chapter 216
Once I pulled the lever, a thick rope uncoiled and dangled down onto the table. We hurriedly climbed up, pulling ourselves out of the dimension and back into the familiar structure of the tower.
"Is this finally the exit?" Pierre asked eagerly, his eyes bright as we moved along a long, straight corridor.
"I guess so," Ezekiel replied calmly, keeping his usual composed tone.
After a few minutes of walking, we reached a door. As we approached, it slid open automatically with a faint hiss, revealing the next chamber.
"This is the end?" Edge said with a hint of disappointment, glancing around as if expecting something more dramatic.
"Wow, so anticlimactic," Pierre muttered, shrugging.
We stepped inside, but instead of a straightforward hallway, we found ourselves in a circular room. The walls curved smoothly, and the atmosphere felt strangely tense.
Suddenly, I raised my hand, signaling everyone to stop. "There’s someone here," I sensed someone nearby—an unfamiliar presence lurking in the shadows.
My eyes fixed on a figure in the distance. She was cloaked in a black robe, almost blending into the darkness, her body almost completely covered. The suspicious aura she radiated made me wary, and I instinctively tensed.
"Hello, students," the woman approached us first, her voice smooth yet unsettling. "I am Jane Melvin, and I’ll be the proctor for this final challenge."
I stared at her striking red eyes, feeling an uneasy shiver run down my spine. No matter how much I tried to dismiss it, her atmosphere didn’t feel like that of an official proctor. The faint scent of blood lingered around her, creeping into my senses and making my skin crawl.
The others seemed to share my suspicion, exchanging cautious glances.