[Trial Initialized: The Cursed Labyrinth]
[External access locked. No rescues permitted.]
Mikel stared at Doom's screen with wide eyes.
What does that mean? He wondered, and then he heard Mister Nocty speak.
"This shouldn't be happening," Mister Nocty breathed out, looking up and around their surroundings. "How?"
Mikel turned to his homeroom teacher, immediately catching the strange look on his face.
"Mr. Nocty, what's going on?" he asked.
Mister Nocty pressed his lips into a hard line as he glanced at Mikel. "The Labyrinth is activated."
"What does that mean?"
"It means…" The teacher's face darkened before his sharp eyes shifted toward the building. "…we're inside it now."
Inside it?
A strange thing to say when they were silk standing outside it. Although everything around them looked the same, the air felt different. It felt thicker and heavier.
Suddenly, Doom's screen popped up in front of him. Unlike its usual blue, the screen glowed with a mix of red and black.
