The Gatekeeper's words contained a powerful force, and as her tin staff struck the floor with a thunderous echo, her voice spread layer by layer into the chaotic depths of the Spirit Realm.
In an instant, the unseen "whisperers" in the room fell silent once again, and the whole world plunged into temporary quietude. A few seconds later, a deep rumbling came from afar—as if a massive body was approaching with heavy footsteps.
Agatha raised her hand, directing her eyes toward the source of the sound, and where her gaze landed was the window boarded up with layers of planks—the gaps of which shimmered with a pale faint light. Suddenly, all that light flickered, then dimmed as if a colossal thing had come before the window.
The next second, the crisscrossed wooden planks silently shattered, countless grey-black fragments quietly scattered, and then paused mid-air near the window as if frozen in amber. A giant appeared outside the window.