Once he passed through the mirror, Kang Oh found himself above a lake, so he had no other choice but to...

"Huh?" Kang Oh hadn't fallen into the water. He was actually standing on top of it. The rest of his party stood atop the water too. 

"What's going on?" Intrigued, Sephiro tapped the surface of the water with his toes. Whenever he did so, the water would ripple, but his toes wouldn't push through the water.

"Water Walk is a basic spell. It is for me, at least," Gainus said. His spell had kept Kang Oh's party from sinking into the water. 

"Thank you." Eder bowed his head.

Some of the medicine in his bag would lose effectiveness when exposed to water. If not for Gainus, some of his medicine would be unusable.

"Don't thank me. I completely forgot that this place was a lake."

"I did too." Ruinari scratched his head with his wing-shaped hands.

"No one fell through, so it's fine. Let's go." Gainus pointed his staff forward. He was pointing at a sand island.

* * *

Kang Oh's party walked on water, and eventually reached the sand island.

'What fine sand.' 

His feet could feel the fine texture of the sand.

At that moment...!

A white-winged...