Chapter Forty-Nine — The Door Beyond the WorldThe moment Elara and Lyra stepped forward, the world changed.The academy courtyard disappeared beneath a flood of silver light. The stone beneath their feet dissolved into countless glowing fragments, floating upward like pieces of shattered glass. The students screamed as the buildings around them began bending and twisting, but Elara could no longer hear their voices clearly.Everything had become distant.Only Lyra's hand remained solid in hers.“Don't let go,” Lyra whispered.“I won't.”The enormous creature above them roared again.This time, the sound didn't shake the academy.It shook reality.A gigantic crack appeared across the sky.Beyond it was not darkness.There was another world.Elara caught a glimpse of strange landscapes beyond the crack—floating islands, oceans suspended upside down, enormous trees reaching into stars, and cities built around glowing crystals.Then the crack closed.Elara stared upward.“What was that?”
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