"Doctor, 17 seconds left,"
Shard reminded again, but he had already put his heart at ease. Sword in hand, he watched the body of the Flame Demon gradually disappear on the distant platform, while the flames on the doctor's body grew stronger and stronger.
Finally, with only 10 seconds remaining before the doctor had to cross back through that door, the Flame Demon on the platform in the center of the cavernous belly of the mountain vanished completely.
The doctor flicked his hand, which had returned to normal, and the flames on his body also gradually extinguished. He turned around with a smile to look at Shard, only to see Shard staring behind him in astonishment.
Dr. Schneider felt something whizz past his face at high speed and then saw a black stone with crimson cracks on its surface rushing towards Shard's heart.
