After about an hour, the entire lake was completely blood-red.
"It's finally over." Alaric exhaled in relief as he wiped the sweat from his brow, which had formed due to his nervousness.
"Huff... Huff..." Victor panted heavily, as even with the potions, he felt completely exhausted.
"Who will go first?" Maria, the Queen, looked at her husband, daughter, and son and asked.
Everyone hesitated until Jack stepped forward. "I will go first and test it."
Splash.
Before they could react, Jack jumped into the lake, and as soon as he did, the entire lake started to glow and began bubbling.
"Why does it seem like the entire lake is boiling?" Valerie said barely above a whisper, and no one could answer her, even the royal family, as this was the first time they had seen this.
Everyone watched nervously as time passed, and even after more than an hour had passed, there were no signs of any movement except for the bubbling lake, which started to react even more violently.
