The moment that that Erumpent had looked his way, Kyle's heart leapt into his throat and he stood rooted to the spot. A surge of fear went through him, but before he could even consider ways to get out of the situation, the Erumpent had turned away again, apparently uninterested. The relief? Was real. Fake creature or not, Kyle had no plans to risk getting on the wrong side of it.
The heat of this place was, quite frankly, a little ridiculous. They really went for it when it came to realistically recreating these environments. First the tundra, and now this... if indeed this was a recreation. Kudos for the realism and everything but... Merlin. They really didn't want them to be physically comfortable, did they? Kyle supposed that was to be expected.
Already the effects of his makeshift refreshing shower were evaporating, and... was it getting even hotter? Perhaps it was getting more insulated or something, the further into the trees he went... but then Kyle would rather be here in the shade, fighting against the thick grass that only got taller, and more difficult to get through, than in the direct glare of the sun. He was already panting from the exertion - hot temperatures could be so formidable and hard to avoid, even with magic - and so cast Aguamenti on himself another couple of times as he progressed further into the trees, drinking the water from the spell both times.
It was the fourth time that he stopped, sweat dripping down him, that he saw it. Among the rich greens that surrounded him, the striking red of the door was almost impossible to miss. Kyle stood there for a moment and stared, not conjuring the water like he had planned.
There was no doubt in his mind that he needed to go towards - and likely through - that door, but Kyle was naturally on his guard about it. This was the fourth and final challenge, after all, and it was more than likely that something more difficult and more dangerous than everything so far was up ahead. He took a cautious couple of steps towards the door, peering at it and all around, his wand held ready. He no longer had much faith in the Homenum Revelio spell, and he needed to be closer to the door and able to tap it in order to cast SpeRevelio... there were other spells he could probably use right now to reveal something, but he could hardly concentrate with the heat.
Doubting very much that he was simply supposed to ignore the door, Kyle gradually moved closer still, trying to assess the situation using the old No-Maj technique of looking, listening, and using his major senses. From what he could tell so far, the only out of the ordinary thing about the door - aside from it's strange setting - was that there was no handle on it. "Protego." While he was still a ways away, Kyle threw up his cautionary shield charm and closed the distance between himself and the door once and for all, so that he could inspect the thing properly. Better to be safe than sorry, right?
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