CHAPTER 572: CHAPTER 569: THE NEW BATTLEFIELD

Circling Barrier Mountain entirely, a gigantic fissure emerged between the mountain body and the ground.

Powerful spells were recklessly flaunting their majesty.

The surging Magic Power was almost visible to the naked eye.

There was no need for excessive description.

Inside Barrier Mountain, the Wizards were altering the shape of this land with their exceptional spellcraft!

"Is this what you just calculated?" Ronald couldn’t help but ask Catherine as he watched everything change before his eyes.

"The news you mentioned just now, it made me reassess the status of that Fake God, all this...is just a beginning."

Catherine had just finished her reply,

Several kilometers away, Barrier Mountain was still undergoing transformations.

The connection between the mountain body and the ground did not stop due to the appearance of the huge fissure. Instead, the situation intensified, even starting to spread toward the base of the mountain.

Boom—

A massive tremor that shook both earth and mountains continued for nearly ten minutes.

Finally,

The mountain body of Barrier Mountain completely separated from the ground.

Subsequently, under the pull of a strong Magic Power, a force field, repulsive to gravity, burst forth from the mountain, eventually carrying the entire Barrier Mountain into the sky.

At that moment,

Ronald thought of the Floating City from DND.

Although there were clear differences in the shaping process, this grand miracle formed by magical power was the most impressive of its kind.

"These bastards, really did a splendid job..."

Catherine’s voice, filled with anger, erupted beside Ronald, but her gaze was not on the newly ascended Floating Mountain.

Ronald followed Catherine’s focus.

"..."

It was known that within the vast underground architecture of Barrier Mountain,

There were areas where ordinary people lived.

And in the eyes of the Great Wizard orchestrating today’s event, these ordinary people...clearly were not in his consideration.

Under the dominion of powerful spells, Barrier Mountain was indeed rising from the ground.

But in reality, a mountain ascending was nothing like cleanly separating two blocks.

Falling rocks, fractured mountain bodies, and gaping crevasses...

Any change during the mountain’s ascent was a deadly natural disaster that could instantly claim lives of those without the ability to cast spells.

Even as Barrier Mountain ascended, some people were falling from the sky, helplessly crashing to their death on the ground below.

Above, Barrier Mountain soared high.

Below, lives continued to perish in the ruins of the underground city.

Two starkly different worlds created a striking and shocking contrast.

Ronald was in a terrible mood now.

Although he hadn’t formed any bonds with the ordinary people in the "Infinite Negative Domain," witnessing such a gruesome scene, no normal person could feel good.

Moreover, Ronald now harbored a pressing question about the necessity for them to leave:

"Catherine, do we really need to leave in such a hurry?"

"Even if Barrier Mountain flies up, it won’t have much impact on us, right?"

Catherine simply pointed towards the distance:

"Keep watching."

"..."

It didn’t take long for Ronald to understand what Catherine was pointing at.

"The Well of Judgement."

At the bottom of the Well of Judgement, which directly connected to the Earth’s depths, the high-temperature red magma, pre-activated by Magic Power, erupted from here, instantly flooding the ground beneath Barrier Mountain.

The Spell continued to take effect, and the magma’s activity showed no sign of stopping.

The red, lethal high temperatures started flowing on the ground, swirling upward, and finally, it seemed like a hurricane that enveloped the entire Barrier Mountain. Unless one could break through this high-speed rotating magma, no one outside could enter, and no one inside could leave.

This...

did not seem like a scene created just to establish a fortress.

Ronald realized this, and the fortress in the distance overhead confirmed his thoughts.

"This is a battlefield where life and death will be decided."

The sudden rise of Barrier Mountain was not merely the Wizards’ simple desire to transform this academy into a very strong fortress.

In this rapidly changing situation.

Just a few hours ago, quiet in the night, an innumerable count of Magic Power Fluctuations began erupting from the entire mountain.

With the aid of the power known as "Fury."

Ronald’s perception of Barrier Mountain was crystal clear.

Wizards from various schools were assembling, then they gathered into two clearly opposing forces and began to wage war against each other. At such a time, the number of people became the most significant factor influencing the outcome of the battle.

The side with fewer people...

although still temporarily fighting centered around some Great Wizards.

Should this battle continue to drain their resources, victory would become increasingly out of their reach.

At this point, Catherine spoke up:

"Ronald, if we two were over there, we’d now be involved in this battle too. In a situation where dozens of Great Wizards are fighting, we would also face some very tricky..."

"Roar—"

Before Catherine could finish, an inhuman, earth-shattering roar erupted from Barrier Mountain.

And then...

powerful and sinister Magic Power burst from within the mass of Barrier Mountain, even distorting the surrounding magma hurricane.

Boom!

In less than a breath’s time, the middle of Barrier Mountain violently exploded.

A huge tentacle forcefully ripped apart a section of the mountain, then dragged its body out from within.

The monster had over a dozen enormous tentacles, an octopus’s head, and bat wings, with a kilometer-high body presenting a nauseating green color.

Anyone who saw the shape of this creature.

would instantly begin experiencing a powerful mental contamination that started infecting their spirit and bizarrely began transforming their physical bodies from the inside. It didn’t even need to move, just standing there, it was an unavoidable colossal disaster.

— It was Bapulor.

Ronald certainly recognized the identity of this monster.

The leader of the heretical Magicians, who, after entering "The Infinite Negative Realm" and using the Complete Technique, manifested terrifying abilities from two other dimensions.

The massive form of a thousand meters.

Its very presence was an impossible threat to ignore.

And seeing Bapulor’s present posture, Ronald naturally thought of Cthulhu; there was a difference in physical forms but an undeniable connection between the two.

It seemed just as he had thought back in Berengaria.

"The Cthulhu Mythos" original text, had also formed a canon in this world.

"..."

At that very moment, Catherine, who was standing beside him, furrowed her brows.

For her, the head of the astronomy tower,

this was another colossal change that exceeded predictions.

Catherine did not hesitate to activate her Spell. After completing another prediction, she immediately addressed Ronald:

"Ronald, is this creature your companion?"