CHAPTER 595: CHAPTER 592: THE CORE OF THE WELL OF JUDGMENT

Was it a success... or a failure?

Although the power of "Fury" was monitoring the emotional fluctuations around him,

given the complex situation at Barrier Mountain, Ronald was unable to immediately discern Bapulor’s psychological activities. The result of awakening the other’s consciousness would still depend on the actual reactions observed.

However, after falling into silence,

those terrifying, gigantic tentacles really started to become motionless.

It was as if they were stunned on the spot by the magic power emitted by the envelope.

This... should be a good sign, right?

—Such thoughts began to arise in Ronald’s mind.

And seemingly confirming Ronald’s guess, the tentacles truly began to change!

At a position closer to Catherine.

A face Ronald was very familiar with emerged from beneath the skin of a tentacle.

—It was Bapulor’s appearance.

However, the outer skin of green flesh obstructed the details of the face, preventing any more detailed information from being seen from either side.

At that moment, Ronald directly locked Fury’s investigation onto Bapulor.

It was a situation worth a sigh of relief.

In the results of the investigation, the spirit state of the heretical Magician indeed appeared.

However, hindered by the influence of powerful magic, the will of this guy, who had returned from the abyss of death, had not yet awakened and was currently in a state of utter cluelessness.

"Catherine, this guy’s consciousness has returned!"

Ronald spoke to inform Catherine of this situation.

Hearing such news, the corners of the girl’s mouth immediately curled into a smile:

"I see. Understood."

Swoosh—

Suddenly, Catherine’s figure disappeared from the spot.

When she reappeared the next second, Catherine had already reached in front of the tentacles.

At this distance, Catherine clearly saw Bapulor within the tentacles. Immediately, intense magic fluctuations surged from her, instantly suppressing the activity level of the tentacles before her.

Slurp—

As the tentacles’ movement became restricted, Catherine naturally reached her hand inside.

It was like reaching into a pool of water. She tore open the tentacles, which were supposed to be extremely tough, with one motion. Then, grasping Bapulor with both hands, Catherine directly pulled the heretical Magician out.

"Hey, wake up."

Catherine called out to him, but Bapulor did not respond.

It was at this moment that the previously motionless tentacles began regaining their vitality, and the first thing they noticed, naturally, was Catherine holding Bapulor in her hands.

Watching the tentacles once again swirling towards her,

Catherine smiled calmly.

Slap!

Then, a resounding slap landed on the unconscious Bapulor’s face.

To awaken someone whose consciousness is clouded, slapping indeed always proves to be the most effective and easiest method!

Just like that, Bapulor’s eyes instantly opened wide.

Then...

Then he saw a giant tentacle smashing down upon his head.

Because Catherine had grasped his shoulders, and his neck was tilted backward during his unconscious state. So the first thing he saw upon opening his eyes was the gigantic tentacle coming down towards him.

Bapulor’s mind raced, immediately misunderstanding the situation.

"It’s deadly, the spell backfired!"

As the heretical Magician yelled out at the top of his lungs,

the tentacle hanging in midair stopped in its place, no longer moving.

The basic logic of these spell-created entities, of course, was to ensure the Caster’s safety, and their actions were merely aimed at reclaiming the Bapulor before them.

With such a change occurring,

these beings without their own consciousness naturally would not continue their attack.

"..."

Seeing this, Bapulor blinked at the tentacles.

His mind was a bit muddled.

"How come you’re not shouting anymore?"

At that moment, Bapulor felt a pair of hands on his shoulder beginning to exert force, accompanied by a familiar mocking tone.

Thus, Bapulor quickly straightened his neck.

Then he saw the mocking face of Catherine right in front of him.

"Uh... good afternoon?"

Catherine did not want to waste any more time.

With one hand, she pointed towards Ronald beside her and immediately began issuing orders:

"I don’t have time to explain more to you now."

"Let your spell continue to cause trouble here, we’re going up."

"..."

Honestly, Bapulor did not quite understand the situation at that moment.

But that did not affect his decision-making in the current state.

The familiar Ronald was beside him, and in front of him was Barrier Mountain, made a mess by his own spell. Without much consideration, Bapulor decisively followed Catherine’s instructions and regained control of the tentacles.

Boom, boom, boom—

This time, the tentacles on Barrier Mountain started wreaking havoc again.

The wizards, only given a few seconds of respite, found themselves plunged into a difficult battle once more.

And this time was unlike before.

With Bapulor, the direct manipulator of the spell, issuing commands, the efficiency of these tentacles rose not just by one level?

These thoroughly maddened tentacles—

Immediately brought the entire Barrier Mountain to the brink of collapse!

"..."

Watching the situation turn so favorable for their side, Ronald and Catherine flying in the sky exchanged glances.

In this critical moment,

That was the only somewhat good news.

At this time, Catherine pointed towards the summit of Barrier Mountain.

Ronald, understanding her gesture instinctively, waved his hand and, controlled by the spell, flew towards the summit.

The three of them approached Barrier Mountain from the air and then ascended to the top.

The Council of Six, which had been destroyed just a few days ago, was now covered with a simple earthen construction, and the scenes beneath the Pit of Judgment were completely obscured.

"..."

"Is this the end?"

Arriving here, a rare somber expression appeared on Catherine’s face.

Ronald, detecting this through the power of "Fury," immediately looked at Catherine’s face.

At that moment, her face showed a mix of loneliness mixed with contentment,

With a slight trace of relief visible.

"..."

—What’s wrong with Catherine?

At this instant, Ronald recalled the conversation they had had in the early hours of the morning.

For Ronald and Bapulor, returning to the outside world was now right before them.

But for Catherine...

Ronald wanted to say something,

But at that moment, Catherine, deviating from her usual strength, turned to Ronald with a gentle and beautiful smile.

Ronald understood the meaning behind it—don’t ask.

"..."

In the next second,

It all felt like an illusion.

Catherine, who had landed on the ground, her smile vanished, then fiercely kicked out, instantly destroying the structure covering the summit.

Pointing at the Pit of Judgment below,

The head of the Astronomical Department explained:

"The center of the Magic Array inside Barrier Mountain is right below."

"Usually, it gathers magic power, then causes the inside of the Pit of Judgment to become a no-fly zone. However, with some modifications, during special periods, it becomes the best source of immense magic power."

"Like—for example, the Array to leave this sealed world."