Chapter 169

Gadrian pulled us up from above, and Cassion pushed us from below. Maybe because the god had vanished, the mana that had been blocked inside Cassion flowed freely again, and we made it out of the sinkhole without any trouble.

After that, Cassion and Gadrian worked together to rescue the people and monsters who'd been left floating, suspended in midair.

"We need to seal this place up, Sir Devally."

I said to Devally, who'd come rushing over the moment he heard I'd gone down into the earth myself.

"It's awfully deep, though."

"Could we not fill it in, even if it took moving an entire mountain?"

If people accidentally wandered through here someday and an accident happened—

That could end up being the catastrophe, too.

I resolved to eliminate every possible risk of an accident happening here going forward, whatever the cost.

"Yes, understood."

Devally looked troubled, but he didn't…