Although the joint forces had quickly taken over the fortress and suppressed the betrayers, Bellid followers, and the undead, they had failed to fulfill their ultimate goal of preventing the destruction of the Horus Gorge. Accordingly, the stream flowing in through the gorge continued to expand at a frightening speed from the heavy downpour. However, their efforts weren’t completely in vain.

“If we consider the power that the statue diffused, the explosion should have been much bigger. Then, there would’ve been a bigger commotion at the Horus Gorge and there would have been many more stones blocking the gorge. Then, naturally, the damage caused by the flood would’ve been bigger,” Zich said.

Weig agreed. “Now that I think about it, when the statue was emitting light, there was a lot of power seeping out of it. Those guys must have tried to use the power solely for the explosion, but we must have arrived before their preparations were done. We probably cornered those guys to speed up the explosion while also forcing them to sacrifice their lives,” Weig said. He exactly saw through what just happened. However, his voice lacked strength as he added, “However, it breaks...