Special Zone World.
This was the name Japan had given it.
But this world was actually called the "Falmart Continent."
And the "Arnus Hill" where the "Ginza Gate" stood was located at the very center of the entire continent.
"Phew... With this, it should be difficult for them to come through from the other side again anytime soon."
The elderly Cato let out a sigh of relief as he looked at his handiwork.
Lelei, Itami Youji, and the others also focused their gazes on the "Ginza Gate."
The originally grand and magnificent "stone palace," with sapphires embedded along both sides and above it,
had been completely sealed beneath thick layers of ice and earth.
They had just watched Cato first send the surrounding soil and some tanks and armored vehicles into the pitch-black "Gate."
Then he used ice magic to freeze it thoroughly inside and out, further reinforcing its overall strength.
Itami Youji estimated that even a main battle tank from the other side might not be able to blast it open.
But this also meant that it would not be easy for those from Japan to return home.
Still, at least they were alive.
As Itami Youji surveyed the battlefield littered with corpses, he consoled himself with that thought.
Following his gaze, one could see Kazahana Yasuhiro and Ruri Seiji lying silently on the ground.
They were dead. One had died beneath the loli's scythe, while the other had fallen to Cato's lightning.
This was hardly surprising. It was war, after all—a fight to the death.
However, Cato and the others had not killed Kurosuki Raiga and Taketori Kazushi. Instead, they used magic to put them to sleep before binding them tightly with thick ropes.
Originally, Cato had wanted to kill Taketori Kazushi as well.
But the loli said