The battle continued, the scene descended into chaos, and the tremors in the ground kept intensifying...
Because the power of the atomic bomb detonated more than two hundred meters beneath the ground continued to be released, because Vesuvius Dak Volcano was slowly awakening under the atomic bomb's intense stimulation, an ever-growing depression was forming around Number Twelve District of Pompeii Town, like a black hole swallowing everything on the surface.
More and more ground began to churn, as though some enormous reptile were moving beneath the surface. Buildings throughout Pompeii Town started to tilt, shift, crack, and collapse.
Fortunately, this release of power was far less sudden and rapid than the atomic bomb's detonation. It was a comparatively lengthy process, slower than the tremors by nine, ten, or even eleven orders of magnitude.
This gave the injured Wizards on the surface of Pompeii Town time to react. While dodging the various dangers caused by the changing terrain, they also moved to stop Richard and his group from breaking out.
A moment after the battle erupted.
"Crack, crack, crack."
On one side of the square, a four-story Stone Tower kept tilting amid piercing noises before finally crashing onto the square with a boom.
A great cloud of dust rose up. Under its cover, three Wizards quietly appeared, aiming at the rear of Richard's group as they silently prepared spells for a sneak attack.
Visible to the naked eye, several black corrosive Energy Arrows over half a meter long slowly solidified and took shape within the dust, on the verge of completion.
At that moment, Pandora, at the rear of Richard's breakout group and about to leave the square, sensed something. She abruptly raised her head and looked toward the three vague figures visible through the dust. Without the slightest hesitation, Pandora