After wave after wave of earth-shaking explosions.
Watching the massive cliffs of Starfell Valley by Cider Lake ahead collapse under the blasts, countless flowers, grasses, and trees either blown away by the shockwaves or burned to charcoal by the heat, watching the huge crater at least a hundred meters across appear from nowhere as a white mushroom cloud continued rising and swelling high in the sky, and finally looking at the churning waters of Cider Lake surging into the crater, Xiangling and Klee, who were both kneeling on the ground in a sorry state despite being protected by Annie's dark-red Lava Shield at the crucial moment, were completely stunned.
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In any case, even after the enormous white mushroom cloud slowly rising and expanding reached its peak, even after the spreading dust gradually settled, and even after the chaotic air currents slowly calmed, the two girls still stared blankly ahead at the molten, high-temperature crater and its surroundings, unable to react.
Before noon, the three of them had met and gotten acquainted by the lakeside north of Springvale.
After noon, Klee had created another explosion in Cider Lake with a Jumpy Dumpty, caught several plump golden perch and bluefin perch, and then happily enjoyed an afternoon picnic on a small island in the middle of the lake. It was only at dusk that they came here together, to this corner of Starfell Valley near Cider Lake.
Then, no one knew who had started it, but someone suggested seeing whose explosives made the loudest and most powerful blast.
So they came to this cliff in Starfell Valley.
After Klee used a Jumpy Dumpty to create a modest boom that made the cliff tremble slightly, Her Majesty Queen Annie, disdainful of her opponent's "treasure," did not hesitate for even a moment.