But setting all that aside, she looked like any other witch among the Black Witches.
Taken as a whole, though,
that very ordinariness was what made her seem so extraordinary.
Wait!
Come to think of it...
The Magic Power here felt wrong, too.
It was remarkably like Eureka a hundred years ago.
A Heavy Magic Zone!
Slow-witted Catherine finally realized what had been bothering her.
This was a rare Heavy Magic Zone where humans could actually survive!?
She hadn't noticed earlier because they had been surrounded.
But when this person charged over just now,
Catherine had seen clearly through the momentary gap in the machines.
The land below hardly looked like the Karim Continent at all.
It was a scene bursting with life.
There were green plants and maple trees covering the hills, sights you would never find on the Karim Continent.
There were bustling cities, too.
Most importantly, Catherine had even glimpsed what looked like a lake at the edge of a city through the corner of her Magic Eye!!
Don't mistake that for something commonplace.
Lakes—or rather, fresh water—were exceedingly rare on the polluted Karim Continent.
It was nothing like Storm Island, where rivers and streams could be found everywhere.
On the Karim Continent, finding water didn't mean you could drink it.
Compared with Storm Island,
the water here contained at least ten times as much Magic Power.
That wasn't a number to shrug off.
Using it untreated could cost someone their life.
Remember the people who drank untreated water when they first crossed over?
Afterward, they either suffered violent diarrhea or dropped dead.
The situation here was much the same.
And that was before considering how the local environment contaminated the water.
Forget worrying about the water alone.
To survive on the Karim Continent, you even had