The Portal Was Probably Going to Close

"This idea was immediately approved by everyone in the Empire, so the two of them joined forces to oversee the sacrifice."

"In the end, the ritual was a great success, and the concentration of Magic Power across the continent rose considerably."

"It even resulted in quite a few more Heavy Magic Zones."

"But because it was so successful, many people couldn't adapt to the concentration of Magic Power and died on the spot."

Katie told them the story of what had happened in this world.

At first, everyone had simply taken it as a story.

But when they heard the ending—when they heard that people had died because they couldn't adapt to the Magic Power—they realized something was wrong.

After all, this was Katie.

There was no way she'd tell them something like this for no reason.

And if she'd told them, then she must have had a reason.

For example...

"Could it be that everywhere outside Storm Island, which is covered by the Magic Protective Shield, has an extremely high concentration of Magic Power?"

Lan Qingyou, who had been trying to help her "teacher" out of an awkward situation, hadn't even had time to dig herself a three-bedroom apartment with her toes.

Then the question suddenly occurred to her.

Katie immediately shook her head.

"Of course not."

"Phew..."

"After a thousand years of erosion, everywhere except Storm Island has become a Heavy Magic Zone."

"..."

Well, that was worse than she'd expected.

Katie's dramatic pause had made Lan Qingyou tense up again just after she'd breathed a sigh of relief.

Heavy Magic Zones...

They were no joke.

Although Flying City Eureka had also become a Heavy Magic Zone because of the Perching Giant Tree, the change had happened gradually.

So the Black Witches who lived there hadn't felt that