The giant took shape once more. The platform beneath everyone's feet kept rising, lifted all the way to its midsection.
They saw the earth bulge into an exaggerated curve, mountain ranges fold upward, and towering peaks become bones. The world stood up.
And they were held in the giant's palm.
Behind them was a body formed from countless peaks, its limits beyond sight, standing before their eyes like a rampart of the world.
The giant lying on its bed of earth opened its eyes. A being even larger than the last rose from the Level Seven Region, plucking a vast expanse of land out of thin air.
It was as though a piece had been gouged out of the world map.
And the being represented by that piece began to stride forward before the eyes of the countless Calamities swarming to attack.
Everyone standing in the giant's hand wore numb expressions.
Even the fierce wind battering their faces could not change that.
The Calamities gathered on the ground gaped, their gazes tilting upward until they could no longer see where it ended.
Clang...
Someone's weapon fell to the ground, its crash ringing out in the dead silence.
"Calamity Lord above, I just saw the earth run away on its own."
"Calamity Lord above, your Blessed One seems to have witnessed something incredible."
The Kings floating high in the sky could only watch the giant leave, not daring to stand in its way.
They could feel the fighting spirit rising within that body. That will, powerful enough to crush every obstacle, was absolutely not something they could shake.
"That body already rivals a Calamity's."
"The Withered Glory Theatre made everything clear. That should be [Earthshaker]'s body at its peak. Calamity Lord-level power isn't something we can stop."
"So is Hold Up