After rubbing his little sister's head and wiping away the many question marks floating above it, Bell smiled and headed outside.
"Come on. If we get back too late, Hermione and the others will worry."
Shanna tilted her head and silently followed behind her brother, her mind still filled with all sorts of questions.
Bell did not stop until they had exited the cave and reached the foot of Holy Mountain. He turned to look at the mountain, which was neither tall nor steep, yet carried extraordinary significance.
"Sure enough, nothing called 'Holy Mountain' is ever wholesome."
Muttering under his breath, Bell sent the Magic Power within him into the ground through his feet.
Crack, crack~!
A layer of ice radiating bone-piercing cold spread visibly from beneath Bell's feet. Before long, it had frozen Holy Mountain and a vast area centered around it.
"Shatter!"
With a sharp shout, the ice instantly fractured. Holy Mountain was reduced to dust and vanished from the world, leaving behind only a massive pit several kilometers wide and hundreds of meters deep.
Bell raised his right hand high. Blazing flames appeared from thin air in his palm, gathering in the blink of an eye into a mighty fire dragon.
"Roar~!"
As Bell swung his hand forward, the fire dragon roared and plunged into the pit. The violent flames not only completely dispersed the chill within, but also melted the rock and soil into lava that trickled toward the bottom. Before long, a lake of magma appeared where Holy Mountain had once stood.
He wondered what expressions the orcs of that unknown tribe would make when they discovered that their Holy Mountain had suddenly disappeared.
Just in case, Bell carefully inspected the surrounding area for a while longer. Only after repeatedly confirming that all land containing