บท 565: The Cathedral [Pt 1]

>BOOOOMMM!!!<

A wave of black sand burst in several directions as I unleashed my Mana.

The ground sunk, heaps of the sooty material scattered across the area. Still, I saw nothing but more sand underneath.

"Guess we'll keep digging… and quickly." I smiled at Maria.

My partner nodded at me with determined eyes, even though her face remained stoic.

She released her Mana too, sending a different feel into the air.

The both of us began using our respective energies to blast away the sand until we created a massive crater in the middle of the desert.

It took us a very long time to get to wa the very bottom.

At this point, a sheer amount of sand had already covered us from the top, but thanks to Maria's Mana field, we weren't buried by their overwhelming quantity.

'I've lost count of how long we've been digging… and how deep we are.' My mind echoed as we were surrounded darkness.