Book 6: Chapter 43:1: One Goddess Causing Many Problems, Part 1


    Soon, the suction stopped pulling on the adventurers. However, as they were already floating, they crashed onto the city walls when the suction vanished.


    Chen Heng intervened to prevent the innocent adventurers from being pulverized by the ck hole; he had set up a massive attraction barrier in front of the city walls.


    This barrier wrapped around the wall facing the ck hole, ensuring that as long as the adventurers stayed within its confines, they would be safe from the ck hole’s pull.


    While Chen Heng protected the city, he had neither the time nor the inclination to shield the surrounding mountains and trees.


    The vicinity of the ck hole witnessed everything getting sucked into its void: trees, rocks, monsters—nothing escaped its pull. Everything floated up and flew toward the ck hole.


    It was not just physical objects, but even light became trapped; the ck hole twisted light, making the surroundings ominously dark, painting a picture reminiscent of the end of the world.


    The colossal Destroyer below the ck hole was the closest thing to it and suffered the worst from the suction.


    Despite the Destroyer’s immense size and weight, it couldn’t resist the ck hole’s suction after the ck hole grewrger and the suction intensified. The Destroyer floated up, moving toward the ck hole.


    “It’s the end of the world! Run!”


    “So terrifying!”


    “What on earth is that?!”


    Those unaware of the situation abandoned the walls when they witnessed the horror, running as far from the ck hole as they could.


    Although they did not know why everything behind the city walls was not affected, they guessed a powerful wizard was behind it.


    However, while it looked safe, what if that mage lost control?


    The adventurers were not foolish, and they were not used to trusting their lives to someone else. When encountering this kind of situation, the best option, of course, would be to run as far away as possible. Protect the city? How silly! With the city’s two primary damage dealers rendered hors debat—Megumin was out of mana and Wiz wasn’t much better—the situation looked dire.


    Furthermore, this ck hole seemed even more terrifying than the self-destructing Destroyer.


    Soon, only Satou Kazuma’s party and a lich named Wiz remained by the city wall.


    “Big-Big Brother, did-did you make that?” Satou Kazuma trembled as he pointed at the horrifying ck hole.


    “That’s right. What about it?”


    “It’s a ck hole! A ck hole!”


    “It’s indeed a ck hole. I made it.” Chen Heng appeared nonchnt as he looked at Satou Kazuma with disdain.


    <em>Isn’t it just a ck hole? What’s so scary about it?</em>


    “Big Brother, how can you sound so casual? This is a ck hole! Furthermore, Big Brother, can you control this ck hole? What if you lose control and it grows evenrger? Then it won’t just consume the city. What if it keeps expanding? The entire continent will be destroyed sooner orter!” As Satou Kazuma spoke, he broke out in a cold sweat.


    Had Satou Kazuma known this was Chen Heng’s big move, he would not have called Chen Heng over to help, even if he was beaten to death. Treason against a nation would be better than treason against the world.


    As a person from the modern world, he knew the terrors of a ck hole better than anyone else here.


    “This is not a real ck hole, just something I simted with my ability. I have full control over it. Look, hasn’t the ck hole already stopped expanding? Of course, if you want a real ck hole, I can give you one. Interested?”


    “No! No! No! I’m not interested at all! Big Brother, calm down. Just maintain the ck hole’s current effect; that will be enough. Actually, you didn’t need to create a ck hole in the first ce. Themotion is too big, isn’t it?”


    “That’s easy to say. If themotion is not big, how will it cover up themotion from when I take the Coronatite?”


    “…” <em>There’s no longer anyone in the vicinity. Big Brother, you can already do as you please. Really!</em>


    “Kazuma, are we really not going to flee?” Megumin whispered to Satou Kazuma from his back.


    “Let me go! Let me go! A ck hole? Is this what a ck hole looks like? It looks terrifying. If I get sucked in, I’ll surely be crushed into dust!” Darkness, suspended above the group by Chen Heng’s attraction ability, gazed at the ck hole, her face flush with a mix of fear and excitement.


    “We probably don’t need to run, right? We should trust my big brother. Since he made it, he should be able to control it, probably…?” As Kazuma spoke, he remembered the creator of the mobile fortress….


    “Rx! This will be over soon.” Chen Heng attempted to reassure everyone. However, upon noticing their continued unease, he shifted his attention back to the ck hole he had created.


    At this point, the colossal Destroyer was quickly approaching the 20-meter-wide ck hole.


    Although big, the ck hole was nothingpared to the Destroyer, not even half asrge.


    Once the Destroyer made contact, it began to contort and fold as if an invisible hand were crumpling it like a sheet of paper.


    It got sucked into the ck hole bit by bit, a mesmerizing sight resembling a small fish consuming a muchrger one. However, no one doubted their eyes.


    Two secondster, the once gigantic Destroyer had been swallowed entirely, yet the ck hole remained unchanged.


    Kazuma squinted, trying to glimpse the core of the ck hole, but it was impossible. Who knows how much more the ck hole could consume?


    After the mobile fortress was consumed, the ck hole didn’t stop. It continued to devour everything around it, pulling in broken clods of soil,rge trees, and even mountains, as well as frightened animals that couldn’t escape in time. The surrounding light distorted, plunging areas outside the city walls into darkness. Inside the walls, the day remained sunny, unaffected by the chaos outside.


    The ck hole was already bending the surrounding light, depriving the area outside the city walls of illumination. It looked like the advent of the apocalypse. Strong gales blew as the ck hole consumed everything.


    On the other side of the city walls, the scene was theplete opposite.


    While the outside was dark and looked like the end of the world, the city remained calm and peaceful, with not even a gentle zephyr.