Book 18 Chapter 4: Part 2
“(Kuu?)”
Yuzuha’s ears suddenly stretched. She looked at the lava as if scanning it for something, her ears twitching.
“(I thought there might be magma inside, and I guess I was right.)”
“(I know we’re equipped against the heat, but I would’ve been happier if you were wrong…)”
The magma spread in all directions, scorching the ground in its wake, even swallowing the Red Core Pillars. Its temperature had to be extremely high: the pillars toppled and sank in it in mere seconds.
The magma continued spreading wider and wider, but for the time being it was damaging the Red Core Pillars more than Shin’s party.
“(I doubt we can enter from there. From the looks of it, going inside from underground would be impossible too.)”
“(I guess we have to climb over the walls.)”
Shin had prepared other plans in case they couldn’t destroy the walls or couldn’t get inside even if they did. Based on the presence of overflowing magma inside the Sacred Place, going inside from underground would surely be dangerous, Schnee pointed out.