Her hands once again touched the falling giant corpse, the burning pain still there, and that layer of water膜 did not provide much help. Yet Miss Sander still forced herself not to pull her hands back, fighting with all her strength to push upward. Even if she couldn't stop the Stone Gate from falling, she thought that slowing its descent even a little would be good enough.
But she couldn't even do that. The sealing methods of an ancient Witch of the Earth were not something a single Mermaid could contend with.
And this repeated attempt wasted a bit of Time, letting the Stone Gate descend to half its height. When she finally gave up trying and once again knelt down to look inside, the four people behind the gate were drawing ever closer, but Miss Sander could see clearly—they absolutely would not make it in Time.
"Give it up."
