Rumble!
The earth vein collapsed like a funnel, dragging the surrounding space inward.
But the evil spirits crawling out of the earth vein...
Were like fish in water, completely unaffected.
They swarmed in dense masses.
Moving in packs.
They charged madly toward the adventurers.
In contrast...
The force of the collapse slowed the adventurers, making every step back a struggle. With evil spirits pursuing them, escaping became even harder.
Although these evil spirits were not so terrifying that they were impossible to fight...
The time lost was the deadliest part, because the area of collapse was gradually expanding.
Those who reacted slowly...
Those who fell behind...
Several had already been swallowed by the rift.
Their screams rang out.
Even the few who had stayed above instead of joining the excitement at the Ghost Vein looked horrified.
They had expected danger.
But they had never expected anything on this scale.
It was practically an earthquake.
Terrifying!
So fucking terrifying!
The adventurers fleeing below cried and wailed, terrified that running too slowly would cost them their lives. This was not like being chased by bandits, where they could leave the people behind them as cannon fodder.
This thing attacked indiscriminately.
The only difference was speed.
Among the crowd...
The young man who had urged the others to go down seemed to be handling things with ease.
He wore a frightened expression too.
But he was running ahead of everyone else.
After all, he was strong.
And ever since they had started picking ghost herbs, he had stayed on the outskirts. Unlike some people, who had lost their heads and actually climbed onto the earth vein when they saw the denser growth of ghost herbs there.
Well, now look at them.
They had lost everything.
Shifty as this young man was, he certainly