Chapter 47
Rumble!
From far away, the ground rumbled.
Creak! Creak!
The door and window let out piercing screams. The bed sloshed like a lake disturbed by a stone.
“…Huh?”
Sam opened his eyes from his deep sleep. His vision was blurry from lying down, but he abruptly got up.
‘An earthquake?’
He arched his back. Everyone feared a natural disaster like an earthquake, but miners feared them even more, and Sam especially disliked earthquakes.
The earthquake soon stopped, but Sam’s heart failed to calm down.
‘Let me take a look outside.’
The earthquake might have affected the mine. He couldn’t investigate its effects carefully at this time of the night, but he could scan the mine’s exterior. He quickly put on his clothes and got out.
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Hans stared at the window that Zich jumped out of.
‘What is going on?’