Chapter 21: The Cornered Rats
BOOM!
The intense quakes rattled the mining shaft and sent puffs of smoke flying outward.
Outside Northpeak Shaft, a covered wagon filled with goods had stopped beside the tattered inn at the foot of the winding mountainous path.
Several adventurers looked at the rising smoke from the mountain in astonishment.
“Is that… an earthquake?”
“Doesn’t seem like it. I’ve never heard of any earthquakes near Thunderbuzz City, and the shaking is too weak to be an earthquake.”
A more experienced adventurer looked toward the forest, where resting birds remained perched on branches. They didn’t flee in alarm.
Clearly, the quakes were limited to just the mines.
“Is someone developing the mines?” a long-haired man carrying a shortbow asked.