The pulsing finally stopped, but the silence that followed was worse than the tremors, worse than the meteors. It pressed down on me, thick and suffocating, until even the sound of my heartbeat felt too loud.
I swallowed hard, forcing myself to take a step back, but the ground beneath me suddenly bulged and split. A thin line of fire snaked its way through the cracks in the dirt, crawling like veins of molten blood.
The heat intensified, and my throat burned whenever I tried to breathe.
Ah, it was sulphur.
I needed to get to somewhere where I could breathe normally. It would be harmful for me to stay here any longer.
It seems I can't even assure Sung-min that I'm fine like this.
I began to walk, heading away from the crack as far as possible.
And then... BOOM. Like thunder clashing heavily, the sky and the ground shook.
