'Don't you feel the quakes increasing in strength, we need to leave this place unless you want to be buried here' she said in a panic. Although she was a fifth level warrior, she was still human and was also worried about her sister.
She did not want to die pointlessly.
'Alright,' Wesley looked at her panicked face and bent down. He picked up the nearest woman to him which turned out to be Melina and told Grog to pick up Vane.
'Follow me' they ran off following him, the good thing he still remembered the tunnels he had used. He just hoped they had not yet been destroyed.
As he ran he turned to Verina and asked, 'do you know what is happening?'
Verina frowned at the question. She was not used to other people asking questions I a direct manor to her like this, she was the one used to the asking but this was a trying time.
But still she furrowed her brows in a frown. She peeked a look at him and decided to answer him although she was not happy.
'The city lord in a fit of anger used a destruction lightning bead to kill off the beasts we were fighting'
'stupid… stupid… stupid' she added with a curse. 'anyone with a little bit of common sense would not set up such a huge explosion in cramped places like this. The explosion will bring up a pressure wave that will destroy everything in its path, us included since we are currently in these tunnels or if you survive that, then you have to worry about not being buried by the falling earth'
'Oh, if that is the case, then we have to hurry up' Wesley pointed out. 'but why is it that you are better off than these two' Wesley added her question.
He had noticed that despite her injuries, she could actually keep pace with them and was curious because the other two women could not even lift a finger and were just being carried.
'I am stronger than them' she snorted at the question and answered. She had started to not like this boy. Wesley with his divine sense noticed this displeasure and decided not to interact with her unless he was forced to.
'Whoosh' a hot wave of air shot past them and lifted their robes and hair.
'oh no' Verina shouted. 'it has caught up, run' she increased her speed and tried to outrun the killer wave behind them. This was just the precursor to the expanding wave of destruction caused by the lightning bead.
'Give me my sister' she pointed at Wesley in frustration. She felt he wasn't running fast enough.
Without thinking much of it, he threw the woman he was carrying towards her.
'huh' Verina caught her sister and frowned at Wesley. 'when I get out of this, I will make you pay' she thought in anger.
She took this as a slight to her for Wesley had not showed any trace of respect towards her.
But she forgot that Wesley did not know her and at the same time did not have to help them out of the mines.
Wesley had long wanted to distance himself from the ungrateful woman so he had not hesitated to throw her sister towards her. He did not want anything to do with her.
'Be nice, he is trying to help us' Melina whispered hoarsely to Verina in admonishment.
'hmph' she just snorted and continued running.
After a while, they saw a flickering light ahead, 'we are almost out.
It was at this time the world stopped as if awaiting a sign and then 'boom' there was a whooshing sound that came after them with tremendous force.
It hit them and pushed them against the walls like they were made of nothing. Some of them spat out blood and could not get up again, as for Wesley because his robe was graded weapon, he did not suffer any injuries, he just felt winded.
Wesley turned and looked at grog, he noticed the woman was more injured than before and when he saw hoe Grog was carrying her, it hit him then.
Grog had used her as cushion first to block the wave and then to avoid the walls of the tunnels.
'what a ruthless fellow' he thought and continued running. He was not going to mind about a stranger in this deadly situation and since she was with that ungrateful woman, this gave him more reason to mind his business.
The good thing about the force that had just hit them was that it continued to push them out of the mine tunnels.
Verina and Melina being at the front were the first to be pushed out and they fell out of the mouth of the mine like seeds spat out of a mouth.
'hmmmm' Verina and Melina spat out some blood and groaned in pain but they were happy they were out of the mines.
'We still need to be as far away from this area before the mine sinks' Verina thoughtfully said to her sister as she felt the ground rippling like beast was moving under them.
'What about the rest and Vane, we were supposed to help her out' lamented Melina.
'Mind about you self first' Verina barked back and with unfounded strength stood up, grabbed her sister and took off.
Melina looked back at the entrance worriedly and prayed for Vane and the rest of the warriors. Before they totally disappeared from the mouth of the mine, she saw Wesley jump out of the tunnel while coughing and before she released a sigh of relief, she heard a rumbling sound.
The mouth of the mine broke apart and swallowed everything in its vicinity including Wesley.
'oh no'
'What?' Verina asked in a breathless voice. 'that boy got swallowed' she chocked out.
'Good riddance.' Verina smirked and increased her speed.
…....
As for Wesley, he was also cursing his luck at this moment. He had just jumped out and thought he had survived but the world had to kick him in the unmentionables.
The ground gave up and he felt himself fall back. There was nothing he could hold onto, just the suffocating feeling of being buried in loosed earth. Wesley could feel himself sinking and he started flailing about to get any support.
He didn't even have time to worry about Grog and the rest, the only thing that crossed his mind at this time was a name and he shouted it out desperately.
'Tresse'