Chapter 420: Earthquake (1/2)
Somewhere in California, a red-haired man walked down the street with his girlfriend. ”Do you want to visit the coast before going home?”
”Sure.” The girl agreed with a smile.
It was a peaceful day just like any other. However, it soon changed when the girl suddenly dropped to the side as if someone tripped her despite the fact that no one was beside her other than her boyfriend.
”Kya—”
”Wha—” The man widened his eyes before his knees were shaken due to some sort of energy from the ground. ”What is happ—”
Before he finished, he saw the closest tall building near his position began swaying left and right. ”Earthquake!” shouted the boy as he hugged his girlfriend, trying to protect her.
”Aaaah!”
The girl screamed out loud, panicked. She ended up hugging him tightly.
Everything began to shake before all the people, vehicles, and any other things that moved came to a halt.
Bang.
Bang.
Boom.
Many people crashed due to the earthquake and some even exploded. Screams of the people filled the entire area as they tried to take a cover in this messy situation.
The ground kept shaking for a few minutes. Cracks began to appear and some buildings had collapsed. People were panicking everywhere, but it was hard for them to move due to this earthquake. Explosions began to ring in their ears one after another.
The people only hoped to stay alive in this situation before they could even search for an escape route.
After a total of five minutes, the ground stopped shaking and the people looked around them, finding so many red lights coming from afar. It brightened the sky red and covered the cloud with its own black smoke.
”What is happening?” The boy drew a gasp as he didn't have enough strength to stand up.
Suddenly, everyone felt the vibration from their device.
[Emergency Situation]
[9.2 megathrust earthquake. High probability of tsunami. All citizens in California are ordered to migrate to higher ground or far from the coast as the tsunami has a high chance of bringing magical beasts from the sea.]
”What? This is a mess!” The girl shouted and dropped her device on the ground, seeing the unrealistic number.
”!!!”
”Run!”
”We need to get into the higher ground as soon as possible.”
”Hurry up!”
More and more people started to react and brought the closest people with them, trying to flee from the tsunami.
Crack.
Crack.
Crack.
Suddenly, a series of cracking sounds echoed as the people near that place could see a huge crack on the ground. It spread to all directions, had the size of ten meters in radius and kept getting bigger.
”Out of the way!”
”Run!”
They, especially the ones above the crack, panicked and ran with their lives, knowing something bad would happen if they didn't escape.
Unfortunately, their luck was too low as the ground crumbled as if swallowed by the Earth. It didn't stop there.
Countless screams resounded and got louder and louder before rats, ants, and many other animals that were living underground suddenly escaped from the hole, terrorizing everyone in the area.
They killed all the humans in sight without any exception.
When everyone thought that the situation couldn't get any worse, the crack became even bigger before a giant brown-colored mole emerged from within. Despite only showing half of its body, the mole already reached five meters high.
When the couple's eyes intertwined with the mole, their faces became pale.
Unfortunately, they didn't have a chance to even scream as the mole swiped its claw, creating a powerful shock wave that cut them into few pieces along with the building behind them.
…
Meanwhile, in the airplane, Kai and the others had the chance to talk with each other since the first class could turn the seats around and hide the compartments.
”Huft. That's a lot of work.” Kai let out a long sigh.
”Indeed.” Michelle agreed while leaning on the chair. ”To think we needed to kill so many magical beasts even with the help of the Turtle Group.”
”To be honest, that Turtle Group deserved its reputation as even I couldn't find an army like that other than Sir Ethan's army,” Isabelle recalled their fight together and praised them.
”You probably should include General Rain's army since he has enough reputation. Though, I don't have any experience with his army.” Sofia nodded.