Everything returned to calmness, but the underground vault laboriously constructed by the Pawnshop, after dozens of Sprite Ball Bombs exploded, had collapsed extensively. The ancient city ruins above ground had not been spared either, all overturning and leaving a vast pit, the remaining subterranean structures now perilous houses on the verge of falling beneath the sand...
Rustle, rustle—
After an unknown amount of time, a pile of burgeoning rubble suddenly began to heave incessantly.
"Roar!"
"Get out of my way!"
A roar emanated from beneath the debris.
Immediately thereafter, the stones rolled away.
Rustle, rustle—
A man covered in dust, heaved several hundred pounds of fragmented rubble aside and emerged from the earth.
Due to excessive exertion, the man's muscles stood out in sharp relief, and wounds on his back, carved by the rocks, were bleeding profusely.
"Cough, cough..."
The man coughed up a mouthful of blood.
He swayed, looking like he might topple any moment.
