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At that moment, I could only assume that the key to the Lurium heist was an unknown demolition specialist. The screams, magic, and panicked breaths leaking through their masks were all buried under the enormous landslide. Unless one of them had the power to literally carve out a vacuum within a mountain of dirt, there was no way to stop it.
The translucent shield that had held for a few seconds shrank, unable to bear the weight. The mage could barely protect himself, while the still-masked escort soldiers buried under the debris struggled helplessly.
Just as a few began to move again, another explosion erupted, and the floor caved in.
BOOM!
I was glad I hadn't gone out. The secondary collapse had been calculated so precisely that it didn't even reach the vent I was hiding in. I clung tightly to the pulley fixed to the ceiling.
CRASHHHH!
As if they had been holding back the water until just then, a rush of subterranean river water flooded in with the explosion and swept away the entire procession.
About ten minutes later, only the sound of rushing water remained. Only then did I slowly emerge and look at the scene. The entire...
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