After a while, they came to a halt.
"This is the end. This is where we stopped last time," Raymond said, his voice carrying a weight of familiarity as he surveyed the dungeon.
The atmosphere was thick with an eerie silence. There were no monsters, no distant echoes of movement—just an unsettling stillness that made the space feel abandoned yet alive at the same time. The air itself felt heavy, as if something unseen was watching from the shadows.
Yet, the unease I felt wasn't something as simple as fear. It was deeper. Something was lurking beyond this point, far beneath the surface, just out of reach.
"Aww~..." Estelle pouted, rocking on her heels. "Can't we go just a little deeper?"
"I'm afraid not," Raymond replied, shaking his head. "That area is off-limits, even for us. Even though we're officially adventurers now, we still can't enter."
