Eric and Alina moved forward with extreme caution, their footsteps echoing eerily in the stone corridors of the hidden Spider Syndicate base.
The air was thick with the metallic smell of blood and the unsettling quiet that follows intense violence. Every shadow seemed to hold a new threat, every drip of water from the ceiling made them jump.
They were stepping deeper and deeper into an environment that felt like a freshly painted nightmare.
As they advanced, they encountered more grim evidence of the brutal conflict that had clearly raged through these tunnels just moments before Eric had regained consciousness.
The corridor ahead was scattered with even more bodies, a horrifying tableau of death. Some wore the rough, dark clothing of the Spider Syndicate thugs. Others, shockingly, were clad in the polished red and gold armor of Roland Kingdom knights.
