After spending what felt like several endless days trapped inside the [Depths], a place that warped time and suffocated all sense of direction, Alex had finally stumbled upon something that gave him the faintest glimmer of progress.
He stepped into an open clearing where the oppressive fog of the [Depths] seemed to waver slightly, as though even the realm itself was hesitant to encroach too deeply here.
[You have discovered the "Nightmare Temple."]
The prompt echoed softly in his mind, but it didn't bring him the kind of comfort he had hoped for.
Instead, it only confirmed that his journey through this hellish space wasn't even close to finished.
And it was unexpected.
Contrary to what the name might have implied, the "temple" wasn't some massive ancient structure made of black stone or towering spires.
There were no walls, no gates, no guards.
Nothing like the grand, ominous sanctuaries from places like [Dragon City].
Instead, this so-called "temple" was wide open.
