Outside, the world faded away, swallowed by the weight of stone and the heavy silence that hung in the air.
Suddenly, torches and portable floodlights mounted on the soldiers' armor flickered to life, their beams slicing through the vast stone passage ahead,an ominous throat stretching into darkness like a titan ready to swallow them whole.
The walls loomed large, expertly carved long before modern steel ever touched stone.
They towered high and smooth but were veined with cracks run deep in the walls.
Beneath their feet lay an expanse of weathered stone slabs.
Some bore faint tool marks; others were splintered by time, but most remained solid underfoot.
Each boot echoed with every step, creating a rhythm that rolled through the passage like distant drums.
Above them, the ceiling arched into shadow so high it seemed to vanish into nothingness.
Cold drafts stirred there, sighing as if even this tomb exhaled its breath.
