Besides the lantern dangling from the ceiling, very little light is coming from any other direction. You get up from the cold stone floor, positioning yourself on your feet. After the complete silence you heard from the last level, you're grateful to at least hear something. A cold gust of wind passes through the caverns, making a low-pitched hum. You reach for the lantern above you, detaching it from a string it hung from. The flame inside makes a calming crackle sound, soothing your anxiety as you focus on it.
You tread through the dark labyrinth, noticing a faint shine coming from some of the minerals contained in the walls, creating a small glow around itself. The silhouettes of the stalactites above you resemble that of a crowd of monstrous arms fracturing the ceiling as it breaks through. Each step you make produces a thunderous echo through every passageway, tricking your brain into thinking that somebody else is walking with you. Although the area seems to be isolated, your instincts think otherwise.
After a few minutes of spelunking, you manage to come across a large and barren area with a small pond in the center appearing completely still. The limestone hanging from the ceiling drips onto the surface of the pond, creating small pitter-patter sounds. You try your best to make your way around the room, attempting to check your surroundings in case someone or something is trying to sneak up on you. However, the lantern makes it difficult for your eyes to dilate, as its orange glow shines on your vision, preventing you from seeing past its light.
You stop walking and lower the lantern's bright glare, hoping that your eyes will adjust to naturally see through the area. After a few seconds of pondering, you notice that the echoes of your footsteps haven't stopped yet. The faint reverberation continues through the cave, even though you're standing still. What's even worse is the fact that it doesn't even sound like your footsteps anymore. Your heartbeat starts to accelerate as you stand still in utter shock. You don't know whether to run away from the noise or wait and hope that the sound goes away.
Eventually, the footsteps get louder and gradually faster, making it seem like whatever it was has just found you. You instantly start running out of the area and back into another path, praying that it won't be a dead end. You start sprinting so fast that the light from the lantern dies out, causing you to run around in absolute darkness. Instinctively, you turn around, lift the lantern up into the air, and throw it as hard as possible at whatever may be running at you, sprinting away immediately after.
A loud crash of broken glass is heard in the distance with nothing but silence shortly after. You eventually bump into a wall after a few seconds of running and try to feel your way around for another path. Nothing is there. You have officially reached a dead end. You hold your breath and press yourself back up against the wall, staying as still as you possibly can, even though your body is shaking heavily.
Your eyes slowly start to visualize the shadow that stands in the distance. It looks human, but you can clearly tell that something doesn't seem right. It starts looking around, stepping on the shattered glass in front of it. It doesn't look like it knows where you are but for some strange reason... It's smiling.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the human-like figure starts to shift into an amorphous blob, exposing multiple tentacles that reach for the walls. The monster fits itself into a small crevice that seems almost impossible to even put your arm inside. It makes a loud hissing sound as it perfectly fits its entire body into the hole with no trace of this monster even being here.
After a short amount of time, you let go of your breath, sliding down onto the floor in pure defeat. At this very moment, you have never seen something so terrifying. Based off of the fact that this is the danger that's lurking around this cavern, you wonder if you have the ability and luck to pull off such an escape from this place.
The monster's hissing noises gradually fall silent, with nothing to listen to but the soft humming of the wind.
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