[You have entered a death zone with penalty of 2,000 lives]
Inside the gate, the group found themselves in what appeared to be a cave.
Grant, the vanguard, immediately activated a lighting rune, brilliant illumination flooding the space and revealing their surroundings in stark detail.
Their eyes scanned the environment. It was a spacious cavern, high-ceilinged and wide, with rough stone walls that glistened with moisture. Multiple tunnels branched off in different directions, suggesting a complex underground network.
But they weren't the only ones there.
The team was surrounded.
Hundreds of beasts filled the cavern, their bodies pressed together in a dense pack that blocked every visible exit. Creatures with muscular frames, scaled hides, and razor-sharp fangs. Saliva dripped from their mouths, pooling on the stone floor as they stared at the intruders with predatory hunger.
