The door itself stood slightly open.
Si Hon gradually slowed to a stop.
Above him, the stream chat exploded instantly.
「SAFE ROOM???」
「TREASURE ROOM」
「SYM. YOU MEAN… OR BOSS ROOM (≧▽≦)」
「BRO DON'T GO IN」
「THAT IS 100% A BOSS ROOM」
Si Hon stared at the doorway, breathing hard as the torch trembled slightly in his hand.
Behind him, the sounds of the cave were changing.
The distant echoes of claws scraping against stone were getting louder, faster— closer. The Munches' distorted screams bounced wildly through the tunnels, their voices multiplying as they rushed through the maze of corridors.
Too close.
Si Hon swallowed and glanced back over his shoulder.
Far down the tunnel, something moved.
Just for a second.
A shifting mass of black shapes flickering in the darkness.
Then he turned back toward the doorway again.
The opening waited silently in the stone wall, dark and unreadable, like it was watching him right back.
