FALL OF THE ANCIENTs

e fate of their fallen comrade. But as they battled against the Ancients, a dark realization crept into their

streets grew darker, the air th

ing, barricading the door with whatever they could find. They knew they

voices rising in a sickening, twisted chant. The ground trembled b

ed, his voice filled with dread. "We have to fin

he investigators hatched a plan-they would u

el the Ancients' presence growing stronger. Their footsteps ec

em whispered, his voice shaking w

s cutting through the gloom. But as they rounded a cor

before. It was humanoid in shape, but its skin was a sickly, pale shade of

knew that this creature, whatever it was, was not like the Ancien

e of them whispered, his

rting in unnatural ways, began to move to

, like the tentacles of some monstrous sea creature. The air around it was thick wi

uted, his voice echoin

rts pounding in their chests as

, ran as fast as they could, their feet pounding on th

eps echoing through the tunnels. They coul

flashlight rolling away into the darkness. As he struggled to get up, h

en wider and wider, until it seemed to engulf the entire tunnel. And then, in

then silence. The other investigators, their hearts ra

eve. The creature, its hunger sa

ture lunged forward, its tentacles whi

as they tried to keep their enemy in sight. But the creature was relentless, it

houted, his voice filled with

ing their fear, mo

the darkness behind them. It was a blinding, intense light that filled the tunnel,

source of the light was a mysterious figure, dressed in a long, flo

, his voice clear and stron

tentacles whipping through the air. But the figure, unfazed, raised his staff and

to glow with a fierce, white light, and

defeat, roared with rage and

rious figure collided in a blinding flash of light

aw that the creature was gone, banished ba

tered and burned, turned to face th

voice filled with urgency. "The darkness

ounter with the creature, listened to the myste

, his voice trembling with awe.

e shadows, did not answer. Instead, he

o waste. The darkness is close, and

igure as he led them deeper into the tunnels. As they walked, the air g

eel for obstacles. And then, suddenly, they emerged into a vast,

e of them whispered, his

ce still hidden, t

in the vast chamber. "Here, the forces of evil are at their strongest.

d excitement, looked around the chamber, search

n to glow with a fierce, red light, and they coul

, saw that the symbols on the walls were forming a complex, int

ispered, his voice urgent. "If we can brea

his staff and struck the nearest symbo

, and the symbols began to twist and contort

, moved through the chamber, striking symbo

ing them forward, joined in the fight, each of th

kness growing stronger, its power surgin

em shouted, his voice filled wi