Chapter 33 - 33: 32- The eight incursion (1)

The sound of his boots echoed softly against the cold stone.

Step after step, Luki descended the spiral staircase that connected the Dungeon's entrance to the first floor. A torch fixed to the wall every twenty meters cast a flickering yellowish glow, projecting long shadows that twisted over the uneven walls.

It was a familiar path. Even with the muffled steps and the warm draft rising from below, everything there felt known to him—the smell of mold and damp earth, the stifling heat that grew with each level, the faint creak of leather whenever he moved his arms to keep balance.

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