A minuscule source of light cascaded from above, illuminating a faint round platform within the pitch-black space with a conical glow.
Surrounding this round platform, one dark coffin after another was aligned, tilted along the circle's edge.
These coffins encircled the platform in rings, like an inverted cone with its opening facing upward, extending into the darkness without end.
Squeak— Squeak—
Like an old door opening and closing, a series of sharp, piercing gnawing sounds echoed underneath the pitch-black night.
It seemed as if something in the deep silence of the dark was gnawing on something else.
And amidst the rhythmically gnawing sounds, a burst of orange-golden radiance suddenly lit up on the platform.
Following that, three figures covered in luminous patterns appeared on the platform, standing at the center surrounded by all the coffins.
With the appearance of these three lights, the whole world suddenly fell silent.
