As the door swung open, he was met with an overwhelming darkness that seemed to swallow the feeble light he brought with him. The castle's interior stretched out before him, vast and foreboding. Eerie silence hung heavily in the air.
Despite the near-pitch blackness, Terry's keen senses allowed him to perceive some details within the chamber, particularly around massive stone pillars. He approached one of these pillars cautiously, only to be assaulted by a pungent odor, the unmistakable scent of decay. His eyes soon confirmed the source – scattered bodies lay strewn across the ground, a grim testament to the sinister secrets concealed within the castle's shadowy depths.
"Their bodies seen intact… were they caught off guard by simple attacks that killed them?" Terry thought while looking around.
