With the golden skull emblem in his hand proving ineffective, Ethan didn't panic.
Instead, he turned around, facing away from the great door, and looked back down the corridor he had traversed.
Since the golden skull emblem didn't work, Ethan reasoned that the key to unlocking the door's secret must lie within the corridor itself.
It was then that he began to observe everything in the corridor more intently.
He realized that previously, his attention had been solely on the paintings, and he had not noticed the wall lamps beside them.
The lamps were not arranged in orderly rows along the walls of the corridor. Instead, their placement was staggered and haphazard, creating a chaotic pattern.
Moreover, under the varied illumination of these lamps, the paintings appeared somewhat different.
The play of light and shadow on the walls made these artworks even more eerie and terrifying.
