The deep exhale faded into the darkness ahead, leaving the air tighter and colder than before. For three long breaths, no one moved. No one spoke. We only listened to the unsettling silence that followed the sound of something enormous breathing.
Then the air shifted again, not with breath but with pressure. Cold mist slid along the floor like it had been pushed by a giant hand. It curled around our ankles, clinging like something that wanted to taste us first.
We stepped forward.
And found the chamber.
The space opened up in a sudden, dizzying burst of emptiness. A circular room, wide as a coliseum and twice as tall. The walls curved into darkness, lined with faintly glowing symbols that twisted in gentle spirals. The air tasted metallic and ancient, like it had been sealed for centur
