The Darkening.

Step, step, crunch.

"Huff… Huff…"

The sky was darkening, and the grayish sphere appeared among the stars. Once again, the night had fallen.

Arthur staggered into a pitch-dark cave, away from the endless snowland. After finally taking steps on something else than heavy snow, he immediately collapsed on the ground and touched the hard ground with his palm, feeling its sandpaper-like texture.

Following him, the four men stepped into the cave, covered in snow. They spread around in the medium-length cave that was fifteen meters wide, ten meters long, and twenty meters high.

They finished fifteen hour-long hike, and even though their level of endurance was crazy, they still started feeling a burning sensation around their thighs. If they continued even further, their lives could have been in danger.

Isaac plopped down on the ground and picked up a bottle of water from his inventory. He gulped it down, and then he saw everyone else picking up their food and eating them greedily.