Encounter

Looking around him, Alex only saw slate and rocks, with some shattered and broken stones laying around here and there.

Preserving as much energy as he could, Alex lit a small flame on his fingertip and shot it directly upwards, wanting to get a gauge on how big this cave was.

He saw the small flame fly higher and higher, until it finally hit a ceiling at about 100 metres and dissipated with a tiny explosion, providing a better image of its surroundings for just a moment.

Alex saw ominous and sharp stalactite hanging from the ceiling, looking sharper than any knife he had seen before.

If one of these things fell on him, he'd probably be dead instantly.

He produced yet another tiny flame, this time keeping it floating on his finger, and started walking in a random direction.

The surrounding 20 or so metres around him now had a vague orange-yellow light permeating throughout.