บท 142: In the basement (part 5)

The spiral staircase was around the same length as the one leading from the surface to the basement, but the descending felt as if it took much much longer.

If not for the timer that appeared for the rewardless quest that Zombie received, Cranberry would assume she was already walking for over an hour and not mere minutes.

With the overwhelming darkness pressing on the weak torchlight, Cranberry started regretting not putting an effort to develop the night vision skill.

The enhanced hearing she got instead seemed completely useless and only made the cracking of the fire loud enough to cause a headache.

Still, with the minimal distraction from the outside world - after deactivating the hearing skill, she had every opportunity she wanted to figure out where the spiral stairs were leading her to and try to prepare accordingly.

She ended up with three most likely options: