In the morning, they snuck into the dungeon from the basement of the inn.
Perhaps because it was meant to be used for evacuation purposes, but the dungeon was well-lit and well-maintained, and there were no signs of monsters. It looked less like a dungeon and more like a long underground passageway with no end in sight.
The old man walked down it, tapping the wall with the handle of his sword as he went.
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