Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Chapter 1535

The well was deep. Andrew estimated they had already descended about 150 feet, so he shone his high-powered flashlight downward. However, the bottom was still swallowed in darkness, with no end in sight.

Tiana gasped. "A typical well is about 45 feet deep at most? We've come down the equivalent of 15 stories, and it still goes on? How in the world did the people of Gallow's End manage to dig something this deep?"

Andrew continued his descent with steady movements. "No idea. But maybe this well wasn't dug for water, and maybe it wasn't even made by the villagers of Gallow's End."

The climbing rope was top-grade, industrial-strength. It could hold the weight of about eight people dangling at once without issue.

Andrew held the flashlight in one hand while gripping the rope tightly with the other, and a safety harness was clipped to his waist. He kicked lightly against the stone wall, letting his body drop faster using gravity to his advantage.

Tiana called down, "Andy, be careful!"

As the speed increased, the wind started howling past his ears. He clenched the flashlight between his teeth and freed one hand. He needed it in case something tried to attack from below-his combat knife had to be ready at a moment's notice.

The blackness below still gave nothing away.

jerked to a stop. The sudden tension in the rope caused everyone else-Chantelle, Tiana, and the

called out, tense. "Mr. Lloyd, what is

"I can see the

that the sight down there was straight out of a nightmare-bones...

single one of them looked visibly shaken. There was

could possibly stomach the

prided himself on being tough, turned pale. He muttered, "Where did all these bodies come from? Just eyeballing it... there's gotta be over a hundred skeletons here. Even back in the day,

face remained unreadable, and he said

then turned and moved toward the only

passageway.

tall enough

into pitch-black uncertainty. Honestly, the well did not even seem like a proper water source. If anything, it looked more like a ventilation shaft or a hidden

would have traces

dark, with no light whatsoever. Luckily, they

backup gear-they had it all. So, despite the eerie atmosphere, their trek was steady