Finally, with minutes left on the clock, he entered the central sacrificial chamber.

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James pushed open the heavy wooden doors and stepped into the grand hall. The air was thick with the scent of decay and old blood. His family was nowhere to be seen.

He could hear the ticking of his pocket watch against the thumping of his heart. Every second wasted meant another family member lost to the darkness. He burst into a guest room and came face-to-face with a slavering hellhound. James fired. The muzzle flash illuminated the room. He loaded wooden stakes. He splashed holy water on ghouls. He fought off screeching vampires.

The priest thrust a crucifix and a flintlock pistol into James's hands. "Go! The castle changes every time you enter another wing!" 🔫 Armed Against the Dark