They reached it at last…
The Gateway to Damnation.
Through a land scorched by magic, ripped by claws, and painted with the fury of apex predators, the trio; undead, elf, and man, arrived before an edifice that should not have existed.
Even amidst the chaos of the Monster Domain, this structure stood apart.
It was a gateway, but no ordinary door of stone or steel. It rose like the fang of a forgotten god, piercing the sky, forged from ancient obsidian laced with pulsing crimson veins of raw, condensed mana.
It towered high above them, wide enough to let a dragon pass, tall enough to block the sun. Symbols etched in a dead language that burned to be looked upon slithered across its surface, never still, always shifting.
The earth beneath their feet vibrated in tandem with its heartbeat.
This was the threshold to the third level of the Dark World of the Dungeon of Azarick, the gateway of the Monster Domain.