C64 Demonic ghosts cave of the yin mountain(part ii)

The shout next to my ear made me flinch. I fumbled for the flare and tried to throw it, but it fell to the ground at my feet. The light made us look again, and the sight of it made my teeth chatter. The half-circle three meters away from us was full of weirdos, who saw that the light only stopped moving but showed no signs of retreating. There was nothing I could do