Dawn
*The priest would back away, watching them do some of the work. The two awoken invaders would struggle getting up the stairs, one throwing their axe as they weren't really speaking just yelling*

"Kill them quickly!"

*Erandur called out, demanding them to hurrry. The other orc invader rushed Damien finally reach the top, going for a heavy downward chop of his sword*
Susan
Mirihil stretched her hand out towards the thrown axe and instead of barreling towards her, it rotated in the air and started flying neatly into her palm. She took hold of it and immediately cleaved at the side of the Orc that was charging Damien, hoping Erandur would take care of the newly unarmed Orc at the bottom of the stairs.
Brady
He quickly stabbed the orc coming at him in the side with his rapier, then after releasing his sword he quickly throws a mithril dart at the other orc. Removing the sword from the Orc and flicking the blood off it
Dawn
*The Orc being cut down at the top of the stairs, dropping to the ground. In a shock of adrenaline, it would try to grab onto Damien's leg. While the bottom of the stairs one tried getting up, the Mithril dart hurt. Causing him to stumble back, Erandur immediately sending a wall of flames hurling down the corridor. Causing the Orc to drop to fall to the ground, yelling in agony*

"Come, we must reach the inner Sanctum and destroy it. There's no time to lose!"

*He hurried down the stairs, walking past the scorched orc corpsed. Descending down the stairs they could see a doorway with another barrier*

"Damn it. The priests must have activated this barrier when the Miasma was released."
Susan
As both of the Orcs went down, Mirihil brought up the she'd picked up and examined its brutish, blood-spattered form. She had her sword with her, but an extra weapon would probably come in useful when dealing with Orcs. She hung it on her belt and followed Erandur down.

She peered through the ward, studying its nature. The soul gems were their source, that much was obvious. "Well, we've got two options. Option one: I melt the bars on one of these grates and we hop down. I can slow my own fall with magic, but I don't know how you two would fare. Option two: I try and use a spell that grants me intangibility to try and pass through these wards whenever we encounter them."

She casually crossed her arms and looked between her two companions. "You two have any preference? Or any ideas of your own?"
Brady
"It would take longer but I doubt the cultists would put up barriers with no way of deactivating." He says, "Melting the grate would an interesting route, quick and easy, but getting out would be... Well..." He digs through his bag, pulling out a spool of rope, hook, and some pitons, "I can set this up, so long as no orcs decide to cut my rope or dig out the piton we can use this to slide down and climb back up."
Dawn
*The priest listened to them discuss ways to get through, shaking his head. Clearly he knows how to get by but wanted to act indifferent*

"Hmm, I wonder... There may be a way to bypass that barrier, but I must check their library and confirm it can be done.."

*He said softly, swiftly brushing past them to head back up the stairs. Not saying much further, going to the locked wooden door that was behind the steel grates. Not noticed from the sudden orc invaders... Or maybe the priest never mentioned it was here*

"Through here.."