The running priest almost stumbled into the three shadows rushing in the darkness, carrying their load of gold, but she paused at hearing the cries in the air, the voice distracting him. Looking around, the priest turned towards the sound from Kairon. "Keep talking, I'll find you!" She shouted and tried to move closer, and follow the voice. As scared as she was, she had seen how their party had scattered, and now she needed someone at her side. Panicked, her heart was beating rapidly, demanding that she sought shelter among others, wanting her to be alive after this all.<br/><br/>The Sorceress was crafting a new spell, when the heart beat stronger in the depths, the blood strengthening it in the pool. Sephariel's eyes could suddenly see through the hazy mists at the water's edge, and she could see the tunnels as if lit by torches, and the arrival of the heroes. Further off, she could see three of the minion-shadows waiting in a hallway, not daring to advance for a cleric was standing near, but heading towards Kairon it seemed.<br/><br/>Further off, a barricade was blocking the path for stronger heroes that seemed about to set their way in, but in the meanwhile a sorceress was using some sort of magic to try and keep the number of monsters at bay, none of them the prime specimen, true monsters that the heart had gathered. These were the followers. Yet many true monsters approached, like blood in the water, calling for the sharks.<br/><br/>The Sorceress' spell, whatever its purpose was, was shattered however, as the Heart beat stronger. Whatever spell the sorceress was weaving seemed intended to burn the metal knights and the skeletons, as they approached, breaking free from the barrier erected before them.<br/><br/>They were pushing the Sorceress and the lone, surviving man towards another tunnel's entrance.<br/><br/>And in that tunnel others were approaching. Monsters getting closer to their prey.<br/><br/>More heroes were on their way at the hero gate.<br/><br/><em>"This is why I value having the monsters stand up for themselves. In this dungeon, they have the home field advantage, they hunt with their skill, they scatter their enemies and drive them insane and broken, destroy those who would hunt and burn even those who only sought to remain with their own kind. These 'heroes'... as you gaze into the abyss, beware for the abyss gazes into you."</em>