Turning to regard Demvarien at his announcement and swearing of fealty the Avatar seemed to smirk slightly but nod his head. "I do not expect any of you to hand over control entirely, far from it. I respect you for the talent that has put you to the position of leadership in the first place. My job here is to keep this dungeon expanding and strengthened, and I need your help with it, but my loss would be a loss for those in the deeper vaults as well. If the enemy got control of all the ways to the surface, it could spell a disaster to all the monsters, and I doubt that anybody wants that."<br/><br/>His expression darkened. "There is word that a few smaller, isolated caverns were actually -purged- entirely by those hate-mongers and butchers. It may be just whispers of fear, but without a massive temple and worship for the Dark Gods, its impossible to cast such a spell as to reach that far into the darkness where magic already has to pass through a lot of hardships to reach."<br/><br/>He took a deep breath at this. "Also, you are not expected to be on 'watch' all the time either. That would only leave people drained. I would prefer if it was made sure everyone has a chance to relax at least sometimes, to be able to stay sharp." He smirked, then regarding the Vampire Commander with a serious expression. "This place will undoubtedly lure do-gooders here, if whoever attacked your sister and you arrives, you are free to put the jail and the torture chamber to good use." There was a cold laughter in the air for a moment after that. "Of course, I am sure you might come up with more personal methods of making them regret getting in your way."<br/><br/>The Avatar's crimson eyes shifted among the people present without judgement or prejudice. He seemed to have no preference, the swearing of fealty had him smile but he did not show signs of holding a favorite among the people gathered.<br/><br/>Staring at Isis, he said nothing but cast a new look at those present and at Leith. The suggestion of singing had the avatar let out a laugh. "As long as you do not drown them here in this pool, all is fine and well. I'd hate to have one of them drown only to sink down and stab the heart with a sword they still held as they died." He shook his head. "Not that the heart would be weak enough to really suffer from that little, but its a focus of a lot of magic, so harm to it might disrupt the barrier partially, and such a thing is not never safe."<br/><br/>Smirking to Leith though, the Avatar looked at her a little longer than was perhaps necessary. Kulimlim's words made his attention swiftly turn to face the woman however, watching her as she spoke and how the Vampire Commander Cecilia responded in turn. He said nothing at that time, instead observing the two silently before narrowing his eyes on the two of them leaving. They were free to leave of course, but he also wondered what would come next.<br/><br/>"Very well, I'll leave you all to make your decisions. I believe the minions just found some gold, so I'll return to the heart to oversee nobody snatches it along the way. If all goes well, that should help get some good traps here too, since we have to get from the depths what we cant forge ourselves yet." He stepped into the surface of the water, seeming to meld into the water and fade from sight.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>In one of the tunnels, a group of five shadowy figures rushed ahead carrying the large sacks on their backs, loaded up with gold nuggets. There was wealth here and there, and the minions followed instructions to dig it out, but they had to occasionally venture far away from the heart on their searches.<br/><br/>They were rushing back towards the dungeon's fortified area, intending to lay the gold down at the treasury there, but in their passing, they would come close to the hero gate. It definitely gave an uneasy feeling for the heart.<br/><br/>Materializing from a cloud of mist a ghost-like, transparent hand rose before the minions and wrapped around two of them, before fading to mist along with those two minions and the gold they carried. Reappearing in the treasury, the hand released the pair of minions to pour the gold to a pile of unrefined gold ore, needing to be separated from some of the regular stone and dirt attached to it. Actual pure gold was not that easily found afterall.<br/><br/>It still left 3 more minions running with the gold though, and the heart had to take effort to manifest that way sometimes. He wanted to conserve some of that strength to try and reinforce the gate area if necessary, in a hurry.