Zaer kept a close eye on the shields as they walked, but Ayesha seemed to be able to keep them up well enough to keep them strong. Looking at her though, it seemed to be taking quite a toll on the light elf. Still, she seemed to be holding, at least for now. When he felt the vibrations through the stone floor and heard the lizardmen start to panic, his eyes widened and he looked back the way they had came. "Oh... shit..." He didn't need Kayla to tell him to get moving. Running at a dead sprint, he never even took the time to slow down to properly make sure the few lizardmen who tried to attack them from the sides were dead, just a quick slash and he took off running again.<br/><br/>He skidded to a halt, almost running into Ayesha as she was forced to stop because of the shield trying to keep them from escaping. "You've gotta be kidding me!" He slid his dual blades back into their sheaths, extinguishing the orange glow. "Blaze, Inferno..." As he whispered these words, the burning orange glow returned brighter than before. In the fire elf's hands was his broadsword. The blade was entirely black, except for the red lines running along the length of the blade, almost appearing like runes. With a roar, he swung  the mighty weapon, cutting clean through one of the lizardmen as it attempted to rush by him and get to Ayesha. While he wasn't unhappy about a fight, he didn't want to get crushed by the Durfie beast.<br/><br/>When the tear opened, he began to back away towards it slowly. "Get moving. I'll cover for you while you go through!" he shouted at Kayla. Two lizardmen leapt at them, and Zaer moved to intercept them. He blocked them from advancing with Inferno, before forcing them back with an explosive blast of flame from his blade. Turning and running back quickly, he slipped through the tear, and looked back at the shield as it closed behind them. Even though he was used to carnage and bloodshed, he still cringed at the sounds of the lizardmen being crushed. Their shrieks echoed through the caverns, sounding like a chorus of pain and death.<br/><br/>His attention turned to Ayesha as he heard try to make her way further down the tunnel. It was obvious to anyone that she was weak and would likely collapse soon. Walking over, he scooped her up and tossed her over his shoulder like a sack of grain, ignoring any protests that she might be making. "We can't have you slowing us down. We'll go faster this way." he said gruffly. Looking over his shoulder, he looked back at Kayla. "We're almost there, right?"