Barid nodded. "Alright then. If you'll follow me?"<br/><br/>He led the way out of the room, and down an increasingly narrow set of corridors. While the main thoroughfares were straight and wide, once you got off the main path, the hallways quickly turned into a series of easily defensible choke-points, amidst a confusing labyrinthine set of corridors. As in all things, the structure was clearly designed with defense in mind.<br/><br/>Finally, they reach a simple, nondescript door, in the middle of a hallway, though the brief surge of power when he touched it indicated that the door wasn't as simple as it looked. If Draiss had to guess, the door would, normally, open on an ordinary room, but with the right magical application, would open into the set of stairs he led them down.<br/><br/>The descended under the earth, fairly deep, though the passage was far less confusing than outside this area, a constant, hum, ringing in the background, just at the edge of hearing, but rather annoying. Finally, they emerged in what looked like a modern laboratory, with individuals checking monitors and reading, or writing, reports. Some stopped to salute Barid as he passed through, but he waved them off, and other didn't even seem to notice his arrival, as he led the way through the crowd towards a large, bay window, overlooking an absolutely massive cavern.<br/><br/>"There it is, the secret to the shields that keep our worlds safe from invasion" He swept his arm out towards the cavern, where a mass of machinery surrounded a single object at its center, that immediately catches Draiss' eye.<br/><br/>A Beyonder, imprisoned, and, from the looks of it, in constant agony. He'll realize, from his previous encounters, that the 'annoying sound' he could hear was it<em>screaming,</em>a quick magical check revealing a layered silencing field surrounding it. It was perfectly muted and shielded, yet he could<em>still</em>hear its screams of agony, as Barid siphoned its power to fuel his shield generators.<br/><br/>"What do you think?"