<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/2oD2zC4.jpg)</div><br/>As soon as her companions were through the door, Valna's dagger flashed, cutting off the rope that held up the strange mechanism and slamming the door behind them. The rock wall would surely hold off the gnolls for a whole now. Long enough, at least, to let them escape deeper into the tunnels. "Good, you both made it, she said as she sheathed her weapon. "Grendelle already took care of one of the guard and ran off after the other. She must have caught it by now." She started down the hallway. "Let's hurry. These wall are thick rock, but they're still hollow. I'd bet that they wouldn't be that to punch through of you had an army behind you."