The group managed to get past the chamber somehow, just before the gates to the level were pushed open and an armed squad came running into the chamber. Bringing up the rear, Hunter dropped smaller items as false clues and left some doors open as misleading evidence to convince the search party that they were moving upwards. As she was closing the door behind them she caught a glimpse of their pursuers, humans dressed in Templar and church robes, devout followers of Hagan no doubt.<br/>There were five of them, four male and one female, all humans.<br/>"Quick, secure the exits and check for signs of passage. Find the traitors and throw them to the beasts." a middle aged man in a cleric's attire ordered, and the raven-haired woman and another man with a weird mustache immediately moved out to secure the area. Those two had leather armor and bore a symbol that Hunter recognized from the upper floors. Those two were inquisitors no doubt, trained to track down and deal with renegade spellcasters.<br/>The remaining two, one wearing only robes like their leader but much younger, the other was wearing a full suit of chain, a paladin's gear and had the symbol of Hagan tattooed on his bald head. It was questionable if he was a real paladin, or just someone who was told they were such, having received abilities to a similar extent.<br/>Yustissa herself thought she was a paladin, but her intentions were noble and pure, fighting so those who couldn't didn't need to. She wanted to put an end to the conflict but was still powerless before Hagan. Was she misled just as much and had no divine power at all? Or was she and this man both the real thing, both being paladins and Hagan was really a god ready to sacrifice thousands?<br/><br/>The party, having escaped another tough fight by a hair's breath thanks to Hunter's distraction, had enough time to put some distance between themselves and the search party.<br/>They arrived in the lowermost trial chamber, where the fiend supposedly called Rafael was waiting, overlooking the scrying pool. When the girls entered, the first thing he did was take note of Samedi and smiled - for each of the charmed girls at them only. The barbarian girl let out a barely audible gasp as her eyes met that of the crimson skinned man. She was falling for him already!<br/>"I'm glad you made it." he said, the simple statement sounding more like something a lover would say to his dear woman after not seeing her for a while, at least to his charmed victims "There isn't much time left. This chamber doesn't seem connected to the rest of the tower, but soon enough, the enemy will find us if we linger." Yes.<em>Us.</em><br/>"Are you ready to leave this place then? From here I can transport you away, so they won't be able to chase you..." he offered again. Ambiguous as they were, his words were true. The fanatics likely wouldn't follow the girls into what could very likely be hell.<br/><br/>A light tremor shook the ground under the girls, a reminder of the tectonic activity that was going on since morning.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Gameplay</div><div class="spoiler_body">Aaand, Samedi too prompty falls for the spell-like ability.<br/>Crow is already in the room but the devil doesn't react to it unless it starts to do anything suspicous. Like chanting a spell.</div></div>