BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The underground tunnel exploded outward violently as darkness surged from Caron like a tidal wave. The walls cracked instantly while ancient runes hidden throughout the tunnel activated one after another. Caron had prepared this place beforehand, of course, he had. The old fox had never intended to die quietly. Black mist spread rapidly through the underground passage, swallowing light itself. The temperature plummeted unnaturally as whispers echoed through the darkness. Hallucinations. Fear manipulation.
Iset immediately reacted.
"Bloom."
FWOOOOOSH!
Gigantic glowing vines erupted around her and Baset, creating a spherical barrier of living plants. The black mist slammed against it violently, sizzling as the plants purified parts of the darkness, but even then, the vines began decaying slowly. Caron stepped backward into the darkness calmly, his long robes fluttering.
"You really came prepared."
