Grant kept everyone's regeneration stable, never letting his mana drop below the safety level, while Ascalon, the berserker, reserved his fury only for the moments when Lohan signaled a critical vulnerability in the Elites' defenses.
The blue Slime felt that with every corpse processed, his authority over the battlefield expanded.
The depth of the cave brought with it a change in atmospheric pressure and in the density of the ambient mana.
The inscriptions on the walls became more complex and luminous, emitting a purple light that pulsed like a diseased heart, and it was against this backdrop of tension that the group encountered a final challenge greater than expected.
This time, it wasn't just an elite monster blocking their path.
Two Black Core Watchers, both Level 15 Elite, were positioned at the entrance to a colossal gallery. They appeared to be connected by pulsating vines that exchanged energy between them, creating a mana barrier that prevented stealthy advancement.
