The secret passage beneath the Grand Cathedral was dark, narrow, and smelled of damp earth.
Lucifer led the two hundred newly conscripted Solaris Templars through the winding tunnel.
The heavy, silver-armored knights moved as quickly as they could in the confined space, their glowing tower shields providing the only light.
The sounds of the Abyssal invasion above them, the roaring of Void Behemoths and the collapsing of marble temples echoed faintly through the stone ceiling.
They emerged into a small, secluded courtyard directly beneath the towering Royal Spire.
Elara followed Lucifer out of the tunnel.
"The King's personal guard is holding the lower levels," Elara noted, pointing her violet-flaming spear toward a barricade of overturned carriages and splintered pews. "They are fighting a swarm of low-level Void Crawlers. They will not hold for long."
"They don't need to hold," Lucifer stated smoothly. "We are only here for the Saintess."
Lucifer activated Zephyr's Grace.
