680 Surival of the Fittest (Part 2)

At those words, everyone unleashed the darkness spells that they had kept at the ready. The agonizing shrieks rose in intensity and made their stomach churn, but their survival instinct beat their compassion by a landslide.

The air immediately turned clear, but the flesh tentacles at their feet reacted with violence, attacking Lith's group from all sides. Luckily, centuries of feeding on only the light element that seeped through the two layers of arrays blocking the door had left the creature severely weakened.

Each one of their hits was quick and well-aimed, but it lacked the strength necessary to pierce the enchanted protections. Life Ward further protected the expedition members, inflicting deep burns to the entrails whenever they struck at the white membrane.

A second volley of darkness spells killed the attackers and cleansed the air enough for the ward's in-built lights to allow the Professors to read the documents they had brought along.