177 Rescuing Lerna (5)

Ileus's magic sizzled around the ice on the stairs, melting it into hissing vapors instantly. The magic traveled rapidly and Ileus was able to see more vacant steps down. He hopped from one step to the other as fast as possible. Others followed him deftly. 

"You look like a mountain goat, Ileus!" Rolfe shouted from up as he laughed. 

"Fuck off demon!" Ileus grunted. "There are way too many steps down here. Unless you want me to block your way down and leave you to fight with Felis, don't utter a word!" 

"A mountain goat with horns!" Rolfe barked a laugh. A large snowball hurled towards him from the sky, which he rammed with his horns just in time. "Wait till I get you wizard!" he grunted. 

Eltanin shook the snow that had fallen on him. "Will you two just behave?" he growled. "We have a rescuing operation going on!"