The golden glow of something warm was magical in nature. That much Maria could say with certainty. She had tried to reach for it with her senses but had been blocked. This meant that she had to make the journey down without any help from her magic.
And she had tried again and again to reach the bottom, only to fail every time. It was getting on her nerves and made her irritated but at least she had made progress.
"Can you see anything in the depths? The source of the glow?" Maria tried to swim deeper but the force of the blow from beneath made it impossible to swim against it. It also swiped away any magic Maria tried to build up against her.
She swam back up as soon as it looked like this was another failed attempt. And she had tried hard to make it past the current this time. She was sure she had seen a small cave with natural light shining from behind the hot currents.