For several seconds, nobody moved.
The enormous gremlin lay motionless on the shattered platform, its crimson eyes dark and its monstrous body slowly settling against the stone. Kaela stood over it, not even out of breath and grinning, eager to go and buy enough alcohol to open her own bar.
But just as they were going to leave, the floor suddenly trembled.
'Uh-oh...'
Ethan immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
'I had a feeling it was going too smoothly. With our track record, I should've known it wasn't over just yet.'
A crimson vein beneath his feet flickered.
Another lit up.
Then another.
Within seconds, the entire chamber glowed.
Elara's expression changed.
'That doesn't look good.'
The light spread from the corpse, racing through the carved symbols and climbing the pillars. The ancient markings illuminated one after another, forming intricate patterns across the chamber walls.
The underground structure began to shake, and loose stones rained from the ceiling.
