As they ventured deeper into the tunnel, the presence of Umbra grew increasingly oppressive and denser.
Vlad was barely holding himself back from puking just from the gnawing sensation. Even his teammates, who had no affinity with darkness, could sense the ominous presence by now.
"Everyone, stay on guard," Seraphina ordered the team as she released several fireballs forward to light up the path.
Around a dozen metres ahead, the tunnel opened into another cave. It was so dark that it even consumed the light from the fireballs, completely obscuring their vision.
Once the squad reached the utterly dark cave, they felt the ground beneath them was soft and wet.
Alisha weaved a series of hand signs, materialising a concentrated sphere of light like a miniature sun. Its brilliance bathed their faces in a golden hue.
She released it upward, its radiant light swallowing the darkness of the cave.
