Reidar saw it the moment he looked up from the map.
An Ignis crouched in the shadows near the back wall of the warehouse. The creature had no legs since its lower body ended in a mass of rock-like skin that oozed some kind of liquid. The upper body was humanoid as much as the other Ignis, but twisted, far more than the other Ignis, but like the others, it had arms that ended in blade-like protrusions instead of hands.
The interface appeared.
—[Feral Ignis—Level 488]—
Then everything clicked.
The creature must have attacked her while she was studying it, and she had to teleport before she could grab it.
The Ignis stared at Reidar. The cracks in its rocky skin flared bright orange. It made no sound, but Reidar knew that wasn't going to last long, and one of these things' screeches was loud enough to be heard miles away.
