They pushed forward, boots crunching over broken arrows and shattered ice. The corridor narrowed again, forcing them into a single file. Gas lamps flickered, creating shadows that made depth perception difficult.
As they continued moving, Reinhard's eyes widened at the sight of mushrooms appearing in cracks of the wall and floor.
He saw blue and yellow ones, the same poisonous varieties Reinhard had seen in the Colin Forest.
The first mushroom exploded as Marie passed it, releasing a cloud of spores that glowed faintly green in the light.
Roana reacted instantly as she created walls of ice that erupted between the mushroom and the group, sealing off the spreading spores. The green cloud pressed against the ice, spreading across its surface but not penetrating.
But then more mushrooms exploded ahead in a chain reaction triggered by proximity or timer. Green and blue spores filled the corridor like toxic fog, rolling toward them in visible waves.
