The side tunnel was cramped and dark, amplifying the skittering, chittering sounds of the Creeper swarm ahead. Alice moved with liquid grace, her form a ripple of contained void energy. Lilith clung to her back, a serene white passenger.
«We must be cautious,» Lilith projected, her voice a calm stream in the mental noise. «Their coordination is instinctive but effective. They will attempt to flank.»
«I know that!» Alice snapped back, her focus razor-sharp on the mass of chitinous bodies ahead. She didn't need a spider to tell her about ambush tactics. She took a deep breath, gathered void energy in her maw, and unleashed a Void Bolt not at the Creepers, but at the cavern wall above them.
