***
Ignotus, Lykos, and Merlin were a blur of coordinated chaos, driving the Fire Demon, Wit, backward through the winding tunnel.
Ignotus's sword flashed with precise, gravity-infused cuts, while Lykos and Merlin bracketed the Demon in alternating blasts of annihilating cold and searing heat.
Wit was strong and furious, but the pressure was relentless.
"He's too fast!"
Mer shouted, blasting a gout of fire that Wit deflected with a wing of molten rock.
"Keep the heat up!"
Lykos yelled back, launching an [Ice Lance] that Wit swatted aside.
"I'll try to stop him from dodging!"
Eris struggled to keep up, racing across the uneven stone floor behind Ignotus's boots.
As they pushed deeper, they saw the source of Ulv and Aur's earlier concern. Crude banners, smeared with black blood and Arcane, hung from the ceiling.
"These are seals..."
Ignotus noted, not even slowing down.
"They're siphoning the Greater Demon. Don't touch them!"
