Blue fire poured from Soul Reaper as Quinlan called the rest of his army forth. A thousand-plus Elite Souls spread through the cavern, receiving their assignments through his link while his women advanced along a raised ledge at its left wall.
With the souls entering the side galleries, he rose above the cavern's center. Earth magic thickened its supporting pillars before he split the floor between them.
Molten stone surged through the nests, hurling shrieking monsters toward the vault. Lightning met them in the air, filling the chamber with a glare that made every burrow below him visible.
Creatures dropped from a shaft above Ayame. Quinlan's wind turned their fall toward her blade, and she cut through their exposed bellies as they passed. His next current swept the remains off the ledge while she advanced beneath it.
