"You took your time," Syra commented, dismissing her shadow portal.
"You woke the entire pantheon," Krax laughed, pointing his greataxe at the four towering predators. "We brought an army to put them back to sleep."
The armored centipede lunged first. Its mandibles clicked rapidly as it targeted Iron-Scale. Krax stepped forward and swung his greataxe upward. He inverted the gravity well around the weapon's head to maximize the kinetic impact.
The blunt force caught the centipede under its jaw and launched its massive body backward into the cavern wall.
The white basilisk opened its mouth to unleash a petrifying beam of light. Syra instantly manifested a thick dome of solid darkness over the creature's face.
The radiant beam trapped inside the shadow construct backfired, immediately crystallizing the basilisk's own teeth.
Iron-Scale assessed the enclosed subterranean space. The bedrock formed a natural cylinder around them.
