Noah slipped away from his teammates quietly, moving in the opposite direction while they pushed forward along the second floor corridor.
One of the students noticed and looked back.
"Hey, where are you going?"
Noah didn't slow down. He glanced over his shoulder with a casual expression. "Lower floors. Most of us have moved up. Someone should check what's down there. There are only few down there."
The student considered it for a second and nodded. "Alright. Be careful."
Noah was already gone.
He moved down the frozen escalator steps quickly, descending from the second floor to the first, then the ground, back down to the main lobby. The sounds of fighting above him. Spells, clashing weapons, shouting grew more distant with each floor he passed.
The lobby was mostly empty now. A few tankers still held position near the entrance, their shields ready. The mages who had been providing cover fire had moved up to higher vantage points.
