A few hours later, Grey, Reynolds, Ellis, and Ellis's uncle stepped out of a wide tunnel entrance. Thick black smoke still drifted from the opening behind them, carrying the heavy stench of blood and burned flesh.
Ellis glanced back once and shook his head. "I didn't expect there to be this many."
Earlier, after Grey pointed out the exact location where he sensed the Necromancers, the four of them had entered the canyon's tunnel network. Ellis and his uncle had already spent days searching the area without success, so they were more than ready to finish the mission. Grey led the way through the twisting passages as if he had walked them before. His spiritual sense stretched far ahead, guiding them past dead ends and false routes until they reached a large underground chamber.
What waited inside was worse than any of them had imagined.
