The way forward continued to be laborious. Attracted by the scent of blood, the lizard monsters continued to appear, attacking in groups, sometimes smaller, sometimes bigger. Other minor predatory monsters living in the dungeon, which weren't on the team's current priority list, also sometimes came to bother them, although to a lesser extent. None of it was anywhere as difficult as the first wave, but…
It was just a near-constant assault. The team moved forward down the rocky paths a little bit, then they had to stop to fight. Then a few more steps, and they were fighting again. All the time like that, slowing them down…
