Floors two and three were brutal but manageable.
Floor two was a swarm corridor. Hundreds of small, fast Abyssal Ratlings poured out of wall vents in an endless stream. Emric held the bottleneck with his shield while Renna and Lyra fired into the mass. Holden stayed behind them, picking off anything that slipped through.
It took forty minutes and a lot of arrows, but they cleared it without injury.
Floor three was a puzzle room.
Pressure plates, disappearing floors, and a ceiling that slowly lowered while Abyssal Wraiths drifted through the walls.
Emric solved the plate sequence in six minutes. Lyra froze the Wraiths solid, and Renna shot the frozen creatures off the ceiling before they could fall on anyone.
Holden watched and ate a protein bar.
Then they climbed the stairs to floor four and everything changed.
The door opened onto a nightmare made of mirrors.
