"Seriously," Stallus was saying. "They are wiser than they should be. It's as if I'm fighting a human. Granted, it's of limited intelligence, but I thought monsters were not supposed to be more intelligent than an animal at this rank?" That last part was directed at Alex.
Alex scowled. "I don't know too. They are not supposed to be using strategy against us like that. Ambush and stuff."
"You should remember that this is not a normal crypt even though it looks like one," Catena said.
Everything they were saying was the truth, Azaroth thought. Those monsters had even fought with their claws as if they were weapons. They used them like weapons.
They continued to walk through the turns and bends, wary of ambushes that might come. But no monster came their way, and eventually, they reached where they assumed the boss was staying.
