As Rayleigh catches his breath, the fire grows even bigger and changes colour. Uldess pulled Rayleigh back and took a defensive stance.
"Well, it is your pleasure to meet me, Rayleigh Diovr. You may call me lord Migdranniun, the incarnation of pride, and the one who killed your father."
Rayleigh was scared; he could feel the power of the demon even though he wasn't actually there.
"HOW DARE YOU! How could you take pride in killing my master and Rayleigh's father?"
Migdranniun looked at Uldess with a sympathetic look.
"I see you are still on your knees, Uldess. I am the incarnation of pride. I take pride in everything I do."
Alex was standing still, and Rayleigh had to shake him to focus.
"Why are you here, demon?"
Migdranniun gave a sinister smile.
"I thought I should introduce myself and show the two brats something."
Migdranniun then stepped out of view to reveal both Rayleighs and Alex's moms captured. Alex's mom was in the center of a circle with iron pegs forced into the ground, and Rayleigh's mom was in a cage, hanging over a pit of reanimated, rotting lions. Alex rushed at the fire, intending to put it out, but before he reached it, a giant lizard caught his shield.
"A present for you all, now stay out of the way, I have almost broken my seal."
Uldess ran at the lizard and placed his palm on its chest, which then created a shock wave, sending it flying backwards through the wall. On the other side of the wall were around 20 more lizards.
"He ambushed us. He's as cunning as ever. Rayleigh, Alex, get over here, we need to return to the sanction."
Rayleigh ran over to him, and Alex retrieved his shield and rushed over too. Uldess started chanting, and slowly a light engulfed them all, and then they were back at the sanction.