Alicia moves carefully through the dungeon, every step measured, every breath controlled. Her eyes never stop scanning her surroundings, alert for any sign of the spider haelion, while at the same time searching desperately for the exit.
She notices something strange.
The green mist is thinning. Not just drifting, but actively receding, as if being pulled away. And then she hears it.
Boom.
Another boom follows, distant but unmistakable. The sound reverberates through the dungeon walls, accompanied by brief flashes of light that pierce through the fog.
"What's going on?" Alicia whispers, her heart starting to race. "Are there people fighting?"
Hope sparks in her chest.
"DEU?" Her voice trembles as she says it aloud. "Is DEU here?"
