Toz and the others looked around a second time and confirmed that there were no enemies stationed within the chamber, probably because they would absorb and steal the demonic energy from the Fountain. And since they didn't have any more time to waste, they prepared to destroy the Fountain of Death.
It was just that destroying the Fountain was easier said than done. It was a complete artifact, and considering how much demonic energy surged out of it, it was of an unbelievably high grade. Even if it weren't geared toward defense and were nothing more than a source of death attribute demonic energy, the Fountain would still be sturdy to the degree that was akin to the materials that had gone into making it.
The stone pedestal looked like ordinary granite smoothened to an even, grey surface. But based on the air of death and the faint markings that looked more like the faces of wraiths the longer one looked, the pedestal wasn't made from ordinary stone.