Talila continued walking down the corridor until a chittering noise caused her to stop. She raised her bow as an insect-like creature rushed out of the shadows, but her mana arrow pierced through its face.
The explosion tore the monster apart, but this only confused them as she thought, 'What are these things? They weren't anywhere else.'
Afterward, Talila pressed onward down the corridor, dispatching any monsters that dared to close in on her. She struck swiftly and decisively with her mana arrows, each shot sending the creatures crashing to the ground.
After an eternity of fighting, she finally reached the elevator, her breath steady despite the chaos around her. The metallic doors loomed ahead, but her heart sank at the sight before her.
