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The previous room had been entirely devoid of the fog that plagued the other levels. Yet the one they stepped in next seemed to have brought it back. Though it was denser, darker, and seemed more like shadows clinging to the floor walls and ceiling. Which made it hard to make out the exact size and shape of the cavern that they found themselves in. Across from them was a massive door. It seemed to be made of some sort of black steel and there were chains covering it. In the middle of the door there was a dead body attached to the chains as if it was keeping the door closed. In front of the door were two dozen more bodies. All of them on their knees with their foreheads touching the ground as if bowing in reverence in the direction of the door. They didn't move at all and it seemed that they were all dead. There was movement in the room however. Two large figures stood across from each other about halfway between the group and the door. They were generally human shaped but stood at eight feet tall. Their skin were a greenish black color with brown patches. These creatures seemed to have no heads, instead just a lump of flesh, on top of relatively small torso, where the head would be. Their torso had a large mouth right in the middle that was partially open to show rows of sharp, hooked, teeth all around the inside. Their limbs were incredibly long, with clawed hands nearly scrapping the floor despite their height, and strangely thin for their size. And coming out of their backs were four black tentacles that waved around as if constantly searching for something. When the group entered both of the creatures turned towards them and the large mouth opened wider and let out an unsettling screech.  

Finally free from the bloody casing, Ziun finally was able to move around and no longer be bound to the casing of blood. He thanked his lucky stars for this, but all that remained was... the Blood Mage. He started to grit his teeth, looking over at the direction of the imposing figure, as he was fighting Lana. He hoped the blood spikes that were heading towards the Mage would've killed then, but alas, that wasn't the case... nothing but returned to a splatter of blood. However, this gave him an opportunity. Mustering some strength, Ziun began to close the distance between himself and the Blood Mage, although he found himself cursing himself due to not wanting to be attacked yet again... Luckily for him, it seemed to be that him and Chris started moving and working on this at the same time. The rogue seemed to be going low... so... "Guess I'll go high..." Ziun said, closing the distance and immediately casting Color Spray in the Mage's face whilst also calling forth a swarm of bats. "Enjoy this, why don't you!" The Mage began to swat wildly and blindly at the bats, not seeing much after the flash of colors invading their peripheral. Same time, it wasn't just this that occurred. While they did this, Chris delivered a blow on the Mage's ankles, cutting into them. It would seem that they were starting to get off balance. Perfect... Ziun cast a series of icicles right at the Mage's chest, watching the Mage immediately fall due to being off balance. "Perfect! Blinded, dealt with bats, cuts to the ankles, and now on the ground... but you are far from done!" He began to cast and place various amounts of webbing along the Mage's body to keep them in one singular place. "T-That... should do it..." The Blood Mage tried to push through it, starting to rip at a few of the webs, but alas... the Rage faded in the same manner as the other cultists... and the Blood Mage died there. "That was the last one..." Ziun huffed slightly, looking at Chris and Lana, lifting up a thumb slightly. "E-Everyone good...? S-Still in one piece?" he asked, concerned with everything up to this point but was still glad they made it through another floor.

As Lana was continuing her retreat away from the mage, she saw that he had continued his simple minded charge towards her. While she was sure that she could just keep rolling around and let the others do something about this, having the assumption that they certainly had to be done with their fights now, she was not expecting what had come next. As the grooves of blood rose once more, two waves appearing on either side of the mage, he charged once again with a rushing tide coming towards her. "Oh come on, pick one or the other!" Lana cursed the fact that she was born into this world without any magical talent of her own, though readied herself for the coming charge.  If the blood had hit her she didn't really want to think about how much it would hurt and to say nothing of it hardened on top of her, and so she instead decided there was only one thing to do. The waves of blood parted on either side of the caster as he charged her so her only way now was forward, towards her opponent. Raising up her axe, the girl charged with the blade at the ready to slash and tackle into the man. Though he looked poised to smash his fist into her, a sudden dagger in his back had caused his movements to falter. With the blood surging past her now that she had managed to slip in the gap, the girl swung her axe down onto the man's head landing a direct hit.  Letting out a deep exhale at her triumph of her presumably fatal blow, her grip suddenly tightened as the man continued to move. Refusing to acknowledge the fatal wound he had been given the mage moved his arms, attempting to cast once again. Lana glanced to the side to see that the blood that harmlessly splattered against the wall had formed into spikes that were all now rushing to impale her. Reflexively the girl dove the ground, only to be splattered with blood as the spikes that would have impaled the mage turned back into a harmless liquid. A look of disgust formed across her face, either from the feeling of having blood fall on her or simply the mage's persistence, as the girl quickly scrambled to her feet and backed away from the mage.