Elspeth stands amidst the ruin of the courtyard, her fingers tracing the air as if stitching the very fabric of the ley lines. The blue light from the vault turns her skin ghostly.
Elspeth
The debt is a tether, little wizard. You pull at the knots, but you only tighten the snare.
Elspeth
If he thinks he can salvage this antiquity for his own coffers, he is a fool. This belongs to the deep masters.
Mason
Stand back, Elspeth. The resonance here is unstable. You are tearing the foundation apart.
Mason
Her movements are too precise. She is not opening the vault, she is feeding the constructs with the energy leaking from the rift. I must disrupt the flow before the whole structure collapses.
Mechanical wings buzz in a deafening, metallic chorus as the beetles swarm upward, seeking the source of the luminescence. Elspeth ignores the destruction, her gaze fixed entirely on the shifting runic seal.
+ Scene Quest Added
Disrupt the energy flow to prevent structural collapse