After leaving the battlefield and the ruins of Velmora, Simon, Sonya, and Akaza followed Lord Enigma toward The Abyss. Virella and Ammor came with them, carrying their share of the things salvaged from the dead.
Their journey ended in a volcanic wasteland far from the Demon Realm's main and known roads.
Enigma brought them above an open crater. Lava boiled below, lifting black crusts that cracked and sank again. Something long enough to encircle a fortress rolled beneath the surface, exposing a row of glowing fins before disappearing.
Simon steadied the wind carrying Akaza, Virella, and Ammor. Beside him, Sonya turned her head toward the movement beneath the lava.
Virella looked down, then back at Enigma.
"Please tell me we're going around it."
"The entrance is underneath," Enigma replied.
