Among the ranks of the warriors, there was some initial confusion upon seeing the automaton. Dwemer ruins had a reputation for being deadly places, so most had likely expected an ambush from a small army of Dwarven machines. Seeing a lone automaton rolling headlong into a formation of warriors seemed almost laughable. Saras was ahead of the formation when he opened the gate, so once he heard the sphere rolling towards them, he conjured his bow once more and started stepping back. He nocked his arrow as the automaton was raising its crossbow, but he was the first to fire. Saras' arrow hit the machine's shoulder, though being made of Dwarven metal, the arrow did not even come close to penetrating. The impact of the arrow did, however, exert enough force onto the sphere to cause it to stagger back and to its left as it rolled up the ramp. It caused its crossbow bolt to fire aimlessly off into the wall beside it, and slowed its approach. Once Saras stepped back into formation, other archers, Ahnasha included, loosed their arrows as well. Most of the volley hit stopping its progress entirely, and even knocking it down. Although, it was quick to right itself and resume its charge towards the group. Notably, it was now emitting a harsh grinding sound, suggesting that the impacts had caused some damage to its internal components. 

Seeing as the volley did not destroy the machine, Meesei stepped into position and let loose a storm of lightning into the sphere, lasting a few seconds. It was visibly affected by the onslaught of energy, as it nearly seemed to lose its balance. Steam started to escape from the machine's joints and it gave off a constant, high-pitched hiss from the pressurized gas escaping its pipes. Even so, it continued to roll forward. Once it was upon the formation, it took a swing towards its nearest foe, which Kaleeth readily blocked with her shield. Even damaged, the automaton could hit with impressive force, though Kaleeth could handle blocking it without issue. 

Following the machine's fruitless attack, Ri'vashi swung her mace directly into the sphere's "head." The Cathay werebear's strike, in addition to being startlingly loud, was enough to cause the automaton to entirely collapse to the side, in front of Janius. It even put a sizable dent into the plate she had struck. There was still hissing from the escaping steam, but it looked like the machine had finally been destroyed. It had multiple forms of visible damage, but it was still in-tact enough that they could get a good, up-close look at it. 

Kaleeth looked down and prodded the automaton with her mace. "I know it's not alive or anything, but...I almost feel bad for it."