[quote]"Hez! ready with that nice light effect yet?"[/quote]

Hez nodded and closed her eyes to concentrate amidst the darkness and carnage. Her hooded mantle glowed pure white, then flowed off her shoulders and transformed into a rod resembling a large white carnation. She cast her night vision spell upon everyone except Atropos, allowing them to see perfectly in the dark while the food monsters were caught unawares. After that, Hez hid behind the bottles of water during the battle.

Lin floated towards the stairs and called out to the team, "We shouldn't waste time with these cannon fodder! We need to get to the top ASAP so we can purify the artifact! Otherwise we'll be here forever!"

Several slimy baby carrots overwhelmed the stairway, but Lin charged in and sliced them into pieces, clearing the way. Hez emerged from her hiding spot and followed Lin upstairs to the middle level. The carrots had come from a bowl of wilted salad, with a wooden spoon acting as a platform for several vegetables to roll down and bind together to create a veggie golem. Lin slashed across at the tomato head, decapitating the golem. Its celery legs kicked at her hilt, sending her flying towards the wall. It then focused its attention on the frightened Hez, intent on squashing her with its radish fists.