The brief respite in the Golem cavern was over. The faint, skittering vibrations through the stone were getting louder, coming from multiple directions now. The collapsed tunnel they had just fled was beginning to shift and crumble as the Cavern Creeper swarm dug through. They were not just in their path, they were surrounded.
"We're out of time and options," Adam growled, his voice low and urgent. "We go straight through the original collapse. It's our only shot. Ignis, get behind me. Alice, be ready to move the moment there's an opening!"
He positioned himself before the main wall of rubble that had initially trapped them. He didn't have the luxury of careful digging anymore. It was brute force or nothing.
"Earthen Armor!" he roared. A shell of hardened, magically-fortified stone encased his scales, drastically increasing his defense but making his movements heavier. He was now a living battering ram.
