Tirek knew that they were in for quite the challenge, since the giant that was guarding the walkway they needed to use was going to make sure none of them got by it, making him annoyed by the fact that none of his spells would be able to help him this time around, but there was one thing they might be able to do, as he suspected that if they just booked it, and headed for the other side, they might be able to make it without being hit by the giant. Fortunately this wasn't like all of the other times he had died, as they had the lift that would allow them to return to the area of his latest death rather easily, so he didn't have to worry about losing his souls this time around, but he knew that the being that was in their way was the thing he had to worry about, especially with the speed the creature swung his arms at invaders. Part of him had to wonder if he should return to the shrine and see if Yoel was ready for another round of drawing out his true power, as while twenty percent might not do anything to the giant it would allow him to take out the other enemies that were in their way that much quicker, but for now he remained deep in his thoughts as he waited to see what Sarana and Martok's fates were, since they had lashed out at the giant while he was under attack. He knew there was a chance that they would come through the now open door they had unlocked a few minutes ago, just like what happened when the invaders came into their world, but he would have to wait and see what happened when they finally arrived at the bonfire.
A few moments later the air near him shimmered and both of his companions returned to the bonfire that he had been resting at, though a quick glance at them revealed that they must have fought the giant to clear it out, like one of those foes that wouldn't come back if they killed it once, where the loss of their embered state told him that they must not have been successful in their mission.
"That giant is a tough one to crack," Martok commented, his statement revealing that fighting the giant was the wrong idea and that they needed to do something else, which was something that Tirek had been thinking about since he came back to life at the bonfire, though even as he said that both he and Sarana turned towards Tirek for a second, "So, do we try to kill the giant again, or are we going to attempt something different?"
"We're going to head back inside the cathedral and run past the area that the giant is guarding," Tirek stated, because he suspected that if they could get to the other side of the walkway, to the other entrance he had spotted earlier, the giant would cease to be a problem for them and they would be able to explore the rest of the cathedral however they wanted, allowing them to look for Aldrich, the first of the Lords of Cinder they would be encountering.
"That might work," Sarana said, where Tirek had the feeling that she might have some experience with these creatures and hadn't said anything since she wasn't expecting to find one in the Cathedral of the Deep, but, at the same time, he was somewhat pleased to hear that one of his companions agreed with what he was saying, which was when Martok nodded his head as well, something that Tirek was expecting since the warrior seemed to follow Sarana's every word, either due to love or because she was the superior of their little group.
Tirek nodded his head and got up from where he was sitting, to which the three of them headed back through the open shortcut and walked over to where the lift was located, where they waited for a few seconds and let the circular lift come to a stop in front of them, which was the moment that they climbed onto it and rode back up to the crossroads area that contained the path the giant was guarding. The moment they walked out onto the part of the walkway that was near the giant, the area that Tirek had been killed in to be exact, Sarana rushed forward and headed down the path that would allow them to move forward, while at the same time Tirek and Martok followed after her, which was the moment the giant woke up and raised himself so he could lash out at them once more. This time around, thanks to knowing what was going to be coming their way, the group were able to fool their foe into lashing out at certain areas to allow the other two to get by the giant, where Tirek found a lost soul, an interesting ring, and some bolts as they rounded the corner and headed for the doorway that was in front of them. There happened to be a grave tender standing in their way, where Tirek blasted the hollow out of the way and let Sarana and Martok rush into the opening that was nearby, to which he joined them and let the giant crush the grave tender, even if they would be focusing on the area that they had found and would put the giant out of their minds, for now anyway.
At the bottom of the stairs, which they found on the other side of the doorway they had gone through, they spotted a pair of paths they could pick from, one heading even deeper and the other heading off to their left, to which Tirek headed to the left and looked around for anything that might be out to kill them, where he found a ladder leading to an area that was above them and a walkway that lead to the other side of the room they were in. He had to assume that the other path they could have picked from would have taken them to the lower area of this room, to let them move further into the rest of the building, so for now he focused on heading for the walkway, which had some arches on the lower side, and found a thrall that dropped down from the ceiling. Instead of worrying about it he walked by the thrall and let Martok crush it a few seconds later, under the weight of his greatsword, while Sarana used her weapon to cut down the other two thralls that tried to attack them from behind, allowing Tirek to focus on the corpse that was resting near a wall and found something interesting, that it was holding a page detailing a new spell, which he collected. He found that the spell was called Seek Guidance, where the information on the page quickly revealed that it was one of the miracles, or lightning type spells, that this world possessed, though the spell was used to allow the user to seek additional help from the other worlds, without being in an embered state, something that would be useful if Sarana and Martok weren't helping him, but he added it to his collection of spells and returned to where his companions were standing.
While he did that Sarana headed up the ladder for a moment, where Tirek raised his eyebrow as he witnessed that, but he stood beside Martok as they waited to see what their companion was up to, before she slid down the ladder and rejoined them, briefly mentioning that there had been an evangelist at the top of the ladder and that there was no other path up there, meaning the other set of stairs was where they had to go.
Tirek nodded his head and headed over to the set of stairs in question, where they quickly came to a room that had a few of the church chairs resting in the area and had a chest off on the far right, though as he approached it Sarana held her hand out and stopped him, though as he started to open his mouth, to ask her what she was doing, she beckoned for him to be silent and beckoned to the chest. It was interesting that she would do something like that, but based on what he had seen from her in the past, since they started their quest, he decided to put his faith in her and glanced at the chest for a few seconds, where he found that the upper part of the chest, the lid, was slowly moving a little up and then headed back down, like something was sleeping and that they didn't want to make too much noise. As such she had him back up and he did so, where he stood by Martok for a moment as she pulled out the charm she had found outside the cathedral, by the evangelist that was outside, and jumped backwards for a moment as she smashed the charm on the floor in front of the chest, causing a white mist to cover the area around where it landed, something that caused the chest-like creature to yawn. In that moment Sarana rushed forward and took the item that was right inside the creature's mouth, a book of some kind, and moved back to where Tirek and Martok were standing, though instead of saying anything they headed for the other path they could take and entered a much larger area that was like the last room they had been in, and they did spot a tall knight, in decent looking armor and wielding a large shield, blocking the way forward.
"So, what was what?" Tirek asked, because he had no idea what sort of creature that was, even though he could make a guess as to what it was based on what he had seen, but he knew that Sarana would be able to tell him what that thing had been and, more importantly, the details on the item that they had picked up thanks to her quick actions, even though he was sure that they could have taken the creature down.
"A mimic... they take the form of chests to punish greedy looters, but they're weak to that charm I used." Sarana said, which Tirek found to be interesting and wondered if they might have seen a creature like it in some of the areas they had gone through, as it looked like Martok might have fought one of them in the past, before she glanced at the tome she was holding for a few seconds, "This, on the other hand, is one of those braille tomes I've heard about, which contain miracles that only the blind can read and translate, or someone who has gone through the effort to learn that skill, so, since we don't know anyone like that, its not exactly useful to us right now."
"Then we'll wait until we find someone that can translate it." Tirek remarked, as that wasn't what he wanted to hear right now, especially since this item had been guarded by a mimic that had assumed the form of a chest, but, at the same time, it was worth putting it into their pack and moving forward, as there was a chance that they could find someone to help them with the tome.
Sarana nodded her head and stored the tome in her pack, where they turned towards the knight that was still walking up and down part of the chamber that they were in, apparently ignoring them somehow as it did that, and rushed towards their next foe, who actually lowered his shield for a moment and seemed to bless his mace, based on the white light that danced around his weapon, which was when Sarana cut into his side, to indicate the battle was starting. When the knight lashed out with the mace he was holding, as in it hit the ground since he wanted to smash one of them into the floor, he left small white glowing spheres on the floor, where Tirek and Martok moved away from them as they exploded a few seconds later, showing them that they needed to be careful when dealing with someone that had this sort of enchantment on their weapon. As it turned our their foe made the wrong decision to focus on Sarana, because that opened him up to being attacked by Martok from behind and received a Fire Orb to the back, knocking him to the floor rather easily, which was the moment that Sarana landed on his back and stabbed him, bringing an end to the knight's undead life, despite the fact that he would be back when they rested at the next bonfire they found. The group glanced at each other for a second, as they knew that if they encountered more of those knights, like two or more, or a group with one of them, they would be in serious trouble, before the three of them found that there were two paths to pick from, one that lead into the room that was beyond where the knight had been patrolling and another that seemed to go into the massive area that contained the giant they had seen earlier.
As such they headed into the room that the knight had been guarding and found that it was a large area and that it was a dead end, though that was when a large six legged creature dropped from the area that was above the doorway the group had walked through and attacked them the moment it touched the ground, where it focused on Sarana and Martok for a time, leaving Tirek alone so he could use his new Fire Orbs on the creature, causing massive pain to the monstrous beast, to the point where it collapsed and died before their eyes.
"This spell is more useful than I thought it would be, especially against enemies that are weak to fire." Tirek said, even though a smile appeared on his face as he picked up a ring that was resting where the creature had been, showing that he was pleased by this turn of events, despite the fact that they had to backtrack for a few moments to get to the other path they had spotted earlier, before noticing that the ring had a sapphire in it, "Well then, I guess its time we checked out the area that the giant is in, while making sure we don't tick off the tall creature in question."
Sarana and Martok nodded their heads once more, something that Tirek was getting used to since there were times where they chose not to talk and times where they would talk, where this was the former, but as they walked out of the room he did notice that Sarana found an ember resting on the ground and pocketed it, not that it mattered, before they headed for the other passage and found themselves in the massive area that the giant could walk in, if it decided to move from where it was standing. Of course they walked out onto a path that rested between the doorway and the area that the giant was in, where Tirek spotted a couple of thralls hanging out in an area to their left, who didn't seem to notice them at all, before they walked down the stairs that were in front of them and noticed a few things, the first being the fact that there were actually two giants in this cathedral, the one off to their far left, which had killed them, and one off to an area on their right, but fortunately the pair hadn't moved yet, meaning they were in the clear. The next thing that Tirek noticed was that the area they were now walking in wasn't covered by the strange substance that the first giant was standing in, rather it seemed that the floor was separated into three seconds and they were in the part that was ankle high water, and then he noticed another area that they could explore, one that happened to be on the side of the cathedral that their shortcut was located on, only it was some distance in front of them. There was also the fact that there was some sort of gathering area off on their right, which rested above the black substance that the second giant was resting in, meaning that they had to pick from trying to find a second shortcut or trying to mess with one of the slumbering giants, something he would feel better about if they had a quicker route to this area.
What was interesting was that there was also one of the cathedral knights walking in the area that might hold a small shortcut of some sort, likely the other one that would take them back to the bonfire, and he had a few thralls walking with him, showing that engaging that particular foe meant challenging three foes at the same time, which might be a challenge based on what they had seen so far. Tirek had them wait for a moment, just to let the cathedral knight turn around and head back down the path he and his minions had come from, before he, Sarana, and Martok walked forward and headed for the doorway that the group seemed to be guarding at the moment, even though a thrall dropped down behind them as they passed by a wall, prompting Sarana to stab him before he could attack them from behind. Once that was done they walked through the opening and found a set of stairs that headed downwards, which brought them to a metal door that could be opened from their side and revealed an area that rested above another part of the outside of the cathedral, where one of the maggot monsters seemed to be resting in the water to their right. That was when they found another set of stone stairs that brought them to an area that had two large doors for them to open, one that happened to be the other shortcut to the chapel bonfire, which pleased Tirek more than he was willing to admit, while the other contained a room that had a lift in it, one that might be worth exploring at some point.
Tirek made sure that the three of them rested at the bonfire for a moment, even if they really didn't need it, before he got back up and headed through the door that they had walked through, as he intended on heading back to the inside of the cathedral so he could figure out where Aldrich was located, challenge him to a fight, and then kill him so he could steal his power for himself. Sarana, however, apparently seemed to be of the opinion that they might as well check out what the lift might take them to, since there was the possibility that it might take them right to Aldrich's quarters, or an area that was of equal importance to the cathedral, and while Tirek was sure she didn't know everything there was to know about this building he had to admit that it was worth checking out. In the following moment the three of them walked onto the lift and let it take them up to the top of the shaft that it was connected to, which happened to be the floor of the tower that one of the crossbow wielding grave tenders, near the main entrance of the cathedral, happened to be positioned on, but instead of letting their foe get his attack off Martok kicked him over the edge and let Tirek blast him, and the other grave tender, from where they were standing. Once that was done Sarana stepped out onto the small walkway that wrapped around the tower that they had found, where she found a ladder that would let them head to a higher level and started to climb up it, causing Martok and Tirek to do the same thing until they reached the top of the ladder, revealing another area for someone to stand on and found one of the devouts, a thin one, praying to something.
Sarana, after making sure the devout had no idea that they were there, raised her blade and stabbed him in the back, killing him instantly and caused him to drop a ring on the floor, before she walked over to the edge of the area and stared at the support pillar that connected to the cathedral, where she jumped down onto the walkway and moved out of the way so she could glance up at the pair. Martok wasted no time in doing the same thing, where he jumped over the edge and landed near their companion, to which Tirek picked up the ring and stashed it inside his pack, mostly so he could consider what they were doing, before he followed their lead and jumped over the edge as well, only to land on the tiled walkway like his companions had done. As the group headed up the tiled walkway, and approached the part of the roof that it was connected to, a thrall climbed up onto the area behind them, but this time Martok, instead of wasting his time to use his weapon, simply kicked the thrall over the edge and sent him into the lowest section of the outside area of the cathedral, killing him in the process. That, in turn, allowed them to walk up onto the flat walkway that they had been walking up, only for a hollow wielding a large axe to walk out of a side passage and walk towards the group, where Martok quickly parried the attack that was coming their way and broke the hollow's guard, allowing Sarana to cut into the hollow's side and put him down, though as they did that Tirek spotted another one, this one wielding a halberd, coming up the path that was behind them and hurled a Fire Orb at him, positioned so that it would hit the side of the stone pillar that was near it and send it flying off the roof, opening the way with little effort. With that done the three of them headed down the path that was now open for them, where Martok kicked off another thrall as it tried to climb up to where they were walking, before Tirek found an opening to their left that was rather interesting, as it wasn't something that he was expecting to see, even after what he had seen so far.
What was in front of them was the crossed walkways that Tirek had seen when they first entered the cathedral, which he had assumed they wouldn't be able to access the first time he noticed the area, but, at the same time, there were a few cathedral knights standing up here with them, including a few thralls, so that meant that Martok would be at the front of the line and he would be behind his companions, to throw magic at their foes. As such they carefully made their way over to the area that one of the cathedral knights were standing in, the one that happened to the be the left of the opening they had walked through, where Sarana let Martok use his greatsword as a makeshift shield to block the incoming attacks from the thrall that was in their way, before she lashed out and stabbed the guy while his defenses were open. Tirek, while they were doing that, summoned his magic and blasted the other thralls with a few Fireballs, deciding not to waste his power on the Fire Orb spell since his targets were a good distance away from where he and his companions were at the moment, and he could tell that the other cathedral knight didn't seem to care about what was going on. Part of him wanted to blast the other knight and push him off the walkway that he was standing on, just to make their lives that much easier, but since it appeared that the foe in question wasn't looking at them he had to assume that he either had a short attention span or he had hollowed with none of his companions noticing the difference in his attitude.
It didn't take Martok and Sarana long to take care of the cathedral knight that they had walked over to, and since they noticed the same thing that Tirek did, about the one that he had glanced at, they carefully made their way over the crossed walkways and headed for the flat area they could stand on, which seemed to be the next area for them to look at, but as they did that Tirek found that his thoughts were incorrect. By that he meant that the other cathedral knight moved as they walked by where it was positioned and, since he was caught off guard by that, it swung the side of its greatsword into his chest and knocked him clean off the walkway that he and his companions were on, where all he could do was fall through the air before colliding with the ground floor of the cathedral. As such his world went black once more and he reappeared back at the bonfire that rested inside the chapel, where he growled in annoyance as he sat down near the flames, because it was annoying to be killed twice in the same area and it was starting to get old, though he had the feeling that Sarana, at the very least, might be getting annoyed with him, meaning that Martok would likely follow her lead if she said something about it, based on what he's seen so far. What just happened to him meant that the cathedral knights had to be taken down the moment they were spotted and not allowed to do whatever they were trying to do, though that meant nothing if he kept getting crushed by everything they fought, especially since there was another giant in the cathedral and probably several more knights as well, meaning the trek to Aldrich was going to be hard.
A few minutes went by, showing him that both of his companions must have survived the sudden surprise attack from the cathedral knight, before Sarana and Martok walked through the opening that lead to the lift, confirming his thoughts on the matter, but instead of saying anything he got up and they lead him back to where they had been standing when he had been knocked off the crossed walkway, allowing him to regain his souls, before Sarana pulled out the white bones they had collected and told them to focus on the shrine... though when Tirek did that he found that he had been taken from where he had been standing and teleported back to the shrine.
Sarana, knowing what was coming next, informed him that what they had used were Homeward Bones, useful items for the Undead in the sense that they allowed them to teleport back to a previous bonfire they had used or even the place that served as their base of operations, where Tirek did wish that she had mentioned this sooner, but he decided not to worry about that and focused on what they were doing. Since they were back at the shrine, and had some time on their hands, Tirek took the opportunity that was presented to them and approached the Fire Keeper, where he channeled all of the souls he had acquired so far and empowered himself even further, even if this was nothing compared to what Yoel did for him, a thought that brought a smile to his face. Just thinking about the pilgrim made Tirek wonder if it was time to see if he was ready to unlock even more of his true strength, which, in turn, would allow him to decimate the enemies that were inside the cathedral, especially Aldrich once they found where the Lord of Cinder was hiding, so while Sarana and Martok took their turns with the Fire Keeper, to strengthen themselves as well, he went looking for the pilgrim. Sure enough Yoel was standing in the area that he had claimed as his home since he arrived in the shrine, an area far away from the others that Tirek and his companions recruited during their quest, and even as Tirek approached him, to see if he was ready for another round, he could see that Yoel was shaking a little, like he might have used too much of his energy to pull out his true strength, meaning that he might perish soon if this continued.
If it were anyone else that had noticed that, like Twilight and her friends, they would have stopped and found another way to empower themselves, so they didn't kill someone who was trying to help them, but he didn't care all that much and approached the pilgrim, who nodded his head and raised his energy filled hand as he focused on what Tirek wanted him to do, who felt his power become even stronger in the process, and his body was starting to look even younger, so much so that the old looking form was becoming a thing of the past.
"My Lord, I can draw out even more of your power, if you're willing." Yoel commented, his voice actually sounding like he was in pain from what he was doing at the moment, despite his best efforts to make sure no one heard the tone of his voice, though at the same time that interested Tirek, because the level of power the pilgrim had just brought him to was twenty percent of his total power, following the theme of five percent per session, and if he could withstand the pain of one more session that would put him at twenty-five percent.
"Good, then do so." Tirek commanded, because if Yoel was going to purposely push himself to his absolute limits like this, and potentially put his life at risk to draw out even more of his true strength, despite the pain that his body was in at the moment, he was going to take the offer and become even stronger as a result, granting him more than enough power to take down the Cathedral of the Deep.
"As you wish." Yoel said, where he braced himself and repeated the process that he just went through, where Tirek did feel even more of his power returning to him as his body got younger as a result, though once the pilgrim was done with what he was doing he lowered his land and coughed for a moment, showing that doing such a process twice had caused some damage to his body, more than the last few times they did this, before he glanced at Tirek, "My Lord, you have now obtained ample strength, as I'm sure you have no doubt determined on your own."
"Yes, I feel much stronger than I did earlier," Tirek remarked, where he stood up and stretched his arms for a second or two, as while he was still not close to what he looked like when he was at his full power, something that he was currently trying to reach, his power was far stronger than what he had been using when they first invaded the cathedral and he knew that it was time to continue on his quest, though as he walked away he paused for a moment, "You did good, Yoel, now rest and get your strength back."
That was one of the few times that he would even tell someone that they had done a good job, something that was very uncharacteristic of him, but Yoel had been instrumental in giving him a fourth of his true power back and this time he wanted to make sure the pilgrim knew that his help was appreciated, in his own way of letting people know that of course, before he headed back to where Sarana and Martok were waiting for him. For a moment they seemed surprised by what had happened to him, or at least that was what he was assuming since he couldn't see either of their faces, though that was followed by them gathering around the shrine's bonfire and headed back to the cathedral, as it was time for them to continue looking for Aldrich. As such they returned to the chapel and walked through the doorway that served as the second shortcut back to the bonfire, to which Tirek walked forward and left the area of the bonfire behind, where he and his companions moved into the cathedral and quickly returned to the area that the cathedral knight and his thralls were walking in. Tirek glanced at those foes for a moment before he ignited his left hand and hurled a Fire Orb at the cathedral knight, where it slammed into the knight's back and detonated with enough force to take out both of the thralls that were near him, and knocked his target to the floor, giving Sarana the chance to rush forward and put an end to the knight, so they could move forward without having to worry about the knight coming at them from behind.
Tirek chuckled for a moment as that happened, because this just showed that his power was even greater than what he was expecting it to be when paired with the magic of this world, before he stepped out into the area that was in front of them, though instead of heading over to the right, towards the giant that had killed them, he walked over to the giant that was to their left, where he spotted more of the black slimes they had seen earlier, which were hanging around the feet of the giant. The group glanced at each other for a moment before Sarana and Martok headed for the giant, as they intended on attacking the feet and seeing if they could bring it down, while at the same time Tirek let his hand catch on fire and threw some Fireballs at the slimes, causing all of them to wither in pain as they were set on fire, just like the last one they had fought, giving his companions a chance to cut into the giant's legs as it roared and stood up. Tirek watched what was going on and let a small smile appear on his face as his companions slashed into the giant's legs, eventually causing the being to collapse on the ground and break apart into souls, showing him that the way to bring down the giants in this area was to hack at their legs, before they started to walk through the black substance that coated the ground that the giant had been resting in. While they did that, however, Sarana picked up a few items that were around where their foe had been located, some leggings, a pair of gauntlets, and a chest piece that looked like they belonged to the same set of armor, a large soul, one of those odd tongues, and a pair of hammers with spherical orbs at the top of the handles, no doubt a pair of weapons, before they headed up the nearby stairs and continued moving through the rest of the cathedral as they continued their search for Aldrich.
At the top of the stairs they found a number of devouts, either standing around or sitting in the nearby seats, while a cathedral knight happened to be standing in front of the stairs that were in front of the large statue they had seen earlier, though this could be easy for them, since the only foe that might give them some trouble would be the knight, to which the three of them moved forward to confront their latest enemies. What Tirek did was focus on throwing Fireballs at the devouts that were resting around the area, though it was in that moment that he realized he had miscalculated the types of enemies they would be facing, as there were a few peasant hollows resting in the wooden seats and a cathedral knight that was resting in one of them, meaning that he annoyed the knight. Since Sarana and Martok were in the middle of dealing with the first cathedral knight, and were doing a good job since the knight couldn't hit either of them, he focused his attention on his foe and dodged the incoming swings that were being sent in his direction, allowing him to blast the knight with a few Fireballs as he pulled his mace back, and it wasn't long before the knight fell to the ground, letting him turn his attention to the rest of the enemies that were in the area. With the cathedral knights taken care of, and Tirek was sure that there weren't more of them in the area they were in, the three of them finished off the rest of the enemies that were in front of the statue and started to look around the area their foes were guarding, just to see if there were any items that might be useful in the near future.
In the end Tirek found that there was nothing else for them to pick up, but during their search they found a large set of stairs that lead down to one of the Fog Doors that represented an area that a powerful being was resting in, which told him that they had found Aldrich's hideout... but as they walked through the Fog Door, and entered a rather massive and impressive chamber, that had a large coffin in the middle of everything, Tirek found that there were a number of devouts praying in front of the coffin, before they got up and faced the group.
"Dammit, those guys aren't Aldrich... they're his Deacons of the Deep," Sarana commented, though at the same time she and Martok readied their weapons, because the enemies that were in front of them were glaring at them and looked like they were ready to do battle, hence the reason that Tirek readied his magic as well, before she glanced at Tirek for a second, "They aren't as important as their master is, but they might have a clue as to where Aldrich went... however, we'll need to beat the information out of them."
"That's perfectly fine." Tirek stated, because while he was annoyed that they had gone through all that effort to find Aldrich, only to get a large cluster of his minions by the looks of things, this was a good opportunity to test his new level of power out, just to get a good feeling for the power that Yoel had unlocked for him, hence the reason he was channeling another Fire Orb at the moment, "We'll just have to tear them down and figure out what they know."
Sarana and Martok nodded their heads before they scattered, as Sarana rushed around and stabbed a couple of their enemies with her weapon, while at the same time Martok marched towards the group of Deacons and swung his weapon at them, hitting multiple of them at once, though Tirek noticed something interesting as his companions cut into their foes, one of the Deacons had a red glow to his body. He had to assume that the Deacon in question was either empowered by something or he was the main target that they had to take out, though either way he didn't care about which idea was the right one and hurled the Fire Orb at the Deacon with the red glow, where most of the damage was dealt to his main target and the rest of it was transferred to the rest of the enemies that were near him. The second Fire Orb he hurled caused the red glow to disappear from his target's body and, interestingly enough, a red orb moved through the air so it could rest in a new host, allowing that Deacon to be empowered for the foreseeable future, even though that one was quickly mowed down by Martok, forcing the orb to move to yet another host. Tirek also dodged the incoming Fireballs that the Deacons fired at him, just like they did to his companions, and yet he found that his new and improved body was able to move just fine in the grand scheme of things, as he was able to avoid the incoming attacks rather easily, surprising him with how well his body operated at the moment, but even this wasn't his peak and it made him all the more eager for his true power to be returned to him.
Tirek and Martok spent the next couple of moments focusing on the area that the red glowing Deacon was located, as both of their attacks dealt damage to the area that was around their target, while Sarana focused on cutting down the rest of the Deacons, basically taking down one of them every now and then to limit where the orb could go, even if there were more of their enemies raising out of the floor for some odd reason.
Of course, as the group continued to cut and blast their way through the enemies that were in front of them, a group of three Deacons, these ones looking more important than the others they had seen so far, especially due to the fact that two of them were wearing finer clothing and one of them was even carrying a staff of some kind, meaning that he had to be the highest ranking person in the area. As such Tirek focused his Fire Orbs on that particular foe, more because of the fact that he seemed important and less due to the fact that he was the one that the red glow attached to, which he felt was a bonus in the grand scheme of things, leaving Martok to focus on clearing out any of the Deacons that were trying to cast the more powerful spells at them. Sarana quickly told him that it was due to the fact that these foes had to channel their power into a curse that would basically kill them in a matter of seconds, so with her and Martok focusing on the foes that were trying to power that spell, and most of the Deacons focusing on trying to kill them, Tirek was allowed to down one of his Ashen Flasks and restored his power, to which he launched a few more Fire Orbs into the cluster of enemies that were near his main target, where a smile appeared on his face as he blew them all up at the same time. It was rather amusing for them to do this to the cluster of enemies that they were fighting, despite the fact that the Deacons were trying their hardest to take them down, and it wasn't long before Tirek hurled a more powerful Fire Orb into the cluster of enemies and blew them all up, this time causing all of them to react at the same time.
He, Sarana, and Martok watched as the Deacons collapsed on the ground, their bodies disappearing one by one until a fused soul rested in the air in front of them, something that they were able to collect, signifying that they had beaten one more powerful creature, and as their embered states were restored Tirek found a small doll, which seemed to be a squire of some kind, that radiated magical power, like a key that went to a lock, before they returned to the shrine, as it was time to think about their plan and figure out what the next stage of their plan was.