The market

[Maero]

The beast thrashed about blindly but seemed to at least smell the burning of the fireball before it struck, and collapsed itself, falling flat and avoiding the attacks. It was smarter than it appeared, or rather was getting smarter. It was clearly feeding off of the black energies emanating from beyond the room, making it grow more powerful but the second. The room was also getting much much colder, and in place of ice, shards of black glass began to cover everything around them.

Black wings suddenly erupted from the snake's back, and it hissed menacingly at Alex. It was now able to ignore the foul stench and stared directly at him, layering him in an over growing coat of obsidian ice, and killing him outright if their eyes met. The beast was like the creature D was fighting, though not as powerful. It was naturally a creature of evil and blackness and it grew more powerful every second.