Alzara finished grabbing the final heart before retreating back to the pile by Zach and Nora with the Child hot on her heels.
Without Yanael or Mandra, fighting the Child would be difficult. Their only option was to flee to the ninth floor.
They were lucky the Child of the Hydra was still scared of Yanael. That momentary hesitation gave them enough room to teleport away to the next floor of the Labyrinth.
The Child of the Hydra was frustrated and took out his frustration on his surroundings, turning a large part of the forest into a smoldering wasteland.
Zach, Nora, and Alzara breathed out in relief as they safely arrived at the ninth floor before the Child could reach them. Zach had put up enough barriers to hold the Child off just in case, but it would have hurt if the Child had broken through even one of them.
"Well, we found who we were looking for, at least," Zach said with a light smile. Nora was not a big fan of his joke.
