Assimilation

"Do you have some idea where we should go?" Nerissa asked as they had been walking for a while.

"I am just guessing based on Ezra's intel. I hope this will be the right place." Malacai stopped, then looked around at the trees

One of them was large and had a peculiar look; it didn't have any leaves at all, making it look like a dead tree.

The bark was decayed, with cavities carved in the middle. Malacai put the keycard inside.

The rune started glowing in a reddish color, followed by a formation like a magic circle appearing on the ground.

The tree started transforming, the cavities growing larger until they finally turned into something like a gate. Behind the gate, they could smell a weird odor like a rotten egg, and they could also feel a tingling on their skin from the palpable heat coming from inside.

"Malacai, are you sure this is the entrance? Why do I feel like this is the gate to hell?"