The next area was a cavern, but there was nothing inside, at first glance, but as I looked inside I noticed something. The roof of the cave was covered in stalactites but I could see glittering colored scales poking out from behind them. So, an ambush was set, dragons were crafty creatures, but not as crafty as me!
I sent one of my manticores into the center of the cave, but the dragons didn't budge. I then sent the manticore straight up to fly into the dragons, but it was instantly incinerated into little black bits. Hmm, that was annoying; I sent the other eleven manticores inside, and then I slowly entered.
The cave closed behind me the second I was through the door just like I was worried about. The cave was a lot taller than wide, and If I were to try and use my seventh stalk, there was a good chance I would be caught in the blast. I got the manticores to spread out, I couldn't reach them, but their fire wouldn't reach me on the ground.