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((What rope?))

The cable appear to be very tight.

A quick glance up revealed that the shaft ended just above where he'd entered. As he slid down, he began to feel strain from his lack of evocation skill, though Robert consoled him by pointing out that even a skilled evoker would have difficulty sliding down the shaft with compressed air gloves.

Paul realized that Joe could have done it without hands.
In the meantime, Joe was arriving at the first target and began to dole out unrelenting harshness, in such a righteous fashion that the gods themselves wept at the sight.

Paul quickly realized he had a major shortage of earth as his earth tether was the only earth available and he lacked the mana to generate his own.

Fyrin arrived shortly after Joe and saw him-
Did he just beat a werebeast to death with its own arm?

Before Fyrin could join the melee, four werebeasts - three wolves and a bear - rushed at Joe.

Joe threw up a wall of fire with a casual gesture and dashed to the side, his form blending with the flames between him and his adversaries. He proceeded two skewer three of them on the Saint's Saber with a single thrust. The fourth opened his mouth in shock; before he could react further, a fireball engulfed him, igniting his fur. As he rolled on the ground, Joe poured more fire onto the werebeast, cooking him alive as he failed to extinguish himself.

Joe entered the small shack they were defending and found a hatch in the ground. He clenched his fist and slammed it against the lock; it shattered beneath his strike. The Djinni-powered mage threw the hatch open and hurtled down it, throwing fireballs into his path and landing in the wake of their detonations. He found several vampires, most clutching their ears and screaming. Joe's magic was a deafening torrent to their mana-sensitive ears. He took a deep breath and created a burst of white fire that consumed all the oxygen - and vampires - that the chamber held.

Progressing down a corridor, Joe came to a split hallway. There were doors to his right and left.

Joe saw to his left there was an armory. To his right, he saw a control room and oh s**t that's an acolyte.

Joe felt displeasure.

Joe felt displeasure in the form of a wooden chair hitting the back of his head so hard and fast that there was an ear-shattering sonic boom in its wake. Right. Teleportation.