I took a wrong turn and found a whole swarm of them by the stairs down to the basement level. A few peeled off from the main host to harass me, which is why I had to make my own emergency exit, but the rest all stayed behind.

[She crosses her arms. Based on what she's seen of demons so far, the behavior didn't make any sense—Alice figured she was dead meat the moment they saw her and the entire horde would tear her to shreds, but instead...]

It's almost like they're protecting something down there.