All those weapons and murderous attention at it doesn't go unnoticed. The malice ripples before a deep, bassing sound comes from down, deep into the chamber: the sound of the malice hitting the walls. The doorway they all came through locks up, blocked by a slad of stone. The platform they're on right now trembles as well.

Perhaps you didn't notice before, but the platform everyone is on extends downwards, down into the base of the chamber, unseen by all the goop. That's how everyone can feel it vibrating, the malice attacking the base. A noise of ripping metal echoes, a piece of pipe into the pillar holding the platform being torn apart. Looks like the malice is targeting the base.

If the platform ends up within the malice's reach...they likely will die, overtaken and torn apart by it. Maybe they can defeat it? Maybe they can't?

Regardless...the objective is one: Survive.