And there’s a giant skaddler lifting a child into the air, holding the poor terrified little girl up over its gaping, fang-filled mouth.
Her mother screams, throwing herself out the front door and racing toward the monster.
In your hand, the sword grows warm, suddenly larger than before.
It’s transforming as if on its own.
Maybe it’s time for your debut as the reluctant hero after all, because no matter how annoyed you are about being kidnapped—to put it lightly—you can’t seem to stop yourself as you charge toward the monster, swinging your sword like the hero of a fantasy action movie.
“Hey, you, big ugly beastie!” You yell, leaping toward it with a bout of adrenaline-fueled speed. “Put the kid down!”
For an instant, the skaddler freezes.
Slowly, its glowing, red eyes turn, fixing on you.
Fear races through your body, pounding through your heart, but you can’t stop now. Not when it’s already seen you.
It drops the girl, her mother rushing to her side, flinging her arms around her as she sobs.
Poor kid’s gonna need some serious therapy.
But at least she’s alive.
And now it’s just you and the monster.
It faces you, letting out a loud, reeking roar as lightning flashes across the sky overhead and more rain pounds down, the cold wind lashing through your hair.
You gulp, swallowing hard.
Is it too late to run back into that basement and hide?
Yes.
Unfortunately.
Because the skaddler takes another step forward, closing the distance between you as you try to stand your ground, legs and arms shaking.
And…that’s when you hear it.
A roar, as loud as a freight train.
The wind picks up, gusting so hard, the mother and child struggle to get back into their house.
“Hey, Chosen One!” Yells Eli from off to the side. “Run!”
And that’s when you see it.
A tornado.
As wide as a building, barreling straight toward you.
The sword gleams in your hands, energy pulsing through it as the skaddler continues to advance, the monster unbothered by the impending doom.
But you can’t fight.
Not like this.
Not with a tornado about to tear you and the town apart.
