Escape
“Emery, ready your sword.” Kline whispers.
“You know I’m afraid of bugs! If that’s a giant-ass spider, I’m getting the hell out of here, not fighting it!” Emery whispers defensively.
The tapping gets louder and louder, before a grotesque hairy leg the size of an adult male emerges from the darkness. The leg is followed by another, followed by six more, all originating from a bulbous thick-hided and hairy body, slightly swaying as it walks closer; it’s the goliath man-eater!
Sensing the movement of the torchlight, the massive spider starts skittering towards the two cousins with rapid speed, the tapping quickly turning into rapid thumping.
“Screw this!” Emery bolts away from behind the rock, running into the darkness they came from.
“We can take it down together!… EMERY!” Kline shouts.
Emery is only focused on getting the hell away, Kline’s words don’t reach him. Kline glances nervously at his cousin running for his life, before turning towards the gigantic spider.
It’s too risky taking it on by myself, especially underground in its own territory, shit! Kline drops his torch and uses both of his hands to cast a powerful bolt of water magic towards the roof of the cave. As the bolt of water crashes against the rocky roof in a loud crackling splash, a carriage-sized piece of the roof comes caving in, sending spiky rubble crashing down onto of the spider. Taking the opportunity, Kline sprints towards where Emery ran, quickly catching up to him.
Both Kline and Emery are now running into the darkness. The sound of clattering and thumping continues, now joined by the sound of a terrifying screeching, the spider is still alive, and now we angered it!
As Emery looks back, he sees the spider skittering towards him at rapid speed. In the same moment, he stumbles and trips on a rock, crashing down onto the rough stone floor. Emery is frozen in place, with a terrified expression plastered across his face as the gigantic spider lunges towards him, ready to sink its enormous fangs into him.
In a split second, the rocky ceiling above explodes in a reverberating fiery blast. Among the rubble and flames, a man comes crashing down onto the spider, skewering its head with a blade trailing fire.
The crashing rubble shakes the very cavern itself, flames roaring loud. The man standing on top of the gigantic now lifeless spider, pulls out his blade from the spider’s head with a quick tug.
“Pull out your sword Emery, pull out your sword! The situation just got ten times worse.” Kline shouts to Emery, with fear in his voice.
“A muscular royal-blooded fire-demon, wearing a red tank top and wielding a legendary adamantite sword; t-that’s Commander of the Third Flame, Griffin Stonepyre!” Emery shouts, recognizing the extent of the danger they’re in.
Emery pulls out his sword from its scabbard, gripping it tightly with both hands as the sweat begins forming on his forehead. H-he shouldn’t be here, there’s no reason for him to be here, so WHY!? We’re the only other people in this cave right now, he must have found out about our training and planted an ambush for us!
Eight Chosen Warriors jump down one after another from the hole that the Commander crashed down from, landing on the ground beside Griffin. Each and every one of them likely rank between Troll and Minotaur on the Threat Scale; this is bad… The Commander alone would’ve been enough; but this… This is an execution!
“Sons of Snowden!… I’m here on business, let’s make this quick!” the man smirks, pointing his sword directly at Kline and Emery.
The World Stones 