Eli stood frozen as a skeletal horse galloped towards her, its bony hooves striking the ground with a haunting echo. The players behind her murmured in panicked gibberish, their footsteps rapidly fading into the distance as they fled from the approaching monster.
But Eli refused to join their cowardice. With a shrug of her shoulders, she felt a sense of liberation, as if the leeches had fallen off her skin. Instead, she braced herself to face the skeleton leader alone.
The orc's heart raced as she watched the beast approach, its empty eye sockets burning with red flames.
Swish...
Suddenly, a glint of light caught Eli's eye. A single arrow had descended from the sky, piercing the horse's skull and shattering it into a million pieces. The force of the impact caused the horseman to tumble off the beast's back, landing in a heap on the ground.