November 14, 2024

Proceeding through the dark, misty forest, Jahid stops suddenly.

"Did you hear that?" he muttered.

"Hear what?"

Just then, out of the fog - something that should only exist in nightmares; pale, sickly, with a hungered look in its cold, black eyes.

The ghoul lunged toward Jahid.

Barely wasting a moment, Jahid summoned just above his hand a disc of pure, purple light and flung it at the thing.

Its body hit the ground and slid, stopping at Jahid's feet.

The head flopped to the forest floor with a wet thud a few moments later.

The mist seemed to part, creating a deliberate path to the now clearly visible and much closer castle.

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