The golem stopped in front of the assassins, its glowing eyes fixed on them. For a moment, there was silence, broken only by the sound of the assassins' ragged breathing.
Then, the golem raised its arm and brought it down with a thunderous crash. The ground shook, and the assassins were thrown off their feet, their weapons clattering to the ground.
Before the assassins could recover from the golem's sudden appearance, the ground trembled beneath them once more. The rock golem's eyes blazed with a bright, ethereal light as it slowly raised its massive arm, its stone fingers curling into a fist. The air around them seemed to hum with a strange energy, and the assassins, still reeling from their encounter with the acid ants, could only watch in a mix of terror and awe.
