You're the first to reach the top. You drag yourself onto the plateau, scraping your chest against the ground. Despite your exhaustion, you pull yourself to your knees and look ahead at the town. You have a perfect view down its main street.
And there you see hell on earth.
Bodies, hundreds of them, sprawl across the cobblestone street. Houses are consumed with flame, the scorched corpses of their former inhabitants laid out for all to see. Deeper in the town, you catch glimpses of people rushing back and forth across the streets.
Suddenly, the door of the house closest to you flies open. A young woman falls down the front stairs of her house. She's cushioned by the pile of bodies.
Panicked, she turns around onto her back, desperately trying to flee from an unknown threat. You pull yourself to your feet and rush forward.
An Erisian soldier exits the same house. Spotting the woman, he approaches her and seizes her wrist. In his other hand, he's clutching a bloody axe.
You take aim with your crossbow.
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