Cast ZAP on the Elvins
From Create Your Own Story
You cast the spell, and fire a lightning bolt up into the trees. The limb on which the Elvin sit rends in an enormous explosion, and the tree bursts into flames! You break quickly into a run to avoid the rain of burning branches. You quickly leave their screams behind.
The sun is now just past its zenith and everywhere, a dusty heat rises from the baked earth. You begin to think about where you will stay for the night. But then you see the path runs into a small village, set into a hill.
Smoke rises from the stacks. The houses are well-set, with stone at their bases and thatched roofs of grasses and thick leaves. There is, unusually, more than just the one street running through the centre of town. But it is as though this place, once rich, has had its heart scooped away. Litter surrounds the buildings, and on the edge of the village are rows and rows of empty, abandoned buildings.
You continue your slow trudge along the path.
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