I stared down the creature, a mass as dark as the night itself. Its two great swords were bathed in my blood, and the world looked blurry, thanks to the throbbing wound in one of my eyes. In the background, the scene was even worse: two of my friends lying on the ground, motionless, gravely wounded.
Fear tried to crawl up my spine, but rage was faster.
"If that's how you want to play..." I spat the words out along with a mouthful of blood. "THEN LET'S PLAY!"