She shuddered as the horrific monster drew itself towards her. She was immobilised with fear and could hardly breathe. A few metres away stood her two brothers, Jared and Simon, yelling continuously for her to run, to run away as fast as she could. But she was rooted to the spot.

Jared and Simon were frantic. Their sister Mallory was about to be eaten by a water troll that had come out from the river they were at to catch fishes just a while ago. They had ran at their first instinct, panting, standing in a bright patch of sunlight, for they knew trolls hated that. But Mallory had barely moved a muscle as the troll reached out a slimy long hand with huge fingers that could grab her in one swipe.

‘MALLORY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! RUN!’ Simon screamed. Jared then saw a rapier on the ground. He picked it up and used it to reflect the sunlight straight into the troll’s eyes.

There was a loud ‘Aaanughh’ as the troll called out, was blinded and burned by the sun and quickly retreated to the deepest part of the river and slowly sank down to the bottom. Mallory had hardly moved throughout the whole situation.

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Maple Adventures

Chapter 1

It was a dark and gloomy day in Victoria Island. Though it was supposed to be fine weather every day, today was different. There was just so many clouds, dark clouds that covered the sun and prevented any ray of light to poke through.

In the bowman town of Henesys, despite the cloudy weather everyone still went about their daily routine. Except that something was missing. The usually bustling town was deserted. Not a single adventurer was there, not even in the most popular channel. The townspeople were worried, for if the adventurers did not return to Victoria the island’s trade would fail.

Out of the blue, a gang of around 7 adventurers set foot in Henesys. The first group in months, the townspeople greeted them warmly. But soon they had turned around and fled for their lives, as the leader of the gang commanded his followers to destroy everything and kill everyone. This was not a benevolent guild of adventurers. The dark days of Victoria just got darker...

The leaders of the different towns quickly held a meeting in private. They all feared for the lives of the people and the island. The leaders were unable to help. The gang was too strong. Only other adventurers could kill them, but there were none. ‘Where are all the Adventurers? This gang will destroy everything if we don’t stop them!’ Athena Pierce voiced out her fears. ‘Left for Ossryia, it seems,’ Grendel the Really Old replied gravely.

‘I guess we can only wait, until they return...’

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