The beast was nearly slain, its life essence dripping across the cavern floor.  "One more good strike should finish it off!"  She told Shadowe, her voice echoing off the cave's walls.  She studied the creature once more, trying to ascertain anything she could about it.  However, its extraplanar existence made that difficult.  Sure, she had read up on some demons and lesser monsters, but nothing like this- nothing so...<em>eldritch</em>, so alien.  "You made a mistake coming here, beast."  She whispered, turning her head to check that Shadowe was uninjured.  To her surprise, when she turned back, the beast was upon her, charging at her in one last attempt to injure her.  "What?!"  She hissed, caught off-guard by just how quickly it had made it to her.  She had no time to prepare a proper defense, instead attempting to counter it with brute strength.  She charged forward with her weapon held sideways, aiming to simply shove the beast down, but found herself lacking in strength to do so due to the rush.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Defy Danger (Str)</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2017-03-25 10:32:45, ThatOneShrroth (uid: 53474) rolls: 2d6a2 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=101264) </div></div>