บท 156: Siege of the city

Rattle...

The sudden appearance of the bony hand caused the players to jump back in alarm. The hand was thin and skeletal, its bones jutting out at unnatural angles, and as it began to emerge from the soil, the players could see the unmistakable form of a skeleton emerging.

It was as if the earth itself was giving birth to the creature, and as the skeleton stood up, it reached out with its bony arms, its empty eye sockets fixated on the players surrounding it. They could see its rib cage expanding and contracting with each movement, and the sound of its clattering bones filled the air.

The players had faced countless challenges and monsters in their adventures, but they had never encountered anything like this. It was as if the skeleton was not just a monster, but an embodiment of death itself.