Rocket Man

For a monster that was supposedly among the rarest of horror types, there were far too many dragons in this adventure for Sam’s liking. That’s what he was thinking while he rolled around in the blood-coated grass to avoid the pillar of dragon fire hurtling after him.

“Shouldn’t there be—”

Sam launched his right bracer’s grappling hook up to a nearby oak.

“—a quota on boss encounters—”

As his hook latched onto one of the oak’s highest branches, the mechanism inside his bracer began to reel Sam forward, launching him up into the air and away from the blazing heat that scalded his half-exposed butt cheeks.

“—with each danger zone!”