The doors were felled like withered trees, and so they fell, dead oak on cold slab. The white light appeared to be the entrance to the afterlife, and in its center loomed an imposing shadow. A shadow he had seen before, but not like this. The crossbowmen opened fire, but the rain of bolts did not stop him, he continued his wild march, only covering his eyes. In his hand was a flaming sword that heralded the apocalypse. Yolti and the other knights chased the beast like rats cornered by a cat, no, a cougar. Huauau had risen and was looking in all directions for a way to escape.
"Don't even think about it," Dannke told him as he unsheathed his sword, "we all die here. Accept it with dignity."
The taurid easily killed every guard, including Yolti. His wounds, which should have been fatal, were barely more than a paper cut. Dannke stood upright before him. He stood on two steps and could not even reach his chest. The taurid looked at him with the eyes of the grim reaper.