The Battle Erupts

The party charged past the dilapidated wooden gates of the village, the soldiers moving in disciplined formation while Boy and the feline summon prowled ahead like shadows in the chaos.

The sight of armed reinforcements caught the bandits off guard, momentarily freezing some in their tracks.

A few of the raiders, sensing the immediate threat as the soldiers on horseback pulled out their blades, turned to flee but they were swiftly cut down by the leading soldiers.

Others roared in defiance, unwilling to let their spoils be taken away from them as they rallied to defend their plunder.

The clash began instantly as steel met steel, and the air quickly filled with the cries of the wounded and dying.

The village was in chaos, the heat of the flames mixing with screams and the clashing of steel.

The once-peaceful settlement had completely changed, its streets were now littered with debris with the fallen scattered around.