For a moment, no one moved. Everywhere felt like it was frozen now kept falling, torches reflecting on their faces. The space where the creature had disappeared was open, and no one moved.

Finally, someone said with fear, “What are we going to do? That thing is out there. We can’t just stand here, what if it comes back?”

People started murmuring, their voices becoming high in groups. Fear spreads fast, some of them still had blood on their clothes from the scratches of weapons they ...