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Grace struggled to get up the tree with her staff. She was barely up a few branches when the noise behind her died down. The spell had worn off and the monstrous creature had found her again.

With renewed effort, she continued climbing. But the monster was approaching fast and reached out to grab her. She hoisted herself up a branch just before it reached her. She had given it her all, but it wasn't enough. Its ugly head was right in front of her, her body easily within reach of its giant hands.

With nothing else to do but fight, she swings the staff with all her might. It hits one of the fingers coming for her in a strike that would have seriously hurt any normal person. But this thing barely reacts and its grasp closes around Grace's body.

The creature almost seemed happy and its face contorted into something like a smile. It raised her above its head by her legs and started jumping around in celebration. Grace was shaking around, her skirt turned upside down putting her bright pink panties on display. Luckily she still had her arms free.

Okay, only have one shot at this.

The creature calmed down and looked up at her. Right then, Grace took her change and threw the staff at him. With a squishing sound, it hit his right eye.

Grace hit the ground hard and with great difficulty crawled behind the tree. Pain all over her body, she heard another deafening cry from the monster behind her. It had pulled the staff out and thrown it to the side. She had caused him great pain, but it only made him more determined to get her.

This is it I guess. In a moment this thing will grab me and it will all be over.

But that moment never came. Instead, she heard the sound of battle erupt again. Horses galloping, the monster roaring at its new opponents, and the battle cries of its adversaries.

"Die beast! You've seen your last sunrise!"

There was more, but most of it was a string of dwarfish curses so crude that I thought it best to leave it out.

She could hear the powerful impact of strikes on its body, combined with its cries of pain. Something heavy smacked into a tree on the other side of the clearing and out of the corner of her eyes, she saw flashes of blinding red light. Then it all died down.