The four men then started to run back towards the gateway, knowing that they wouldn’t have a chance against the creature.
There was another large tremor as the warrior moved again, it raised its right leg up into the kneeling position, before it hoisted its huge body up to show the world its true height. The beast was massive, much bigger than the temple itself, towering so tall that the top of its helmet touched the clouds. As it stood, it lowered its arm and yanked on its chain, pulling it taut, ripping the links right out of the courtyard floor. It then momentarily paused and stretched, before it looked around the courtyard and the four men that were now backing away from it at speed. The warrior then lowered its other arm and removed another blackened blade from its other side, half t
