The interior of the cave was dark and damp. The floor was clouded by a thick fog and anything could be underneath. Our hero took each step lightly and carefully as to avoid any traps that may still remain. He heard the faint squeaking of cave mice and the fluttering of the leathery wings of the bats. Other than that, there was silence, no dripping water, no wind passing through the holes in the ceiling of the cave. Our hero felt unnerved by the quiet, he drew his axe, expecting the creature to jump out from the darkness. He saw an opening to get deeper into the cave and walks through it. There sleeping in the corner, on a bed of bones lies the Ulurugg.
The creature stands on all fours and is about 7 feet tall, around 10 when it stands on its back feet. It has large antlers that are stained at the tips from the blood of its last kill. It has the face of a bear and it’s hind legs are also similar to those of a bear. It’s forelimbs are long and it walks on its knuckles when it is on all fours. The Ulurugg are known for terrorizing encroaching homesteads and will eat anything that tries to fight it. It then drags the corpse to its cave to use the bones to ward off anything from going near its cave.
Our hero had to be very careful, the Ulurugg have a very keen sense of hearing and he had to try to kill it in its sleep, taking one on when it is awake is a foolish mistake. One step at a time, he almost glides through the fog covering the floor of the room. He got closer and the creature has yet to stirr. Suddenly, he heard a high pitched, hurt squeak from underneath his boot, he has stepped on the tail of a mouse. He lifted up his boot and the mouse scurried off into the skull of a deer in the corner of the cave.
A low growl came from the Ulurugg, his long ears twitched, he heard the mouse and began to wake up. It rolled off of its makeshift bed and got on all fours, Our hero swiftly ducked into the fog and remains still. The darkness of the cave, combined with the shroud of fog should keep him hidden from the monster. The Ulurugg lumbered around the room, trying to find the source of the noise.
Suddenly the monster stopped, sniffed the air and stood on it’s back legs and beat its chest and let out a mighty roar that echoed like thunder inside the cave. The monster looked in the direction of our hero and bared his teeth. He then realized that the Ulurugg knew that he was there.
I think you really missed out the chance to use the word “dank” in the first sentence. Regardless, this has been a good inclusion to your story. Why were there traps remaining in the cave? I am a bit confused over the condition of the cave. Is it a specifically utilized shelter or just a rock cavern? The Ulurugg is an interesting beast. I seem to know more about the Ulurugg than our hero. He is awfully mysterious. Perhaps we will get to know more about our hero, if he survives the Ulurugg.
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