"What did it look like? Was it dangerous?" He asks anxiously.

Max shakes his head.

"No. It didn't look dangerous. It looked like a normal deer. It was pretty easy to defeat."

"That's not very reassuring," he points out.

"Well what could we have done?" He asks. "We couldn't let it get away, otherwise it might hurt someone else."

Everyone is silent for a moment as they mull over the situation. A loud howl fills the air once again, this time followed by a low moan of anguish and pain. Everyone looks up at the same time to see the monster lying on the ground. Its entire body is covered...