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You don't even look back as you urge your steed straight away from the enemy, hoping you can escape your compatriots' awful fate. The soft whoosh of the flame lessens and the shrieks of the transformed increase and you risk a glance. The green flame is fading and slowing enough that you feel safer and let your horse slow down so you can survey the aftermath.
A menagerie of girls scrambles about as the enemy warriors rush in. Instead of putting your allies to the sword, they bind them with rope and chains and drag them to the back of their lines. Other men dart about, herding the horses together and likewise driving them back. A handful of other riders made it away and some look back like you while others continue to flee. There will be no regrouping and brave counterattack today.
As you watch one of the other men who escaped, he is struck by a small green bolt of light and knocked from his horse. Having a good idea what happened, you spur your horse on, zigzaging to confuse your enemies. Unfortunately, your escape has left you well away from the city gates. It will be a dangerous ride to safety and even then the army will be moving on that next. The only other option is a tent camp around a well about a mile from the city. You could hide there until the army leaves. Not very heroic, but you just want to avoid getting turned into a slavegirl right now.
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