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"Here I am!" you yell. Every eye in the crowd turns to you. "Incapacitate him!" the leader shouts. Two of the soldiers rush towards you, with shields and curved swords. Time slows down. You have no idea what to do! Then something awakens inside you and energy surges through your veins. The energy blocks up in your hand and starts building up pressure. You can't seem to discharge the energy! You push harder. The amount of energy becomes unbearable to hold in and...

With an earsplitting crack, your gauntlet explodes into pieces and millions of volts of electricity arc out of your fingers and smash into the two soldiers. The sheer force of the attack reduces them to crumbling skeletons. You call on the wind and razor-sharp blades of air lash out at the soldier's leader. His they smash through him and his body is sliced to bloody ribbons. As what's left of the body of the leader crumples to the ground, the swirling bands of air, rain and lightning retreat back into you.

"H-he's a S-storm Knight-t" a villager stutters. You stare at amazement at the smoking pieces of your gauntlet. It was some sort of restraining device, you realise, To keep my powers at bay... "You saved us!" a man yells. People start cheering, and you feel a warm glow of pride then dread washes over you. If Valorus wants me alive that badly, he won't give up easily and he'll probably rip this town to shreds looking for me! There's only one thing I can do, and that's face Valorus himself. I have to leave.

The next day, you pack up your supplies and leave Valehaven. You are sent off with a hero's farewell. After a few days of trekking through the forest, you find what you were looking for. A village elder told you that beyond the valley was an empty wasteland. It was formerly a lush forest, but was reduced to dust in an unnamed disaster centuries ago. You set up your tent near the edge of the wasteland and stab your sword into the ground. You yell at the top of your lungs "Valorus, come and face me!" All you have to do now is wait. Turn to 22.

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