WAS: Kill the troll
From Create Your Own Story
With one clean cut you take the trolls head off. Blood gushes out from his neck but his heart stops pumping quickly. His long lifeless body falls to the ground looking very harmless in its current form. You consider taken his head with you as a trophy but decide against it due to the extra weight. Only now do you realize that killing him might have been a bit… stupid. Before encountering him you wandered aimlessly for hours and he did say he knew where the humans are. You fetch your horse and begin to ride in a random direction.
Another hour passes and your frustration continues to grow. When your mind is stuck on saving the princess the body gets a big edgy. You desperately want some action even if it means running into another troll. Its then that you notice the odd stench. More worrisome is the fact that your horse is getting frightened. He refuses to continue on but remains silent. This is a well trained horse who knows that he cannot make any sound or else the enemy might hear him. But his fear he cannot control. You fear that another troll might be in the area. You dismount and continue on by foot.
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Deep in the swamp you encounter hell. The hive is huge, standing as tall as the nearby trees. It’s something fundamentally repulsive about this building; just looking at it makes you want to barf. Maybe it’s the smell of death or the completely alien like construction of the hive, or maybe it’s the trolls guarding it. It appears that by avoiding one troll you’ve just manage to stroll into his home. You’ve hid in some bushes to avoid detection and get ready to leave this horrid place. “Ahhhhhh!”
It’s a scream coming from inside the Hive. Worse yet it’s the scream of a woman. It can only mean one thing, the princess is in there. You sigh heavily and complain to yourself a bit over your bad luck. Now you’re forced to find a way in. The only problem is that it appears impossible. The only way in is through the front entrance which is guarded by two trolls. They appear just as threatening as the one from earlier and even bigger.
The only reasonable option you can think of is using fire and even that is a long shot. You would have to set fire to the hive and then dash into the burning hive to save the princess. You could also check the area hoping to find some way to get in. Or if you feel like challenging fate just confront the trolls head on.
