Resist the Silver Maiden's attack

You ready your sword for a swing.

“Fall.” The Silver Maiden demands with a downward sweep of her hand. The other draws her blade from nowhere. “Now.”

The wood beneath your feet is obliterated, the air blasts away from you, and Keung, Shizi, and Shashou are flung away. Immense force slams the boat against the rock. The pressure you feel all over your body is the same as that of you meeting the Endkin’s blow a month ago. However, this time it does not falter, it does not cease, and is instead a continuous surge of power that seeks to crush you into dust.

It washes against you. You feel your body resist its power. Nemesis suborns what could cause your body harm. However, your focus is elsewhere.

The lives of the smuggler and his family wink out.

You will remember them, you promise to yourself, and swing your newfound blade at the Silver Maiden and draw your pistol.