A Classic Journey Part XV: Scarlet Monastery Cathedral (Patreon)

The nothingness cleared off revealing a face. Was this a valkyrie? No, it was her. The sweet face he became so accustomed to see each day now felt like seeing it for the first time.

Arise, my champion!, she said, her voice crackling and eyes slowly giving way to tears.

It all came back to him now: the sudden panic, the clashing of swords sounding faintly through the thick cathedral doors... and the battle. Oh, the battle. Although outnumbered, he held his ground with courage and honor.
He now knew that even together they were no match for the intruders. The traitors!
But he couldn't muster the words to tell her that. Not after she desperately raised him for one last time.
Everything he could say was...