Elric had his bow strung and an arrow in one hand through the entire ride to the temple.  He knew a fight was coming, and so he took no chances at being caught unawares.  At any sign of danger, he would take only enough time to discern what it was before taking the appropriate action.  Thankfully, the journey to Zinfell had been entirely uneventful.  The arrival at the village, however, was far worse.  Clearly the monsters created by the stone were a force to be reckoned with, as it seemed nearly the entire village had been slaughtered by the fell creatures.  At the sight of the devastation, Elric nocked his arrow, his battle senses now on high alert in case any of the monsters still roamed the village.

It didn't take long for the monsters to show up, pouring out of the temple in front of them.  A large hoard of beasts of all manner were now approaching the knights.  In the lead was a large, hideous beast beyond what Elric would ever want to describe.  Discerning this monster to be, at present, the greatest threat, Elric began firing his arrows at the hulking monstrosity.  Unfortunately, he only had a dozen arrows, and so would have to switch to his spear before long and then wait for the remaining monsters to come within range of his spear.  For the time being, he would fire his arrows at the lead monster until either it fell, or he had loosed all his arrows on the beast.