"No!" she shouts at the stone block. "I am not going to give up on this until I lift the damned thing and move it from its position." she says to herself. She bends again this time using her might and calling upon whichever gods she thinks will help her.
On this try you feel to give up when you notice one of the devious elves appears from behind the woman. He laughs, waves his hand towards where you are standing in a curious motion and then disappears. You look down at the stone block and notice it sparkles a bit and then returns to normal.
Krusten watches the elf disappear and shakes her head as she looks at her task. "I knew there was something that was causing my failure and it was their tricks!" She bends again wondering what will happen this time as she makes a go of yet another lift.
Relieved that it is finished you take a deep breath as though to rest but you actually are quite well physically. Now that the stone block is removed the contraption starts to move its gears and levers to reveal the remaining challenges, Climb, Jump and Bash. You consider 'attacking' them in momentum by doing them all at once or one by one.
Looking around she checks to see if the elves are hiding behind any of the contraption's parts. Seeing nothing unusual she gives it her best shot hoping that she isn't unfairly putting her abilities up against magic of which she has no power over.
Taking in a deep breath she hopes that past misfortune can be turned around to be good fortune otherwise she might scream as loud as she can.
You are getting closer but there yet. You hear a voice from above your head as though someone is hovering above you. Immediately looking up you see no one but a sparsely cloudy blue sky with no sun to be found. Again you hear a voice but see no one. The voice says,
"Perhaps one skill at a time will bring success since if ye hasten all three it may cause thee to digress."