Ralph looked down to see if Val had found anything. She was in a small clearing, and it seemed like she was sneaking up on something. Ralph quickly flew to a different part of the forest, not wanting to scare away whatever she'd found. Unfortunately, he wasn't having as much luck as she was. His transformation into a phoenix had enhanced his sight, so he would be able to see even a small animal from this height, but nothing was coming out.

Just when he was about to give up, he saw some movement on the ground below. Looking closely, he saw a racoon walking around, seemingly unaware of the giant bird soaring above it. Ralph quickly swooped down, picking up the racoon in his talons. The racoon began biting at Ralph's legs, trying to free itself, but after it lost enough blood it stopped struggling and lied motionless in Ralph's claws.

Ralph assumed that Val would have caught what ever she was sneaking up by now. He began to fly over to where he last saw her, but was stopped short when an arrow pierced through the joint connecting his wing to the rest of his body. He spiraled downwards, dropping the racoon as he hit the ground. As he looked around for his attacker, he saw a large wood golem walking towards him.

"This is our turf, assh - AH!"
Ralph shot a fireball at the golem, interrupting him mid-sentence. As Ralph expected, the flames began to spread across the wooden golem's body. He tried rolling on the ground to put the flames out, to no avail. Screaming in pain, the golem ran off into the woods, dropping his crossbow on the ground. Ralph could faintly hear a splashing sound - he assumed that the golem had just jumped into a river, or something. Ralph tried to get up, but a sharp pain where the arrow hit him prevented him from doing so. Hopefully Val had heard the screams.