Pleased to see his strike deal damage the bearded man quickly retreated just in time to dodge the lion's claws. The beast was half blind by the dark man's previous hit, a key element in their chances of survival. 

Seeing everyone around him, all the injuries, all the blood but they still had fight in them, the will to live drove them on and it also fired him up. This was their chance, they couldn't just keep dragging this. This has to end now!

Cautiously the bearded man circled around the beast, trying to keep an even distance between the others so they once again surrounded the beast. Suddenly the shaven man decided to charge, right after the girl was thrown away. At this the bearded man also leaped into action. He took a running attack while holding the sharp rock with both hands. He would hopefully strike the beast's heart with this last hit that he would put all his strengthength into. As soon as the other would slide under the beast, the bearded man would crash to the beasts side with all his might, maybe knocking it down. Then it would continue to twist and push the rock deeper until it stroke through it's heart.