Rygar's smirk faded when the other guy asked about his partner. [b]"He... I'm looking for help. We got caught by something, told me to go on ahead to set up an ambush while he distracted the grimm. But something happened. He told me to go find help, so here I am."[/b] Than, the pack attacked again. No time for conversation, Rygar jumped into action. The one with the book kept the alpha wolf still, leaving the clean up to him. Rygar's smirk returned as he revved his Spiral Edge for another assault. [b]"Child's Play."[/b] A quick count told him that of the remaining Beowulves, there was twelve, not including the alpha. He charged towards one crowd, who were ready to meet him head on. But instead of crashing through them, Rygar jumped onto a tree and used his Semblance to scale it upwards. By the time the wolves reacted, Rygar was already falling down to them. He crushed one wolf underneath his shield, and than propelled himself up using an explosion. This knocked two beowolves into some trees, one of them presumably killed when it was impaled on a branch. Rygar landed on the survivor and cut into it's neck using Spiral Edge's saw. Three down, nine to go. Four charged at him and managed to get a grip on him, throwing him into a tree. It stunned him long enough for two more beowolves to grab his arm and another tried to slash his body. But he wasn't about to let himself get caught so easily. Using his semblance, he switched the friction to the point that there was little to no friction between his arms and the beowolves claws, allowing him to slip out. He uppercut one of the wolves with a Spiral Edge assisted slash and used the momentum to swing his uppercut into a slam down onto the Beowolf that tried to slash him. The other two charged at him, one of them getting a hold of his shoulders. But it made the mistake of being in front of Spiral Edge, and got blasted away with a point-blank explosion. The other wolf didn't get much of a chance to react before Rygar was already on it, crushing it's muzzle with his free hand as he decapitated it with Spiral Edge's saw. That was seven and now Rygar was getting winded. He looked at his shoulders and noticed that he had sustained some cuts from the wolves claws. But he simply spat some saliva onto a corpse as he headed towards the next seven. He ran over two with a savage charge, but the other five were more than ready to take him on. These ones were clever; when they saw Rygar coming they dodged, and made sure not to stand in front of him or his shield. And they kept moving as well, constantly circling him. They took advantage of their agility by moving through the trees, making it difficult for Rygar to simply fling the Spiral Edge at them. They were fighting his speed with their speed, so he decided to try a different tactic. He stopped. Standing in the forest, he took on his fighting stance; his towards the back, right hand forward. He saw three Beowolves and knew the other two were above him. They knew his aggressiveness and they knew that if they kept watch on him, they could avoid him. So not that he had their attention, it was time for him to be on the defensive. Him and the wolves faced off towards each other before one of them made a move. A wolf from above dropped down. Rygar only managed to catch a small snap of a branch to alert him, and his immediate reaction was to roll to the left. The other wolves reacted as well, two of them moving in for a strike while the third on the ground moved into the trees. The fourth that was hidden in the trees stayed there. The fifth was still falling to the ground when Rygar had to react. [i]"Two wolves inbound from my nine moving to my six, wolf number five dropping in from above strait ahead. Wolf number three is moving into the trees, probably going to take the high ground. Don't know where number four is, still hiding, biding it's time likely. Let's give them a nice surprise."[/i] When Rygar returned from his mental analysis he acted. The first thing he did was rev the blades of the Spiral Edge. Than he threw his entire body into a swing into a tree, cutting it down swiftly. With a solid backfist he knocked the tree over, where it would land above the Beowolf that was going to drop down onto him. This also put him in a good positions to face wolf number one and two, who were just about to lunge at him. The first wolf came in with it's teeth bared and claws outward. Rygar lowered his stance and barely missed getting his face bitten off. Once the wolf was over him he punched upwards with the Spiral Edge and dug his blades into the beast's chest. Than he detracted the Spiral Edge and went to face the other Beowolf with nothing but his barehands. Perhaps surprising the wolf, Rygar dashed to it's right shoulder. Using his left arm to lock up the beowolf's right right leg, Rygar elbowed the beast in the head. Sliding his arm down he used an open palm strike right underneath the wolf's chin and closed it's mouth. He than swept the beowolf's feet from under it's legs, slamming the beast into the ground. In another quick movement, as time was running out, the tables turned as Rygar used his own teeth to tear into the beowolf's neck. It's meat was tasteless and bitter, but Rygar continued to bite and tear until his face was mattered with the beowolf's blood. He had to stop soon however, when he saw from the corner of his eyes, the other two wolves charging towards one of the other hunters from the tree tops. Grabbing the Spiral Edge he chased after, hopping to intercept them before they harmed his possible allies. --- The flow of water continued to take Orion northward, where the Siren's could trap him in their hunter grounds. They had hoped that he get his bashed against the stone during the initial wave, but they were patient creatures. The wait made the reward more tantalizing. Soon Orion would hear the sounds of a water fall, though unless he had nightvision he wouldn't see it coming. Additionally, there was another hazard: at the bottom of the water fall was a formation of stone that would impale and kill Orion if he landed on them in his current state. The Sirens knew of them and knew how to avoid them, as they were banking on the Orion to fall to their trap as well. Even if he were to somehow survive, he would still be inside a deep underwater lake and the hunting grounds of the Sirens; the closest solid piece of land being a few rocky formations that stood over the water. And to top it off, they had heard Arara. [b][i]"Orion..."[/b][/i] Her voice echoed in the underground, and soon the Sirens would begin to use it. --- Issac would have to wait what felt like hours before the whirlwind eventually dissipated, leaving the area changed greatly. The area looked more like a pit than a mountainside, but at leas the Unicorn was gone. Or perhaps it was merely... Watching. Waiting. It was playing games with Issac, and it was planning on winning.