When his opponent rose, Morgur did as well, pulling himself up against the unstable burning wall. The beast that was his enemy was cut, battered and charred to the point where a normal man might have lost consciousness, but not this one. With his ax no longer in hand, he stood little chance of overpowering the primate with brute force, so instead he had to think quickly. He loosened his grasp on the burning plank, letting the gorilla pull it from his hand, and used both his hands to grab onto the wall behind him and lift himself briefly off the ground. The charred wood crunched and creaked below his hands, hardly capable of holding his weight but still barely managing it. Once off the ground, he pulled his legs up and kicked forward with his now unoccupied feet, attempting to retain the distance between him and his adversary.