<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">Ry'kanos growled and went to help Raida as he saw her bore to the ground by two humans. Instead, she deftly handled them, letting out a war cry as she surged back to her feet. He skidded to a halt and turned around. The last of the hunters, only four remaining upright, charged Ry'kanos.<br/>
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Ry'kanos, a grin spreading across his face, went to meet them. He rolled under the first swing of the lead human. As the human went by, Ry'kanos lashed out with blade and hamstrung the fool. As the lead human fell, clutching his leg, Ry'kanos came to his feet and blocked an axe aimed at his head. A spear was thrust at Ry'kanos and he took the spear point on his chest, grunting as the blade pierced the steel armor an inch or so and scoring a wound near the top of his chest. The spear wielder's success was short lived; Ry'kanos hacked through the haft of the spear and incidentally through the hand of the wielder. Screaming in pain, his shout was short lived as the broken haft of the spear was shoved down his gaping maw. Ry'kanos back stepped, dodging a sword thrust at his midriff and an axe swung at his face. <br/>
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With a moment's breath garnered from stepping back, the two remaining humans eyed Ry'kanos warily. In moments Ry'kanos had killed five of them and wounded another seriously. The other elf had killed several as well and they were beginning to wonder if this was worth it. The sounds of the elf's pet wolf mauling another human and the groaning of their friend on the ground were the only noises in the camp. It was almost surreal with the bubbling of the hot springs and the animals pacing in their cages. This was not what they signed up for and they attempted to disengage, backing away slowly.<br/>
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Ry'kanos, seeing them attempt to do so, gave them a ghastly smile and went on the offensive. The two human's eyes going wide, tried to fight him off. Ry'kanos casually flicked away a halfhearted thrust of a sword and riposted with his sword entering the fool's side, the blade grating along ribs. Ry'kanos growled as he realized his sword was momentarily stuck. As the stuck human spat blood and died quick, Ry'kanos leveraged the human between him and the last remaining human in time for the idiot to bury his axe in his friend's head. The human's look of horror at just having killed his friend quicker was short lived. Ry'kanos, letting go of the handle of his sword, stepped up to the human and punched with all of his might in to the human's throat. Larynx crushed, the human fell to his knees, clutching his throat, trying to get a breath.<br/>
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Ry'kanos, breathing hard, ripped the human's axe from the skull of the other and swung it at the human on his knees. The dull blade of the axe, with hair and brains stuck to it, passed halfway through before it got stuck on his spine. Ry'kanos stepped away as the human fell, spilling forth his lifeblood. The elf casually returned to the human with his sword buried in him. He spent a moment tugging before, with a wet plop, the sword slid free from the chest of the human. With that done, Ry'kanos rose to his full height and surveyed the scene of battle. All was silent save for the bubbling of hot springs and the occasional howl of the trapped animals. Ry'kanos' eyes soon fell on the human he had hamstrung. The human had got to his feet and was trying to make it to one of the horses.<br/>
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The elf couldn't have that. Luckily, he was near where his spear that he had cast at the beginning of the battle had fallen. He tugged the spear from the dead horsemen and then sent it hurling after the retreating human. He was rewarded with a scream as the spear buried itself in the small of the human's back. With a shriek, the human fell face first where he began to slowly drag himself, his legs suddenly useless completely.<br/>
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Ry'kanos walked slowly over to the human, avoiding the blood trail the human was making. When he caught up to the human, he grabbed his spear. It forced a scream from the human and the human looked up at the elf with crazed brown eyes.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#80ff00">"P-pl-ease. I have a family."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">The human forced out with blood on his lips.<br/>
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Ry'kanos pushed down with his spear one handed as he leaned down towards the human's face. As the light began to fade from the amber eyes of the human, Ry'kanos spoke,</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"So did I."</span>