Luca followed Ralena into the forest letting her take the lead, he didn’t mind it. The base was probably located in the middle of this forest somewhere which was a good thing. It meant that they wouldn't have to worry about civilians getting in the way and he was just more comfortable fighting here then he would in any kind of urban environment he stopped when they reached the clearing just like Ralena had. Something wasn’t right here. He could feel it and there it was the rustle in the trees that meant much larger than the normal tree climbing animals were.<br/><br/>Luca was forced to leap backwards in order dodge two of the six men who jumped down from the trees one of which was using a large hammer while the had what might have been a rafter broken from some building. Luca didn't bother with anything fancy or tricks with the men in front of them. He didn't think he would need it against low ranking mages like these. Brute strength would be more then enough. He merely called upon Sariel’s right arm and soon enough his right arm was cover in what appeared to be black armor with small winged protrusions sticking out from the arm just a few inches in front of the elbow.  He leaped forward throwing a punch at the man wielding the hammer, only to be forced away when the other mage took a swing at him.<br/><br/>He was annoyed that Shadow Crows had underestimated them so much that they had sent this bunch of goons after them. Mages of this caliber wouldn’t do much more then slow him and the others down. Did they really think that opponents of this level would stop them? At least the leader seemed somewhat competent but then again anyone had to be better than these goons.