meanwhile, ackar, gelu, and malum go to the bone hunter camp, and at malum's order, the vorox attack and ambush the bone hunters. at first, the vorox and glatorian are able to defeat many bone hunters, but in the middle of the battle, one of them throws something on the fire and causes it to explode into a much larger blaze. the bone hunters gain the upper hand and manage to take down many vorox, and the remaining vorox, along with the glatorian, retreat. they return to the cave, and ackar asks if malum could defend vulcanus. he refuses, but wishes the two luck in the battle to come.