Liyal/Merri/Aspel/Ash/Drake/Ari/Nate
Liyal was in trouble.
Yeah he had his knife still, but that thing was huge. But he had run out of chestnuts, he had no arrows, and he didn't think he had anymore of the ultra waves left. Those caterpillars used a lot of mana doing that trick and it was no different for him.
But there was nowhere to go. At his back was the wall of a building. It possibly wasn't the best move to make, but before he could think better, he had opened his mouth.
Kweah! The shimmer of imaginary wings around him as he kicked up sand around him as he ran into place, waving his arms. Liyal's body launched forward with an impressive, but not inhuman leap. His body went taught as he raised his leg. And kick!
He stumbled back from the force, a small dent in the creature's scale. Well...trying was worth something, right?