A thunderous crack rung out across the forest, one of suddenly splitting wood. Bestial roars met an unnaturally low, almost-human one.

Ragnarok wasn't the only monster skulking around the outskirts of the city, and the pack of Beowolves, some of the creatures that had terrorized the city some months back, were determined to make that fact known to the Cie'th.

That declaration was going very poorly for the pack, as Ragnarok pitched another like a ragdoll into the trunk of a distant tree.