The thin air and the insane heights were unfamiliar inconveniences to the giant, seeing as he could never quite recall taking such dangerous mountain paths when he had traveled with his tribe. Karok had initially worried over his comrade's ability to withstand the punishing atmosphere (humans were so much more fragile than giants, but just as stubborn), but within a few moments it was clear that he had worried over nothing; the archer was just as comfortable up on the small ledges and crumbling footholds as he was on the teetering, rotted boats of the ship graveyard.

Karok crushed a tittering gremlin under his boots before charging at a flock of winged gremlins that screamed like harpies when he used his pillar to smash four of the Fomors into a pulp with a single swing. Just as he finished cracking a few more gremlin skulls, Karok heard the noise of Kai's crossgun cocking back with a dangerous click.

The giant rolled away just in time to feel a blast of scorching heat missing his head by a few inches. The huge woodman that almost bashed Karok's head in with its hammer howled as the flames ate away at it. Within a few moments, the Fomor was little more than a pile of ashes. The rest of the woodmen in the area had been blown apart from the force and their remains were scorched black from the fire.

Karok wiped at the sweat that had accumulated on his brow and leaned against his pillar. "Next time, a warning would be nice."

Kai's eyebrow raised and reloaded his crossgun with a practiced ease. "I did."

"Right." Karok rolled his eyes and huffed good-naturedly. Scanning the perimeter, Karok found another cart-and-lever not too far from where they were standing. However, the cart and the lever were both at the top of the next outcrop and there weren't any ladders or mini-structures to climb on top of to reach them. "Think you can shoot that lever up there?"

Kai moved closer and shot at the lever, but the cart refused to budge even an inch. It seemed like the lever was stuck.

"Maybe we forgot something down there? Let's go back and find another way up." Karok turned and began jogging to the rope bridge that connected the area to a lower level, but when he didn't hear any footsteps following he turned to look over his shoulder.

Karok's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw the archer clearing the three meter height to the closest ledge with a running leap, landing smoothly on the toes of his boots. The next cliff was two meters away and another three meters above, but Kai didn't even blink as he vaulted onto that area with what seemed to be very little effort. The last cliff, the level where the lever and the cart was stuck on, was almost four meters up and the archer cleared that with another seemingly impossible jump.

Karok pinched himself. Nope, he wasn't dreaming.

Kai kicked at the lever a few times and the contraption whirred to life, sending the cart down below. Karok ran over and climbed on in, and Kai kicked the lever again so the cart creaked back upwards.

When he got to the top, Karok gave Kai a questioning look. "Can all humans do that? Or is just because of your prey drive ability?"

Kai shrugged and checked the magazine of his crossgun. "Lightning enchantment for boots."

Karok eyed Kai for a moment, the archer meeting his stare unflinchingly, and Karok decided to let it go. "Right. Well, then, let's keep going. We've wasted enough time as it is."

Kai nodded curtly and both men sprinted to the next area teeming with woodmen and flying gremlins.