Heavy impacts could be heard from quite a distance, coming out of the dense forest. Attacking random and innocent persons just for training purposes was something even a demonically infested man didn't do [i]that[/i] often - for multiple reasons. Hitting an immobile object that could take the beating was sufficient for keeping the muscles he'd gained and working on his stamina. It had suffered a bit over the course of the last months as Madawc had kept eating more than he probably should. He actually wondered if there was something his 'friend' had not told him yet about the later stages of their merger.

He didn't see Xavier coming. In fact he just had not reckoned that someone could use this dirty road while he was training here. He had considered this place to be far away from the main routes and the probability of being discovered negligible. When he finally noticed his error, it was too late to escape the soldier and his impressive mount. Madawc positioned himself along the wayside and made a greeting gesture. In his mind however he hoped that Xavier would just not care much about him. If this was a feasible hope - he didn't know. The demon-man was still wearing the entirety of his armor as this had been part of his training.