Aashaln and Leona had finally arrived where the other students were, 10 in total now. There was only one relic left, the black queen piece, which ended the pair's confusion as to what their black knight piece was for. However, it seems they were all arguing about something. Making their way to Saurodrinn and Zyramos, they asked "What's going on here?" Saurodrinn shrugged, replying "Pointless bickering. Don't they realize we should be finishing our mission?" Another pair had arrived, a Faunus and human, both looked like they just went through hell. There was only the one relic for them to retrieve, which means that they should now head for the ruins further. Glancing around, Leona wondered where exactly these ruins were. finally, she spotted a large unnatural structure some distance away. Walking towards it, she arrived at the edge of a deep precipice, with the ruins on the other side, hugging the opposing cliff. There seemed to be a bridge, but it was almost completely broken. "How do we get there now?" Leona wondered aloud. Then her ears twitched. Something was coming. Something... Big.
"We have survived this far in this forest. Can we not bicker or fight?" Kael said to the others, drawing their attention. Whatever he was going to say next, they might never know, for something suddenly sprung from the cliffside Leona was at. Moving like lightning, it wrapped around Kael's waist, then pulled him off of the cliff. "AGH!! What's that?!" Leona shouted, pointing at what could only be described as a gigantic spider, glowing red eyes and armored bone scattered on its body and legs. The arachnid had grappled Kael with spiderthread, and despite his struggling, refused to break off. It hissed at the others loudly, while something rustled from the forest on the other side. More hissing, although it gave everyone an unsettling feeling. Slowly, a King Taijitu emerged from the trees, first the white head, then... another white head?? The two heads erupted further to reveal their black counterparts, two King Taijitus.
"This is not good!" Leona mumbled, nervous and rather intimidated. "Yes it is!!" replied Zyramos, a blazing look of excitement in her eyes, matched only by her grin as she reached for her blade. "Wait!!" saurodrinn shouted, kneeling to the ground momentarily, then pointed. "There's more coming, from there." Aashaln looked carefully at where he had pointed, and there was a strange red glow, a chilling feeling, and slight rumbling. More of those spiders, only much smaller, were coming, no doubt to feed on the prey captured by the larger. The situation was dire indeed.
Kael fell past the giant spider and into the chasm, then landed on something that surprisingly didn't hurt, rather it seemed to bounce and fluctuate with him on it. Glancing down, he saw that it was more of the spider's silk, then looking everywhere confirmed what he thought next. It was a large spider's web, spread out between the two cliffsides, chunks of the manmade ruins were scattered and stuck on the web here and there, with bits of vines that once grew between them reaching out. The web even cascaded up the cliff partially, more of what seemed to be the bridge stuck on some parts. Maybe the ruins fell down not long ago. The Grimm like spider descended down the chasm, the tether that bound Kael lifting him up off the sticky web as the spider prepared for it's feast.
As the students looked down from the edge, they saw that it was a spider's nest below the ruins, and the serpentine Grimm were closing in on them. Without hesitation, Leona announced "We'll take care of the oncoming armies. You guys handle yourselves here. Ash!" She knelt down, both hands cupped with her back to the approaching Grimm army. Aashaln rushed at her, then jumped off her hands, which she raised quickly to launch him, being carried further by the hands of energy she generated to send him further, which dissipated as he descended upon the Grimm into the forest.
Zyramos rushed to the edge, pouting. "No fair! Don't hog it all for yourself!! Sauro!!" With a sigh, Saurodrinn charged at his partner, shield up. When he got close enough, she kicked off of his shield with great force, actually stopping him dead in his tracks as she sailed through the air, axe unleashed and ready to do some damage. Saurodrinn and Leona then nodded to each other, and slid down the cliffside towards their partners. Leona waved to the rest, shouting out "Stay alive!", leaving them to their own decisions.