Since Aiolos was by the edge of the forest, he decided to signal to the bywark that he was running straight into it. In reality, however, he simply moved into the forest just enough so the bywark couldn't see where he was before completely changing directions away from the bywark once more. This was the best plan Aiolos' panic-riddled mind could muster for the time being.

The fact that he managed to avoid the attack itself was a damn miracle. Stumbling back on to his feet, he quickly ran the opposite way, making sure to avoid the bywarks sight. As soon as Aiolos got to a somewhat safe place, he couldn't help but find himself chuckling a little at his own narrowmindedness. "As if this sort of attack will work at all... I suppose I'll have to think more aggressively."

Then, he started thinking of how to apply his birth magi a little more creatively. At a safe range, there's no way Aiolos' attacks would deal any actual damage to the beast. Melee attacks were out of the question, obviously. And while he did have ammo for his makarov, there's no way it'd be able to deal any significant damage either, assuming Aiolos would even be able to hit in the first place. Therefore, he had to rely on his birth magi.

What he came up with was relatively odd. This construct had hardly any animalistic traits; in fact, in terms of appearance, it sort of looked like a mortar shell. While it would not have quite the same power of one, it would serve a similar purpose. The constructs entire body was covered in a bunch of small, somewhat brittle baubles made of the same material that makes up the constructs' cores. Inside these baubles were extremely high amounts of concentrated fire, ready to burst when disturbed, dousing at least a 1 cubic-meter area in crimson flames. These flames did not have the destructive power of an actual mortar shell, yes, but the explosive power held within the baubles and the burning flames themselves should serve just fine. Additionally, the shells did not weigh much, clocking at about .1 kilogram.

This plan was quite simple; create more gyrfalcons. They would serve three purposes: to keep the bywark away from Aiolos, to keep other animals in the forest distracted by them and to drop the mortar shell constructs on the bywark.

Aiolos had no clue if this would actually work. Maybe it wouldn't deal any damage at all. All he could do at this point, however, was try.

Aiolos quite liked the idea that came into his head. Even if would end up resulting in failure, he still hadn’t found out how the explosion would affect the bywark. And so, after momentarily dispelling his currently deployed constructs and once more releasing a couple simple firefalcons, Aiolos got to mixing the mortarshell design with the firefalcon design.

These newly created suicide bombers were given a simple order; to fly as high up into the air as possible and dive beak-first into the bywark while avoiding any obstacles in their way to the best of their ability.

The average gyrfalcon was capable of diving at speeds around 200km/h. With the added weight of the mortarshell, this speed would indeed decrease a bit. However, colliding with something even at a reduced 150km/h or something to that extent might do some additional damage, even if minuscule.

Aiolos decided to go in hard. This strategy, unlike the others, actually seemed to have a modicum of impact on the well-being of the bywark. Additionally, due to the seemingly inexhaustible nature of his ability, he could keep on going. Therefore, he decided to keep making these kamikaze and give each one the same order: to travel along the shadows and emerge only if about 50 meters away from Aiolos’ location. Additionally, they should all aim for the same spot; the back of its neck and head.

While they would be acting, Aiolos would keep moving around while minding the bywarks location to avoid being stomped to death. Of course, he’d also try to keep an eye out for other animals looking to attack; that threat was very much so still present.

Aiolos decided to change his approach a bit. The order he’d give the kamikazes was about to change: now, instead of aiming for the head, Aiolos ordered them to aim for the nose, the eyes, the ears. These were particularly sensitive areas for the majority of animals, so maybe this would have a better effect than just aiming for the head? Additionally, he sent some kamikazes to attack the bywarks kneejoint while the others attacked its eyes, ears and nose. After all, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. If Aiolos could just get it to fall, he’d have made some progress.

Aiolos wasn’t giving in just yet. Instead, he decided to push his birth magi to the limit, creating new kamikazes the second one exploded, sending them to attack the Bywarks head and its back relentlessly. He considered firing the occasional magic burst, but he did not want to waste his mi before he could secure an effective shot. Point blank would be ideal, but right now that wasn’t gonna happen.

While the bombings didn’t seem to do much, the results Aiolos were presented with were satisfactory. Not enough to stop him, however; Aiolos was dead set on putting this thing in the ground. Since the bywark was charging in some seemingly random direction, Aiolos gave a somewhat new order to the new kamikazes: to simply fly in front of the by warm and let it run into them on its own. Meanwhile, Aiolos would carefully follow the bywark, as to not lose sight of it.