The scorpion smashed into its comrades like a bowling ball taking out pins. That might not have proven fatal to the scorpions, except that four of them went flying off the edge of the arena, where presumably they would be no further threat.

However, that didn't mean he was safe! One of the tigers had backed up as he moved; now it charged full-speed, adding its momentum to its strength to punch through the molten armor. The blow would cost it, but it was only a summoned creature; no permanent harm would come to it.