Fourth Colossus - The Horse
Your sword should reveal that your next colossus is located to the southeast of the Shrine. Head through the dusty canyon there, and you'll come to the graveyard where the colossus dwells relatively quickly. Note the four cave entrances; these lead into a little subterranean area. The colossus itself dwells a bit further on into the valley, in square G5, so find it and get it riled.
Attacks
The horse only has one primary attack: a vicious set of jabs into the ground from its forward pincer. If the first one knocks you down, the next two can be difficult to avoid, so be sure not to get in the path of the beast if you can't help it.
Killing It
In order to kill the Horse, you first have to reach its vital spot. Unfortunately, there's no fur or climbing spots anywhere on its four pincer-like appendages, so there's nothing to jump to or climb on to get to its back. Whatever shall we do?
As you may surmise, the answer does indeed lie in the subterranean portion of the valley, so you'll need to lure the behemoth back on top of the caves in order to ascend it. As a hint, keep in mind that if the beast sees you drop off the edge of one of the small hills, it'll think you're at the bottom of the hill, even if you happen to move elsewhere.
Video Walk-through
The Horse can't track you when you move under the ground; use this to your advantage.
Give up? Well, what you need to do here is stand atop one of the hills above the cave entrance and wait for the Horse to start moving towards you. When it's picked up your position and is coming in for the kill, drop off the hill and run into the cave, heading towards either of the two nearest cave exits. When you reach the exit, gingerly step back out into the light and look around towards the hill that you dropped down from. Wait for the Horse to start blindly stabbing at the ground - it still thinks you're there, remember? - then start running for its hind legs. Stop between them, and after the third pincer strike hits, you should notice the horse drop its carapace down while it looks around for you. A small platform will appear, just at the edge of your vertical jumping range, so run up to it, stand still, then jump straight up and grab hold.
From there, it's a relatively simple matter to get to the head of the beast and finish it off. There's a little pouch on the top of its head, so even though it'll be tough to set up for strikes, you shouldn't have to worry about falling off. Strike it as many times as required to kill it, and you'll be whisked back to the Shrine of Worship.
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