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Very well . . .

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Sapphire ripped off a part of her cloak wrapped it around her hand, putting it over the woman's mouth to filter some of the smoke and at same time she placed an arm around her waist to help her up.

“We have to move.” She said to her.

All the while Ruby was once again in the air keeping Sapphire appraised of the situation. She saw as Nickolaus charged for an attack. She hoped he would attack Nawars familiar which was less risky than attacking the bandit himself and would make taking out Nawar much easier. Of course remembering Nickolaus’ attitude a while back she assumed he’d go for the bandit. Now the best she could was hope that his attack would be successful and that Imgor and Alexander would be ready to attack the familiar instead.

As soon as Sapphire saw Schulze merely stepping on the lion and moving forward she commanded Ruby to fly lower and closer to them. If he’s attack failed maybe Ruby would be able to extract him in time out of the hazardous situation. Sapphire hoped it would not come to that.

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Ruby still circled just above the tree line with Sapphire observing and waiting for another opening to strike. As she saw Larion distracting Nawar she thought this could be her chance but then she heard Alex shout about the unknown woman, and she knew he was right, especially as the molotovs started flying. She knew the prominent figure was in quite some danger and Ruby got hint too. She carried Sapphire to the woman and dropped her neatly on the ground, without making too much noise.

“Are you hurt, can you walk?” Sapphire asked in a low tone.

In the meantime, Sapphires crimson eagle rose up to the sky once more. Through the smoke she could more or less make out the silhouette of the other team members. Most noteworthy was Imgor who was amidst one of the fires. Sapphire took note of this and instructed Ruby to pick him up.

Without warning Imgor was grabbed by his shoulders and the next thing he knew he was above the fires and the treeline. Sapphire was aware of Alexanders optimal position and knew if there was someone else in a tree also ready to fire, dodging a shot would quite hard, especially with his leg wound from before.

Soon enough Ruby saw a fairly sturdy tree on the side of the road. A shot from this position would perfectly intersect at ninety degrees with that from Alexander. She dropped Imgor off on one of the thicker branches of the tree. The added height of the tree should hopefully allow Alex and Imgor to see each other and coordinate. Sapphire hoped they got the hint on what she had planned.

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Sapphire heard noise behind her and suddenly she realized she wasn’t alone and hadn’t take into account the fact that there might be others. She swiftly recalled Ruby and prepared another air burst. The next moment her Kris was flying towards the leg of Nawar. She wanted really badly to look if it would hit or not but she didn’t have the time for that. A grin appeared on her face as she heard Nawar grunt as the Knife grazed his leg leaving a sizeable gash behind it. At the same time she could hear the creature she took note of earlier approach and she immediately used and air burst assist to jump over the cover away from what she perceived as being a mountain lion. She was still facing the direction from where the mountain lion was coming but she now was on the road in full view of Nawar. She promptly turned to him. She was pretty sure he was expecting the sight of terrified person. But all he could see was this blue haired hooded girl of small stature . . . grinning at him. Without much doubt this should have enraged him to some degree. She knew . . . from experience, unfortunately, that a fearful or enraged person is not able to think clearly and she used that to her advantage.

The mountain lion emerged from behind her ready to pounce, but so did Ruby. And she was faster. Just as before, while staring Nawar down, she simply raised her forearm and soon enough she was flying towards Nawar with the assistance of Ruby. In his rage Nawar raised his flaming sword above his shoulder with both hands and charged forwards. As she approached, Sapphire used an air burst to deflect the sword and he smacked into her feet face first, sending him flying on his back. As soon as he stood up she was gone. Hidden in different parts of the wood one once more.

“This would be a good time, guys . . .” she thought, hoping her teammates would use the commotion to their advantage.

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Sure, like she notices the familiar just as it moves in.

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Alright fair enough what about hearing ? How come Sapphire didn't hear anything. It's an overgrown mountain lion, you'd think he'd make at least some noise while approaching Sapphire.

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Huh, you'd think the eagle would have noticed the mountain lion nearby, but okay.

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Sapphire stood there staring ahead at the carriage. Without looking back or even any warning Ruby swooped in and Sapphire raised her forearm above her head with perfect timing. Moments later she was nowhere near the rest of the group but instead flying ahead of them.

Ruby carried her over the carriage and soon enough the bandit came into her view. Ruby lowered her just behind the bandit but still high enough to not be noticed. Once again with perfect synchronization Ruby let go of her arm she dropped right behind the bandit using an air burst to cushion her fall. The next pressure wave was directed at the bandit which sent him flying. As a result of the impact he dropped the unconscious person and before the bandit could do anything about it Ruby swooped in again and grabbed the unconscious person carrying it in the woods to safety. While this was happening Sapphire also did an air burst assisted dash into the woods and began airbursting rocks and various other objects lying on the ground at the bandit from different locations of the woods surrounding the road. Creating air bursts on the opposite side of the road had the advantage of confusing him which prevented him from locating her, but the distance took its toll on her mana reserves. She hoped her team members would arrive before she ran out of her magical energies. Occasionally she also created air bursts near him to throw him off balance and prevent his escape.

With her free hand she took her Kris and from under her cloak and prepared to air burst it into the enemy’s leg as soon as the team arrived.

As she waited and distracted the bandit further she recalled the events right after she had just arrived at the campsite where Joshua was waiting. She had taken the opportunity to practice the move and she thought she had perfected it. The results had been less than pleasing and she remember how the Kris only grazed the tree sending it flying into another nearby one. Not this time, she thought with determination.

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Gotta say, I didn't expect that either xD

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“One . . . bandit by the looks of it, Elven armor, scabbard, pistol, Molotovs and assume he can use fire magic of unknown degree.” Sapphire relayed to them as efficiently as possible.

“There might still be people alive inside the carriage. He also appears to be carrying someone. A kidnapping maybe?”

Sapphire recalled Ruby and as the familiar approached she once more felt rather nervous being in the company of all the team members, but nonetheless she hesitantly explained her plan.

“I . . . Ruby could carry me ahead and I’d be able to distract him from the shadows with my air burst. That would allow you . . . to catch up and finish him off? . . . If we’re going to try and rescue that other person in the first place.”

Ruby began circling above them as Sapphire awaited her teammates’ responses.