Arlie
*Syele would have very little time to react as the bolt came flying toward her, she'd suddenly go low to the ground in a roll to the right hoping to dodge it in the nick of time. If successful, she'd then get back to her feet and went running at the man hoping that he'd be forced to reload as she drew her sword for a lunging stab to his stomach.*
Tara
*Nox would momentarily break stride to consider pulling the bolt out, but decided not to, and decided that it was not too much of a concerning blow to slow down and heal. He would change course and head after the merchants instead. Arthur got them into this mess, and he was paid to terminate those meatbags, not to babysit the others.*
Mario
*Arthur with his impressive reaction speed and movement would avoid 2 of the bolts, the other 2 would unfortunately sink into his ribs, but at this point Arthur has gotten used to the pain and is able to push forward. With a mighty swing from your halberd the poor merc would have his head cave in from the impact, sending it flying and smacking the other one across the face, stunning him. The 2 mercs on the ground would still be the nearest technically and your hellfire blades would sink into their skulls, roasting their brains as they fall to the ground dead. The other two mercs that were not hit by your halberd swing though would come into melee range and with their swords swing at Arthur's neck and halberd wielding arm respectively.*

*Dracul would run forward and finally be within melee range of the mercs if he so desired but it would seem Arthur most of them, albeit there were still 2 left attacking him.*

*Syele was unfortunately the most athletic type, and as Nox had experienced, these mercs weren't poor shots. She would dive low to the ground and attempt to roll only to have the bolt hit her shoulder, but at least it wasn't her chest. It would seem Syele was a pretty hardy individual and honestly after enduring that painful smoke from that last mission, this amount of pain was pretty negligible. As Syele would charge forward at the man, it would seem these mercs knew better than the reload in melee and he would instead throw the bow at Syele's face as he quickly pulls out a dagger from his side to parry her thrust away from him*

*Nox would also finally make it to melee range of the caravans and would see the female healer take a bolt in the shoulder as her attack was parried away. The other merc that wasn't fighting will have finished typing up the caravan with the horses and would start to get up on them, almost ready to set off*
Sue
Dracul would draw his sword as he would swing his swords towards both of the mercs to unable them from shooting arrows
Bobbie
*The arrow wounds sinking into his chest, Arthur quickly dispatched of a guard with his halberd swing, watching another get hammered in the face by the first mercenary he had struck. The one that took the initial hit, poor soul, was dead. The other? Most likely reeling back from the pain, or stunned for that matter. Recalling all four of his swords by his side, he watched as the remaining two came within melee range, aiming downwards slashes at his halberd arm and head. Although his reaction time would be dropped by a somewhat significant amount, he would still he able to react as the guards came close. He had no room to dodge, so the least he could do with his four swords and halberd was use one of the swords to parry the strike coming towards his halberd arm, using another to try and block the slash aimed for his head, leaving two more remaining for use, as well as his halberd itself. Quickly engaging after the attempted blocks, the kitsune would use the spear point of the halberd to try and pierce through the stomachs of one of the guards, then would swiftly pull out and slash at the other remaining guard. With the remaining two hellfire blades, he would use those to assist him in his attacks, having each slash at the guards from behind starting from the shoulder and waist.*
``` No magic cast. 5 mana regained. Remaining mana: 118.75/210. Sword count: 4 ```
Tara
*Nox, after taking a quick glance around the situation, surmised that the merchants were hiding in the Caravan as they had too little time to get on a orse and flee. Nox decided it would take too long to search the entire Caravan and the boxes it was carrying for the Mercs. He would simply incapacitate the guards while keeping a eye out for the Merchants in the case that they try their luck and run. HE would pick up pace, running at the guard mounting the horse, and spear the Guard in the Leg, intending to Spear both the horse and the guard in one hit.*
Mario
*The guards would be surprised to see your swords move without any hands attached to them, parrying their strikes. They would attempt to step back to reposition themselves for a counter-attack, only to be blocked by Dracul coming from behind with his swords drawn. It would not sink deep into their armor, but it would throw them off-balance to say the least. They would be defenseless against Arthur's onslaught as he stabs and hacks away at their bodies with his swords and halberd. They fall to the ground dead, leaving a bloody mess in their wake.*

*The stunned guard would've finally recovered only to see his comrades lying dead on the ground in blood pieces. He would vomit a little, before looking at Arthur, quickly realizing that he was someone beyond his league. He would then drop his weapons and quickly turn to flee screaming*

"Help! Someone! We're being mugged by bloody bandits!

*Nox would charge forward, and the horse, sensing impeding death approaching would quickly try to escape, bucking the guard off its back and onto the ground. Sadly this only served to save the guards life but not its own as it was still tied to the caravan, and would have its underbelly pierced by Nox's spear, spilling its internal organs all over the ground as its body goes limp. The guard would look at Nox in pure terror, before desperately pulling at his crossbow, aiming at Nox's face*

"St-st-stay away! I'll shoot!!"

*As for Syele, it would seem the the crossbow would smack her across the head, allowing the merc to pull out his longsword to properly fight her off. The two of them would clash and those watching would likely think it was embarrassing for the merc, who was a paid warrior, or impressive for Syele ,who was a mere healer, to be at a standstill*
Sue
"What the fuck, we should have not killed them. More silver!"
Dracul yelled pulling out the arrows from his knees
Tara
*Nox would pretend to pause and hesitate and say:* "Run along, I'll let you live." *Anyone who knew Nox would know that Nox was lying, but the guard definitely did not. In typical Nox fashion, he would use his other hand and reach for his dagger. He would wait for a slight moment of hesitation on the guard's end. He knew that If he did not execute this right, the guard may have a reflex motion while he went to meet his gods. Nox decided to aim for the eye as, he know the guard would most likely drop his weapon to hold his head. He took careful aim and let the dagger fly, just as the guard hesitated*
Bobbie
*Arthur, leaving a good amount of mess after the initial branch of combat, would notice the amount of blood on his hands as he stared down at the bodies before him. He saw another guard glance at him, before quickly fleeing in terror. Arthur decided to let that man go, seeing that he didn't want to kill any more people than necessary; it occasionally left a lingering sense of distaste in his conscience, a sense that Arthur always took to be unease. Speaking of taste, there was a bit of something that he had wanted to try before the quest was over. He had read somewhere that vampires became empowered as they feasted on blood, so Arthur grasped one of his swords in his left hand, kneeling down to sever the guards head from his neck. He stared at the guards head with disgust; its tongue was hanging out, and blood gushed from the place where the neck had met his sword. He closed his eyes, holding the bottom up to his mouth, and drank.*
Mario
*Syele's continued attack wouldn't make much progress against the merc, as he seemed to have picked up his stride and with the dagger in his off hand he would use his dagger to lock your katana in place before swinging for your sword wielding arm with his shortsword in an attempt to 'disarm' you*

*The merc on the ground would be surprised by Nox's response, not sure if he was being serious or not. He would attempt to slowly get up, lowering his crossbow slightly in the process as he leaned forward to get up. Nox's being an experienced killer would not miss this chance and swiftly at his head, and just like Nox expected as part of reflex the merc would flinch and raise his arms to protect his face. The dagger would sink his arm and the merc would grit his teeth in pain and yell out*"Liar!" 
*The merc would then wildly raise his crossbow and fire at Nox. It's aim would be poor but given the distance it was still flying fairly quickly toward's the right of Nox's center of mass.*

*Arthur would 'enjoy' his meal while Dracul would pull the arrows from his legs, causing them to bleed once more. The guard that neither of you cared to pursue would continue to run toward the main road yelling for help. Thankfully the road was still barren, but who knew how long that would last*
Arlie
*Syele knowing that she wouldn't be able to dodge the attack due to his speed would suddenly let loose of one of her hands from her blade and used her arm as a 'shield' in a embracing motion to take in his shortsword only to hopefully pull him in and clamp down onto his throat with her mouth using her canines to jerk out a chunk if possible in one solid tug.*
Bobbie
*Arthur would drink the blood of his opponent, the taste lingering on his lips long after he had put the drained head back on the ground. Blood... It was quite the taste. A taste he 
 imagine he could never get used to, in fact. Shortly after he finished the blood that remained in the head, he clutched his stomach and gagged a little bit, though stifled it down with his own willpower to not let his inside turn outsides. Even though he felt his energy come back as he finished his meal, what did it cost? His taste buds? His stomach? By the gods... If his own personal strength boost came at the cost of downing some of the most vile substance on earth, what would he value more? Sighing to himself shortly after, he put down the shriveled head of the guard, looking around at the situation around him. He saw Syele do combat with another mercenary, saw Nox go up against another, though the elf seemed to have a firm grasp on the fight. Dracul, the newcomer, would pull some arrows from his legs, the extraction causing his legs to bleed profoundly. Heh, served him right.*

*He would take his halberd back up in arms before recasting Burn Up on himself. Syele's combat with the merc had the man distracted, so Arthur launched all four of his Hellfire blades at a beeline towards the guard as he charged towards the battle himself, using his halberd's reach and length to aim a smash with the hammer side of the weapon towards the merc's chest, following up with a quick axe strike to the head using the bladed part of the weapon.*
``` Burn Up cast. 12.5 mana regained. Remaining mana: 90/210 ```
Tara
*Nox stood still, as he knew there would be no point in dodging. He trusted that his Cuirass would keep him safe, so he braced himself for impact. Without missing a beat, Nox would lunge forward and spear the Mercenary for doing such a ridiculous thing.*

*Nox would shout to the rest of the group as he pulled his spear lose from the limp cadaver:* "Form a perimeter! Circle around the Caravan!"
Sue
Dracul would here Nox yell and telling them t form a perimeter. He would slowly walk towards the caraven his knee still bleeding. But he didn't care. The plan didn't go as planned. If he was unseen he would've killed all of them. But the bloody elf ruined it all by taking the attention. But Dracul was more angry at himself. For being weak on visible fighting and also he showed his magic skill.
Mario
*Syele's arm would take the cut from the shortsword, and given how thin her arms were it would reach the bone causing intense pain. But pain is something Syele was used to, wasn't it? She would be able to hunker down and using her pull the shortsword along with the merc inward, catching him by surprise. It would be an odd sight to see, but perhaps she took inspiration from Arthur, but she would sink her canines into the man's throat and he would scream in pain and horror*
"V-v-vampire?!"

*However he would be proven wrong as Syele proceeded to rip a chunk of the man's flesh instead of drinking his blood, albeit still causing a bloody mess as blood poured from the man's neck and smeared all over Syele's mouth. The Merc would let go of his shortsword and clutch his neck in an attempt to stop the bleeding, but would be met with a halberd smash from behind from Arthur, caving his skull in. The merc wouldn't even be able to make note of what happened as his body feel to the ground, dead*

*As for Nox, his armor would serve to protect him from any fatal wounds, but the crossbow bolt would still heavily dent the armor from the impact, likely causing a bruise to the flesh underneath. However, Nox's assault would be rewarded as Lapetus would pierce through the merc's chests. He would weakly look up at Nox with denial in his eyes, but that would quickly fade away to emptiness as he drew his last breath and returned to his maker*

*Dracul following Nox's order's would circle the caravan. From what they've seen the merchants were hiding in there along with whatever the cargo was. Perhaps it would be best to tear down the sheets once and for all to see what's inside?*
Arlie
*Syele use simulcast to project'walk it off' on herself and Dracul while enduring the painful cut to her arm. It was an odd sight to see almost down to her bone, but it wasn't the first time that it happened and most likely wouldn't be the last with the career path she had chosen. Either the bolt wound would heal first or her arm, but the spell was rather prickly when it came to these things so she waited to see which would light up in it's typical glow. As well, she would still have a bit of blood covering her face from the merc's throat and tried to wipe it off with her sleeve for the time being and then went to the first square and took down the sheet.*

```Simulcasted walk it off, 38 mana used| 112/150 remaining```
Bobbie
*Arthur looked at the dead man's body with slight disdain. He saw a huge bite mark from the man's neck, a chunk being ripped completely out of the man's neck area. It was fairly large, and to be honest, Arthur wasn't quite used to the gore outside of some caved in wounds and severed limbs. To be frank, it was especially disgusting, and so Arthur looked towards the assailant, Syele. He would look at her mouth area, noticing the abundance of blood in the oriate's mouth. Blech, how sickening was that? He also noticed a pretty large wound in her arm, only to be patched up fairly quickly by the oriate's own magical ability. Watching her as she walked on over to take down one of the sheets on the structures, Arthur decided himself to investigate, simmering his flames down to an almost unnoticable amount. A pair of his swords had vanished, dispersed since their cooldown had been met, so he was only left with 2 more blades, both of which began to encircle his midsection, pointed downwards.*

*He would walk over to one of the structures, using his free hand to take the covers off of the nearest one. Suddenly becoming self conscious, he would become overly aware of the amount of blood that had stained his body in the battles previous. By the gods, he looked disgusting! Covered in blood, smelling like filth and bodily fluids, he would shake his head as he tore the cover off of the nearest building.*
``` Nothing Cast.```
Tara
*Nox shook his head. The blacksmith had lied to him. No matter, He would get a replacement set soon enough. He decided to pull the crossbow bolt that had hit him in the shoulder earlier on, bet decide against healing it. He would form a semi circle around the caravan, but not move to open anything.*
Sue
"Thanks for the heal" Dracul would look at Syele then look at the covers again. 
"Let's end this" Saying that Dracul would slash his sword to cut the covers.
Mario
*As Dracul and Arthur make their way to remove the covers, they would unveil 4 steel cages filled with beastkin with manacles and chains around their limbs and necks. Naga's would be in the first cage, Felinid in the second, Canidae in the third, and Reptilian in the last, all male. Outside of the caves the group would see the two merchants huddled together in the corner with faces filled with terror.*

*The merchant on the left would be wearing red robes and the one on the right would be wearing green. The red merchant would quickly stammer out* "P-P-Please spare us! We are but mere slave traders! S-S-Surely you don't plan on stealing our slaves?! I-I-It would be impossible to sell them, they've been marked under our names!"
Arlie
*Syele just looked over to Arthur and the others for the time being.* "Well, there's not much use in talking with them, let's just get them out and haul them off to the boss's contact and get this done." *She stated flatly without acknowledging the merchants for a mere moment.* "We'll let you live, just toss over the keys to the cages."
Sue
Dracul would look over the cages and see the slaves. He would not say anything and state at them blankly.
Bobbie
*Arthur would look upon his findings, staring down at them in a sort of disdain. It wasn't the fact that he was disappointed with the results - actually, that would be a lie. Some part of him knew that there would be a good amount of slaves hidden beneath the covers, so he had expected the worst to come. Together in the corner, he spotted the two merchants from earlier huddled close. Both of them spoke in tandem with the other, begging not to be killed.*

*Striding casually on over, he would pause for a moment and respond to Syele.* "Hold off for just a second. Let's not cause more violence than needed. Keep watch of the encampment, there could be reinforcements soon. Should the need be, we can have them perform as... Hostages."

*He would continue to walk back on over to the green and red merchants, swinging his halberd in circles threateningly. Coming face to face with the one in red, he would stamp his halberd down with a loud *Thump*, shaking the ground proximal to him slightly. Staring the red dead in the eye, he would look down on the man with contempt.* 

"The keys. Hand them over, and you live. One wrong move from you, and I will personally see it through that you make it to hell itself."