The trip wouldn’t be long, but Leila had a lot on her mind. Thinking so much made her tired, after a quick snack with the apple given to her, and tuning out Helena‘s complaints, she began to doze off. At least a plus side to napping would restore some of the mana she used earlier. There was a lot more movement once they got past the gates. Leila woke up feeling groggy, but it dispersed quickly whenever her gut clenched. Something was awry here…<br/><br/>Helena was quick to make her way to the inn, not thinking twice about it. Gereed was close behind, trying to warn Helena. Then came the explosion from the inn, the rubble flying everywhere. Leila was quick on her feet, moving at just the right time before some bits of rubble flew past her face. As the clouds cleared, a white summoned Basilisk was the culprit of the attack. But behind it was two masked people that she could see. It was immediately apparent that this was a planned attack, and that there may be more of them. To summon something like a Basilisk… these mages aren’t weak in the slightest. But Leila knew that using that summon to attack would last for about 20 to 30 minutes at best. But that was enough time to destroy most of this town.<br/><br/>Leila saw that Helena was dazed, holding her head from the impact. Gereed was no where to be seen yet. After a few seconds of processing, Leila knew she needed to buy everyone some time as she was one of the few who either weren’t hurt or slightly hurt from the attack. Leila looked to the masked mages, although it might be more efficient to attack them head on, she wasn’t sure if there were more mages in the slowly clearing dust.<br/><br/>The summoned basilisk was already distracted by Cullen, as was the summoner. Leila used the dust to her advantage, hiding at a certain angle as to not be seen by the summoner. Flipping through her grimoire to find a spell for thunder bolt, it did take some time to summon it, and unfortunately for Leila it was not able to hit the summoner. What it did do was provide a distraction for Cullen. The masked mages were on their toes, and the Basilisk screeches at the flashing bolt. This should also provide some time for the others to strike.