Damen continued to try and fend off the white mage; doing everything he could to keep her attention away from casting, as he knew that was her priority after her life is spared. The two traded blows; Damen on the offense and his opponent on the defense; a tackle later had her stagger, though during her recovery, he saw Imos, yet she didn't seem to notice; this was the break he needed, and he pulled away. No doubt the mage would begin chanting... only to be silenced without a scream when a crossbow bolt struck her in the back of her throat, and she collapsed. Damen intended to aid Ruby immediately, as she was the mage of the group, but he saw Taka, Imos's Chocobo, rush to her aid, and he knew they would be okay there. So, Damen sought to aid Lydalia, as she appeared to be having a hard time with a monk of her own; two heads were better than one, after all.<br/><br/>Chanting to imbue fire to a weapon once again, instead of his own, he directed it towards the allied knight's sword, which lit up; her next strike would engulf whomever she hits with a direct blow in hot flames. The monk she was fighting may have been injured, yet he seemed to have focused his inner chi to bypass the injury he just received from Lydalia. So, when Damen aimed to attack the martial artist from behind, there was time for his foe to sidestep the strike, yet Damen followed up with a full body tackle, aiming to ram the pommel of his sword into his foe's exposed gut to knock the wind out of him, and leave him for Lydalia's coup de grace.<br/><br/>Ruby was more than thankful as the chocobo rode in to her aid, forcing the monk to back off a little as beasts were somewhat harder to predict than warriors. This bought the mage time for her next spell... though this was more to aid her savior. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4500">Precious light, be our armor to protect us! Protect!</span></b>" Much like what Piero was doing for the fight in support, Lydalia had learned supportive spells also, but wasn't advanced in her white mage class as opposed to the chosen black mage she is. The feathered bird would also be protected by a crastaline shield that warded off physical attacks for a while, and because of her proximity to Taka, hers was restored full.<br/><br/>The mage would have to get some distance, though, for the monk that tried to attack her was doing what he could to reach her, though it seemed the large, yellow bird was keeping her protected and diverting their attention away. She was about to chant out a spell, and she had the reserve for it, but she only had about one shot left in her, before she would have to keep out of her foe's reach. She had to focus; she wanted to do everything she could to help. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4500">Vicious flames, scatter and engulf thine enemies... Fire!</span></b>This spell was aimed in a way to try and strike the monk, while at least minimize the damage Taka should receive, if he couldn't outright avoid it because of the foe's proximity. Much like Damen's fire enchantment spell, flames erupted in the general location that Ruby wanted; the monk would feel the burns, part of his gi actually was set ablaze as a result due to how hot the flames burned in the short span they were active. All in all, the numbers were dwindling down...