Hearing the plan, the Cortrova siblings gave their respective nods on the understanding the plan laid ahead of them; they were of the same distraction group, though Damen had the front lines while Ruby had the back lines. It was disappointing that Armos had to be left back, but they knew he'd be well when they returned, though it did raise a yellow flag in Damen's mind, concern that a monk could get through the ranks and endanger the life of his sister. It would mean Damen would have to fight as hard as he could for the battle, really. When the assault began, Damen began by enchanting his iron sword with flame, burning hotly and waiting for the impact against flesh, and rushed at one of the monks. Damen chose not to wield a shield this time, trusting in his ability to outstep his opposition accordingly, but he grabbed the attention of a female monk, whom was swinging her fists away, not to mention trying to get a few kicks in there as well. Each strike that did manage to hit Damen hurt considerably, but one of his training companions was a monk back at the academy, so he could take the hits relatively well.<br/><br/>When a horizontal kick seemed to aim for Damen's head, the blond acolyte ducked, and swung his sword against the exposed gut of the monk, inflicting a graze against her, but it was enough to light her in flames, but she waved them off. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4500"><b>Winter's chill, strike from above... Blizzard!</b></span>" Unfortunately for the monk, the combo wasn't over, for a large chunk of ice fell from above upon Ruby's chant for her spell, and upon impact, the monk fell to the ground, her head crushed under the weight of magically-formed ice that Ruby conjured up. It would take a white mage with the Raise spell to cure that sort of damage... And Damen remembered the white mage, who was already chanting out a spell to bring back one of the fallen monks from the battle. Enchanting his sword again, this time with poison, Damen made the rush towards the white mage; sure, the magic supply for them was limited, but it would only make things more difficult than they were if a monk was brought back to the brink to fight back.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Ruby stuck a fair distance back behind the others, and was already chanting for her next spell, and this time, she was using her magic to cover Lydalia. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4500"><b>May bolts of judgment strike down... Thunder!</b></span>" Ruby would ensure her spell was directed in a way for the bolt of electricity struck the monk, but missed her ally completely. Already, Ruby's spells were proving to be effective... but it drew in the attention of one of the monks that appeared to be neglected entirely, and Ruby began to get a bit concerned when she saw him running her way. She wasn't much of a runner because of her position as a mage, and Damen went to take care of the white mage that could bring these brawlers back to fighting position and regroup entirely. She held her rod at the ready; it wasn't an effective weapon, as it really only helped her focus on her magic, but she would use it if she had to... though she explained already she wasn't a physical fighter!<br/><br/>Damen had the white mage rushed, forcing them to stop their chant in order to protect themselves with their staff. They were skilled in its use, able to parry the incoming strikes from the apprentice multiple times, but Damen was on the offense, trying to get an opening to come up, going so far as providing a full-body tackle to him to knock him off balance if only just the slightest. Though he did see the rushing monk heading towards his sister; Damen was in a true dilemma here, for he could pull away from the mage to rush back and protect his sister, or keep going to score his opening on the mage. It was quite the conflict... he just hoped that one of the others would come in and help her sooner than he can decide...!