Having gotten used to using water for transportation, Hyarmenion had become concerned about the horses, so he had went to check on them to ensure that they were fed for the time being. However, soon enough it looked like something else was going to be on his mind. Immediately as Rubii shouted, the elf shifted back on his left foot and took a defensive stance that seemed to indicate that he'd practiced for this.<br/><br/>Raising his arms up, he allowed his aura to once more connect with the Earth that he had always worked with. That ground beneath him started to rise up, forming a sort of barrier between them. If his entire gamble had worked the way that he planned that it would have, he would soon have been allowed another sort of reprieve.<br/><br/>The individual who had raised the bow might have been struck by some of the soil or a rock underneath him. This sort of surreptitious weapon was just as deadly as any designed to be used as one.<br/><br/>For that matter, if he hadn't been taken down in the process, Hyarmenion might also have been able to at least put down the High General for a bit. Nevertheless, there was a chance that the elf was going to go down in the attack too.<br/><br/>No matter how skilled his motions, there was always the opportunity for a counterattack.