Under her foot Anora noticed the markings of a man rushing to get away from something, the quick and long strides combined with the tread of his boots indicated that this was indeed the man who had escaped from their earlier encounter.  The night had been long and full of numerous close encounters with this dangerous man, and the fatigue had not fully set in on Anora..  Her eyes scanned to the nearby bushes, noticing the faint coating of blood that draped the corners of it's leaves.  Her head turned in a quick motion to look at Ardur who had begun to lag behind after their long night.<br/><br/>“I told you I struck him” came from the now grinning mouth of Anora as she flashed a small smile at her friend.<br/><br/>“You should've aimed...aimed higher when you had the shot”  He panted back.  His arms were on his hips as she slowed to catch his breath.  A look on his face did all but speak the words of how displeased he was at the events of the past night.  His eyes glimmered with the faint lights of that dimly lit tavern he was at not even a full day before, he could almost hear the loud noises and almost taste the drink that he had been enjoying.  He was snapped from this  thought by Anora getting up off the ground.<br/><br/>“If I hit him in the chest he would've died, and dead men won't tell us any secrets.”  She joked as she turned her body back towards the trail.  She began to move once again when a sudden and clear sound of a twig breaking up ahead drew her attention, and an arrow, forwards.  Ardur had moved next to her, though covered behind a tree, and began to look forward as well.  He had not heard the noise but he knew better than to question Anora's motives.  Her bow followed her eyes as she scanned the forest yet nothing revealed it self.  Her bow lowered as her head turned towards Ardur.<br/><br/>“Guess it's clea-”  Another snap, and in a blur Anora's head had turned around and bow raised only to line up with a mage with a ball of energy in his hands ready to unleash it.  Anora and the mage wasted no time in releasing their respected weapon.  Her arrow fell right into the mages chest, his leather armor making no barrier for the heavy arrow.  The man attempted to grab the arrow but it had struck true, and in a moment his movement ceased and he fell to the ground.  His spell however, also struck true.  Though it had lost much of it's power over it's journey it had still enough punch to send Anora flying backwards.  The sound of her back slamming into the tree behind her reverberated through the area, followed soon by the gasp for air that followed an impact of that strength.  Anora's hand still remained tight on her bow yet her free hand raced to her chest where she kept gasping for breath.  Pain rocketed through her body as her eyes were filled by rage.  This was not the man who she had hunted yet he attacked her like she was a target.  Another branch breaking was heard, but this time more close than before followed by another and then more.<br/><br/>Ardur's eyes dashed to his left and his vision was greeted by the three armored men charging forth from their hiding positions, and with a quick glance noticing Anora was in no position to fight and was suffering, allowed his rage to flow free.  The shaded area around him sudden grew bright as his hand erupted with a bright flame.  The charging men slowed their approach, some had looks of surprise on their faces, yet they still continued forth.   With a quick motion of his arm Ardur released the fire towards the tallest of the three, impacting right in the center of his armor.  The fire spread over his body like a quick moving orient of water over a rock, engulfing him in flame.  The two others jumped to the sides, eyes wide with both fear and concern for their friend who's scream had just echoed back from around.  The metal platting on his armor began to melt as he fell to the ground and attempted one last attempt to put the fire out but was greeted by the cold release of death.<br/><br/>Ardur let loose another one, this time colliding with a tree right next to one of the three assailants.  The fire spread up and around the tree as the other two began to back pedal away from the fight.  Ardur threw another, this  time skipping twice along the ground leaving burning embers in it's wake before catching the side of another tree.  The two soldiers split up and began to run away, and as he saw Anora fly by, a bit slower than normal, after the first.  Ardur began his pursuit of the second.