Brand's swiping strike slammed into the leftmost twisted thug's skull with the force of a warhammer, the crunching blow causing bone to shatter, throwing up in the air a few sharpened teeth with the impact, the large blade finding the thug's skin rather tough, like boiled and oiled leather, but the blade still tore a large chunk of meat across the cheek, scratching to metal inside the head while flying sparks in the air, leaving the right side of the thug's face cut open to reveal blackened mess of rotting teeth mixed here and there with metal shards sticking out from the flesh.<br/><br/>The thug screamed in pain and fury, the first blow having left it considerably pained, but before he could reach out to repay that pain to Brand a lance shone bright and speared through the already wounded thug's side, yanking the thug back a good 15 feet hanging off the lance before its side tore apart enough that it fell, the hooves just missing the thug rolling on the ground as Hanali went. This evil thing looked so torn a common man should have already perished in agony.<br/><br/>The spell that Requiem cast opened a gateway too narrow for the wagons themselves, but Borom jumped off the wagons to rush in through. He was the only one that did though, with Ash running in the opposite direction a lot earlier already, and others occupied in the fight. Nonetheless, the old merchant was safe from the rest of the fight at least, the wagons paused before the gateway the horse and the ox might well fit, if they were lead in one by one, but the wagons would be a tight fit with their wide build. It'd take some careful movement, at very least, and not in combat situation.