Draiss noted the silence, and tapped the power potential of the form he was using, having not had time to do much back in his realm where his power overwhelmed everything, and found he could get a vague 'danger sense' out of the power surrounding him. Not enough to prevent the ambush already stepping out in front of him, but enough to at least warn him that the archers had crossbows rather than bows, and didn't seem very familiar with the shoddy weapons. He looked around, and tapped his power again, before sighing. "Thank you for the offer, but I would rather keep it, and not cause problems this early, so I will simply say goodbye."<br/><br/>He stepped to the side, twisting the power almost habitually, and was therefore shocked when he failed to dimension door down the road a half mile. He blinked, and sighed, before rubbing his eyes. "Naturally. How about I give you all a diamond, and you all not fight me, and we all live to see the sunset? No?"<br/><br/>He swayed backwards, avoiding the bolt that would have missed anyway, the string apparently not fully tightened, but he was getting the feeling he was dealing with pushovers now. He raised his hand, and tried to cast a fireball, which formed perfectly in his hand, but exploded in front of him, tossing him backwards a good thirty feet. He landed on his back, and coughed once, before rising. "Note to self, don't do that."<br/><br/>He sighed, and leveled Nadriina's staff, choosing a spell that would render them unconscious rather than dead, and released it, hoping it would work appropriately.