Cinabar Ember's falchion glimmered as she directed the light at the eyes of her enemy. He moved aside to  protect his vision, and then she stepped forward, aiming a hit towards his head. While his helm prevented the worst of the damage, her second strike came low, trying to disembowel him, with a shout of effort.<br/>The guy was badly hurt, but he kept his head clear, jumping back and aiming three arrows for her head and body, while the flameduck was trying to parry them, and rolled on the floor in order to disturb his aim.<br/>She failed to do anything more than deflect the first two slightly, getting hit by all of them. Luckily for her, these were broad arrows, so she avoided the worst of it...<br/>And then a flaming bird, created by essence, struck the Dragon-blooded and exploded, killing him. The flameduck was not harmed, for she swallowed the flames inside her. She looked replenished.<br/><br/>The captain of the ship stepped forward, he was a great man and knew when to give up. He did not say a word, but instead threw his sword at the feet of Cinabar Ember. She lifted it and then said:<br/>"I accept your surrender!" then handed it back to him "I need a healer for my friends. Is there one here?"<br/>"I'm afraid you just killed him. But you can use all the medicine we have here."<br/>"Then we need a boat to get them as fast as possible back to our ship" she replied. "I trust you not to be so stupid and try to escape".<br/>A boat soon brought them to "the Sea Serpent".