Before the elf can respond, Leofwine's glaive snakes upwards and slices straight through his leg, and with a scream his falls to the ground below, all sound ending with a crunch. He may have been able to survive the leg if bound quickly, but the fall killed him. The bandit with a crossbow takes aim at Ares, but that arrow catches in his armour and does nothing but graze his chest.<strong>"Go back, tell Grey-Eyes, we'll hold them off,"</strong>the woman barks, her voice gaining a rough edge, and the crossbow wielder backs away, whilst the bandit readies himself for combat, afraid but determined.