The hooded man who stayed to challenge the group froze in place when Jason held him in a position where he could not resist and only chuckled as one of the other tainted guards went to try and strike the demon child that held the cultist with a blade to his neck. Another guard was immediately down by a boot to the head, but surprisingly he wasn't out of the fight yet as he twirled around and lunged at Dusk with his blade at hand. That had left the other two to deal with the group, the cianid being one of them. 

It wasn't hard for the wolf-like creature to find a target as Sakura's weakened fireball came his way. His response was typical for a trained warrior and he was noticeably quick like the guardian who fought by their side. Within seconds a knife was sent Sakura's way and the Cianid was coming behind it, his sword already drawn and ready to strike when he got close enough. There wasn't even a word that escaped him, nor was there any form of emotion coming from the corrupted individual. It was as if he didn't even care if he would die from this fight.

Feress who had caught up skidded to a halt when he spotted the fighter coming towards Sakura's way, and he was quick to realize the situation at hand. Secrets wouldn't help now so he made the decision to come out with it. "There's so way that Cianid survived that ambush! They must've taken him when they tried to take Ansen!" He exclaimed, shifting his stance to a more combat appropriate one as he glanced over his shoulder at Lyari who had dealt with the last guard. It was unfortunate they were fighting old allies, but it had to be done. There was no cure for darkness other than death, for now.

Inside the church Arya had ran in there was barely any signs of life, the benches were full of cobwebs and dust and almost every artifact of faith was either destroyed or vandalized. Near the alter was a dark bubble that was too dense to be seen through. It was some sort of capture spell that came from the practices of darkness, and the one Arya had chased was leading her attention right to the one that was holding the barrier, another cloaked mysterious individual who was holding his hands out to the bubble and chanting something that was evil to the breath.