Caelis' blood was boiling the second that the blond bandit looked at Faith. He already had his hand on his sword, hidden in his robe, and there was very little patience in letting his blade sing. However, the best way to win a battle was to avoid it in the first place, especially against an enemy that had them out numbered and in the middle of an ambush. So, he refrained himself. Then, the brash twin took action when one of the bandits grabbed his sister, although Caelis didn't blame him. There were moments in the past where Caelis did the exact same when Faith was in danger, but the difference was that Caelis took decisive action during that time with his sword. Thus, Caelis approved of Setna's devotion to his sister, but he couldn't say the same of the... "fight" that he started with his shield. 

Caelis turned to old dwarf who had picked up what Caelis believed to be his large weapon. "The anger of a dwarf is not to be trifled with." Caelis thought as he remembered some of the master dwarven warriors that he had seen spar when he was younger. One particular dwarf had taken on a group of ten men by himself. It wasn't a fluid fight, but the dwarf had simply fought with sheer, consistent force that no man could handle. Thus, Caelis somewhat believed that the old dwarf could deal with the seven in front. That was until the self proclaimed prince cut the speaker in half.

It was a bit of a shock to most of the people present, but that was exactly what Caelis needed. Caelis yelled "Get inside the wagon, take cover!" as he drew his sword and turned the smooth action of his draw into a cut while Faith listened and headed towards the nearby wagon. A large gash formed on the torso of the nearest bandit who was distracted. That was when the fight actually began as everyone came to their senses. The bandit next to the heavily wounded bandit took a wide, horizontal swing at Caelis with something that looked like a small ax. Caelis calmly took a step back to dodge the ax and at the same time brought down his sword. Caelis simply let his curved blade sing. It sliced through the air and down the overextended arm of the bandit, taking it cleanly off. The bandit was obviously stunned and not sure of what had just happened as he simply looked at his arm that fell on to the ground with a thud. Caelis felt vitalized by the sound of his sword cutting through the air. It had been too long since his sword had sung.

Caelis had, in effect, dispatched two bandits with two, quick swings of his sword. However, he wasn't out of danger yet. Caelis walked towards the now one-armed man with his eyes closed. He clicked his tongue once, and to his relief there was no one else that close to him. Caelis grabbed the bandit, but then he heard the sound of a bow string being released. He ducked slightly and pulled the bandit closer to him, using the bandit as cover. A second later the bandit convulsed as an arrow entered his back. Caelis muttered "I guess they don't care if they kill each other." as he dropped the slowly dying bandit onto the ground. Caelis was confident that everyone could handle themselves, except for the twins especially when the girl was being held captive. So, Caelis began to quickly run with his sword and began charging at the giant man. Caelis prayed that he would be able to sneak up on the man or at least be able to buy time and distract him enough for Setna to finish the deal. However, as Caelis ran, one of the arrows found its mark. An arrow hit Caelis on the area on top of the right side of his hip. Regardless, it wasn't enough to stop him as he continued to run despite the pain. Caelis continued his charge towards the giant man that the twins had to deal with.

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Faith hid in the wagon like Caelis told her, but once again. She found herself wanting to help Caelis. All she was doing was hiding in the wagon while listening to the sounds of steel clashing and the guttural screams of agony. There was so much discord that Faith couldn't find anything comforting about the sounds that surrounded her. However, she wasn't that scared. Rather, she was worried about Caelis, who had always took upon the burden of the world by himself. She wanted to help. Faith, began to peek out of the wagon when a loud thud came from the side of the wagon as an arrow burrowed itself in the wood. Faith was startled as she flinched. The reality began to settle on her. Even if she did go out... what could she do? She would only be another burden to Caelis. Thus, with her heart and brain in conflict with each other, Faith's vision began to become blurry as her eyes became moist. Faith closed her eyes, clenched her hands together, and began to pray.