The mercenary that Janius initially charged scrambled to his feet in time to see his ally's skull split open. He growled in anger, but did not approach near as recklessly as Janius. Instead, he nodded to his other ally, a Khajiit male, then moved to attack at the same time from different angles. Fortunately for Janius, Meesei and Lorag were not far behind in supporting him. After making it through the mercenaries Janius had ran past to protect Kaleeth, Lorag came charging in with his hammer in full swing.

"Not so fast!" Lorag shouted as his hammer struck the Khajiit's blade hard enough to knock it clean from his hands, which forced him to jump back and draw a measly dagger from his belt. At the same time, Meesei bolt escaped through the other mercenary and reformed on the other side, which stunned him for a good few seconds. 

"We're here with you, Janius." Meesei said reassuringly as she and Lorag stood on each side of Janius, ready to help defend Kaleeth. The battle as a whole was now spread throughout the settlement, with nothing even resembling a frontline in sight. Mercenaries and cultists alike were scattered around fighting, but there were a few mercenary officers still trying to organize their men. One of them happened to be nearby, and took notice of the trapped werecrocodile that had been slaughtering her men. As the two mercenaries rapidly backed away, she shouted to them to join her squad. In all, there were now seven mercenaries bearing down on them.

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"How do you think? I'm going to walk right out of here with one of you at the end of my blade." The noble retorted, pressing the tip of his sword to Fendros' chest, allowing the metal to burn his skin. "If your friends actually care about your lives, then they will not stop me. I only need one of you, and she is in a rather inconvenient form for a hostage at the moment." He commented as he moved his blade back to being mere inches from Ahnasha's throat. "I should just kill you now. Make things simple for me."