[@Saint Girralo]

The brazen accusation of cowardice and the sudden wall of earth blocking his blade had stopped the Mage-Knight from decapitating a terrified but defiant Resistance NCO who had willingly thrown herself into the metal monster's path and tried to pierce his helmet with an utterly pitiful holdout blaster after her rifle had been hacked in two by the Knight in order to save her men from the seemingly unstoppable warrior, even though he had his orders and was clearly having the time of his life in the thick of it; the Knight's pride and peculiar form of nobility would not let such an insult from the Alchemist officer go unpunished nor such courage and sacrifice go unrewarded for the squad leader, for even though they are enemies; he and the rest of his brothers and sisters from the Licht Gruppe believed that they are more Just than the Resistance due to their unflagging adherence to honor and fairness, things that they believed the Resistance had gradually lost sight of over the years of warfare and horror.

And so the Knight let the NCO run back to her squad when she realized that the Knight was no longer interested in her before turning towards Roy, his scorched armor and tattered surcoat; both liberally caked with blood and grime making his sizable form even more intimidating. Not only that, he also began to exude an aura of magically-amplified menace in order to cow nearby soldiers, both friend and foe from getting in his way... This was matter of pride and honor and he wanted everyone to know that he wouldn't tolerate any interference!

"A coward? Tell me this, who are the ones fighting a losing battle just to buy more time?"

The Knight then gestures to the carnage around him, showing that the only remaining troops around the immediate area were Resistance; with most of the defenders having already been pushed back or killed. The entire section of the battlefield literally resting on the shoulders of a far smaller force of units against a tide of men and machine.

"Not very heroic of you rebels to be held back by a smaller force now is it?"

The Knight then readies his sword in a neutral guard stance as he begins to approach the Alchemist officer.

"And besides, this is war. We all have to do things we find unsavory for what we believe in..."

With that somber one-liner, the Knight then initiates his charge; moving as fast as a speeding truck and with the same grace (or lack of), It was clear to Roy that the Metal monster wants to defeat him in a knightly duel with nobody to help or hinder him. Which the career Officer could easily spin to his advantage as the knight has shown to be the type to move and see in no other direction but forwards.

Line of sight lost between them, their comrade and Roy's unit, the Mages decided that the respite would provide them a good long while to try and save their digital brother-in-arms who was currently lying on an ammo dump, practically asking to be blown up by a stray shot or a deliberately thrown grenade. The wind mage casting a swiftness spell on itself and its companion, the pair then made their way towards their unconscious comrade; their enhanced speed making them little more than phantoms to the naked eyes of the majority of the Resistance's troops. Wasting no time in attempting to bodily carry the puppet-like wizard, the Earth mage simply creates a makeshift stretcher of levitating rocks before the two haul their comrade on top of it and get the hell out of dodge with him in tow; just in time too as a TIE fighter crashes into the cache and sends all three magic users flying from the explosion's intense shockwave.