Both his magic and his might had failed him, Eldarin staggered back and immediately took out his last bottle, glugging it in a single gulp. The bottle was returned and Eldarin ran forward to help Vane as fast as possible. In a move that was defiantly on the top ten of stupidest things he had ever done Eldarin slid on the ground and thrust upwards with his blade that was crackling with lightning into one of the tiny gaps in the beast's armour. There was the distinct possibility that he would be crushed or otherwise killed in a brutal fashion, but you only lived once right?