Overall, progress had slowed, but the lycans had still managed to push safely away from the fortress. The gas would not threaten them; they needed only push through the remaining enemy soldiers to reach the forest. The wounded were moving at the center of the formation, and for the moment, they were advancing slowly enough that carrying them was not slowing the formation down. Though, if it became necessary for the lycans to flee quickly, they would have to choose between leaving behind wounded, or leaving warriors to delay the enemy. Meanwhile, anyone particularly versed in magic would start to sense the ambient presence of magic in the air as they moved deeper into the enemy lines. 

Ri'vashi certainly appreciated the assistance she was receiving, though she was still more than capable of defending herself, even in such an unfavorable situation. Before the enemy could land a precise strike to her joints, she bashed one of the opponents on her left with her shield, slices at his sword arm, then used her shield arm to grab him around the neck and pull him close to serve as a living shield. With her katana, she parried away blows from her right while using her prisoner to make the enemy on her left more hesitant to attack. Her armor could make up for glancing blows, but fortunately, she did not have to defend in such desperation for long. 

Kaleeth did not hesitate to turn her charge towards Ri'vashi. There was a sword sticking partially out of the werecrocodile's abdomen, but otherwise, she was still in perfectly fine condition. She had allowed herself to be stabbed by the steel blade to protect herself from silver, and had subsequently crushed the entire lower body of the one who attacked her. It only took a quick pull with her claws to remove the blade, which had not penetrated enough through her thick scales to be an issue at the moment. She threw the sword at the enemy ahead of her, then started to deliver wide, sweeping attacks to those between her and Ri'vashi. She had to be careful to avoid injuring herself, but even among the strongest of Cathay, there was no one that could halt the advance of such a vanguard. 

Even if she did not have Gallus' fervor attempting to defend her, Meesei would have at least been able to protect herself in the short term. The burned, blinded mage would be incapacitated for the foreseeable future, so she was able to release him, then telekinetically blast back one of her opponents, while Gallus dealt with the other. There was a spearman, and three swordsmen behind Gallus' opponent who were in the perfect position to help their ally, though strangely, all of the swordsmen were oddly reluctant to move forward. In fact, the majority of the enemy's backline had been strangely static for the fight so far. 

While Fendros obviously could not overpower the Senche, a werewolf's strength was still enough to at least somewhat displace a normal Senche. It delayed him enough that Ahnasha was able to line up and fire a shot at the Senche's neck, though that did not stop his momentum. In his dying motions, the Senche still ended up trampling over Ahnasha as he fell.