Mira grit her teeth as she fought of the creatures, the boy’s cold words echoing in her head as she did so. There was no way… They would never give into such a heinous group, the king, albeit a goofy and rather jokey fellow, would never merely sign away his kingdom so easily! … Would he?

She couldn’t focus on these things now, though, all she could do was keep faith as she fended of the creatures, though even that was beginning to seem hopeless. At first, she was keeping up rather well, but after only moments it seemed that with each creature she took out, even more took its place. She had to quickly turn her offensive maneuver into a defensive one, but even that began to be too trying. As much as she tried to avoid them, even lashing at them with her whip at whatever opportunities she could, she still found herself getting struck down. It was only a matter of time before she was sent tumbling backwards from one of the strikes, regaining her stance fast enough to merely see the creatures coming for her, too many for her to even consider evading. She instinctively raised her arms u in from of her, turning and closing her eyes as she embraced herself for the sudden strike…

… But it never came. 

Mira’s eyeshot open, looking around in shock to see that she had returned to the village. The scene that played out next was probably the most surprising to her, watching as a young boy with shockingly canine-like features came to her rescue, attacking the young mage with his shield. A talking animal, in retrospect, wasn’t all that uncommon in Marchen, though this was still quite the shock to Mira at the time. Things only became even stranger from there as two more of the canine crusaders appeared, bounding up in a strange contraption, firing off some sort of blast from the back. It had all happened so quickly that it was hard for her to process, it was only earlier that day that Mira was picking berries and herbs to bring back to the village, and in a matter of no time they were under attack and she was being saved by a race of boys she had never seen before.

"C'mon, let's take this guy down!"

Mira looked over to her side, the canine boy that had saved her now standing by her side. It took her a moment, but after seeing a glimpse of hope, she found herself feeling even more determined than before. She nodded to the boy, her eyes now burning with determination as she shot him a smirk.

[color=red]“Right!”[/color] the agreed, turning her attention back to the boy, swiftly gesturing in his direction. [color=red]“Fira!”[/color]

Mira conjured up yet another ball of flame, sending forth another fire spell in his direction. Immediately after, she broke out into a sprint, curving out to the side as she ran in the boy’s direction with her blazing whip in hand. Even if he stopped the spell, she still had a chance of landing an attack on him. In her mind, she knew this would work, and maybe it was a mere second wind due to her newfound allies and a glimpse of hope.

But in her heart, she knew they could win this fight.