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With a single sickle out, Jarde began fighting and taking down mercenaries. He caught an overhead swing from a sword with his weapon before using a leg to sweep the mercenary off his feet. One kick to the face was enough to knock his latest opponent out of the fight. Looking over, he saw [u]Tyaethe[/u] make her way downstairs. Presumably to rescue the hostage before the mercenaries could do anything to her.

[quote=Fanilly Danbalion]"Dame Tyaethe has already headed deeper. Half of our number will take Vosahnn and accompany her, the others will remain with me!"[/quote]

The [u]Captain[/u] had given her orders. Jarde moved to join [u]Fanilly[/u] when a whistling sound made him instinctively roll to cover. He awaited another shot, perhaps a volley, but none came. Figuring that there was none, Jarde rose and rejoined his [u]Captain[/u]. Turned out, the bolt was but a warning shot. A signal to catch the Iron Roses' attention.

[quote]"Well well well, the Iron Roses? Hmm, you've made short work of many of our mercenaries, too, just what were we paying them for? Are you lot any better, or should I lower my expectations accordingly?"[/quote]

A tall man in black leather armor and a concealing hood sauntered into the scene along with some reinforcements for the mercenaries. Armed with a short sword and a crossbow, there was no doubt that this one was a boss of these mercs. Jarde expected him to be harder to fight than the others and for that, he pulled out his other sickle.

[quote]"Well, no matter, I'm certain I know exactly how you got here so quickly and who told you. That will cost her one whole sister."[/quote] 

"[color=yellow]Well, can't we talk about a discount? Times are hard.[/color]" Jarde replied with humor but then turned serious. "[color=yellow]Give up. We've got the Captain of the Iron Roses here, and her blade's still wet with Bandit King blood. Not to mention that... okay, we're quite even with numbers. But we're Iron Roses, if you didn't already know.[/color]"

[quote=Fanilly Danbalion]"With me!"[/quote]

[u]Fanilly[/u] called out to Tili and lead a small group downstairs, making a beeline for the hostage and leaving Jarde to fend off the mercenary reinforcements by himself. He wondered if [u]Fanilly[/u] wanted him to come with her or if she trusted him to hold off all these mercenaries. Jarde watched [u]Fanilly[/u] make her way downstairs, still dumbstruck as to what he should do.

Noticing that his chance had long went away, Jarde looked back at the hooded merc and all his friends at his side. "[color=yellow]Uhh, I think we got off on the wrong foot here...[/color]"