[center][b]Forgotten Ruins, East roads & alleys[/b][/center]

The thing about heavily disciplined and formation-based soldiers is that once their trained, tried and true formations and tactics fall apart, they don't have the creativity or ingenuity to improvise. For this reason, once they begin to buckle, they tend to do so at a very rapid pace. Such was the fate befalling the Galanon Imperial soldiers in this particular alley of the ruins. With their commanding officer down and out for the fight, their spearwall broken by a single girl and their archers now being assaulted from above by two heavenly valkyries, the entire unit was crumbling, both physically and mentally.

Add onto that the flinging of spells from a horse-mounted witch, and the interference caused by a masked degenerate, and you had a recipe for a panic-inducing soup of the day. The addition of a raving, yelling and bloodthirsty elf, proclaiming the descent of his Goddess' avatar, didn't exactly make things any less stressful or confusing for the unfortunate troops caught between weatherowrn walls and a group of rag-tag marauders that were somehow winning this fight. Petty officers and brash youths who wanted to prove themselves shouted conflicting orders and iunstructio0ns to their brethren, it was a complete mess.

Eventually, between their own inability to regroup, and the constant pressure put on by the adventurers, the Galanon forces eventually broke. Those in the back turned tail and fled out towards the main road, while those caught in battle dropped the weapons and tried to escape by any means they could, climbing small walls, leaping into ruined windows and so and so forth. It was a sad display, and would have sent great shame through their General's very soul, had he been there to witness the spectacle. Fortunately, for everyone involved, he was not.

Still, with their enemies fleeing and the path ahead now opening up, Serafaye let out a sigh of relief. Not so much that the fight was over, but that she didn't need to hurt anyone anymore. After all, having seen her own strength after punching that one fellow had left a sour taste in her mouth. What if she'd hit his head? She could've sent it tearing off his shoulders... Sure, thexe guys had attacked them, but they hadn't managed to even hurt her... So fighting and killing them waws kinda like kicking a baby, except meaner. She turned to her fellows, the lizard and paladin-elf, then looked at the two roof-diving heroines, and finally back at the three spellcasters safely over in the other end of the alley.

"I... I uh, guess we won? Huzzah?" She said, with uncertain half-enthusiasm. "Guessing they'll be back though, huh? They don't seem like the kinda folks who'd just give up." She said... Not actually confident in that statement at all. After all, she didn't know jack squat about these people or their determination to see things through... It was just a phrase one said though. And, as it turned out, was indeed accurate!

While the soldiers of the beaten squad retreated and reunited with their fellows beyond the alleys, the group now had a clear path ahead of them - so long as they stayed in the alleyways. After all, it wasn't like the Imperial army had stationed squads of troops in every single backstreet - as they'd advanced, they'd also moved their blockades, encircling the center of the ruins. But now that the blockade in the this particular part of the alleys was broken, there was no obstacle ahead of them - at least not yet.

If they hurried and didn't dawdle, the possibility of reaching the east-most gate without any further confrontations was a very real possibility! Of course, that required that they move swiftly, and avoided needless side-trips or distractions. Even then, the east gate still had a few guards posted at it, though it was likely the least defended of the gates, as it was the furthest away from the Imperial main force.

Serafaye, on the other hand, didn't seem to be in any rush or realize the need for speed, as she walked on over to the big lizard-bro and looked him up and down.

"You okay, bro? You got stuff sticking outta your bod... Anyone got any pliers?" She said, and asked, looking around.