Mercury stood up tall and stared down at his dead attacker, then at the player that was talking to him. "Why of course I'm okay. I had it right where I wanted it, until you so rudely interfered." He grinned at the person who had come to his rescue and broke down into laughter. "Tell you what, I don't like the idea of owing you for saving me. If you're looking to level up, I'll help you for a few. " He checked his skill list to see if Time's Arena was off cooldown yet, and sure enough, it was ready for use. "Sit right here for a sec. Time's Arena!" A red circle spread out from where Mercury's sword touched the ground. "Ciou," he said as he activated his spell. Nothing happened, until he stepped backwards out of the bubble. He felt the same feeling of passing through water, and then he was out. Everything inside the circle was crystal clear, time inside the bubble moving much slower than that outside. From the inside, the only sign that anything was amiss was the blur as light hit the bubble's edge. And his own vanishing act. That would be pretty noticeable. 

He clicked his tongue. "Not completely useless after all." Mercury had a great idea. When the bubble of slowed time dropped, Mercury was rushing towards the stranger. In a parody of his first entrance, a group of four more pheasants was hot on his heels. "Notimetoexplainfollowme!"

Mercury watched the cooldown timer for Time's Arena tick down. Now! He spun to face the charging pheasants. "Time's Arena!" The time magician ran out of one side of the bubble just as the last of the four pheasants ran in. The pheasants were still charging, but their progress looked unbearably slow from the outside. Mercury fell backwards and lay on the ground. "So what's the RoF of that cannon?" He twisted his head around to look for the stranger with the pheasant-killing toy.