The bell had her on edge and she had pulled her crossbow out. "Oh, great," she said, her voice dripping in sarcasm. "I love wyverns." They were not the most fun in combat. The stinger could do some damage. Without even acknowledging what the Warden said, she ran forward, shooting at the wyverns and pushing those who were now on her side away while instructing them to find cover and shoot from there. One young lad, most likely a recruit had his leg stuck underneath a fallen pillar. Taking one of her blades, she slashed at they wyvern's face while a few other soldiers worked to pull the boy from the pillar.
"You will not have him!" she yelled, stabbing it between the eyes. Looking behind her, more soldiers had stopped fighting to save the recruit. "Oh, I'm supposed to be fighting while you lot save his arse?" She had leaped into the air after putting away her crossbow and unsheathing her other blade. A few wyverns had started to chase her, hopefully long enough for the boy to be taken to safety. Saving others wasn't her strong suit, but whatever prize she could get after this better be worth it. One or two were taken down as she flew around the courtyard. She could only afford one moment to glance down, seeing that the soldiers were close to freeing him. Turning around, she sunk her blades into one of the beast's chest and dragged them down while avoiding getting blood splattered on her. No point in taking a second bath.
The wyvern dropped to the ground just as the recruit was finally pulled out and taken away. Swooping down, Ara traded her swords for the crossbow once more and began to shoot at the wyverns, being careful not to hit any one of the Bretons. Hitting wyverns good, hitting Bretons bad... she kept repeating in her head.
"Help me, wench!" someone shouted, to which Ara groaned and ran in the voice's direction, only to have to shoot down yet another wyvern. The soldier seemed to have been slashed at on one of his legs.
"You need my sword arm?"
The older man nodded, hobbling to support his weight on her.
"I didn't mean that, but all right..." The two never exchanged words, just shoot wyverns down and then go on to the next one. "Warden better appreciate this," she said under her breath.
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