As the battle at Jhevo raged on so did the conflicts between the foreign emissaries, Lara had done enough to grant Matteo his safety, the teen now serious as he takes a stance, with Nuwa and Ellsy ready for another round in their bout.

The two Italians empower their various techniques readying for another round, Matteo blurs to Lara's side, the two empower their ATTUNED arts, Nuwa and Ellsy follow suit, 'Force' thrashing violently around them, Lara's blade blurs as she strikes diagonally from the right, Nuwa gives distance, spinning on her toe as Matteo's great sword stabs at her abdomen in tandum, Ellsy's leg blurs connecting to Matteo's wrist forcing the young man to retreat with a groan, Nuwa pulls her back in time to dodge Lara's swing, her blade serating the air with clear visibility. Lara forces more of her Imprinted 'Force' unto her blade, the blade vibrating to fast for the normal human eye to perceive it's movement. Matteo using coating his great sword with Imprinted 'Force' compounds pressure unto the blade until it's moulded through sheer pressure into a rapier like long blade, Lara's swings grow in speed and destructiveness as Matteo follows close behind each thrust blasting Imprinted 'Force' like a measured beam, Ellsy empowered by her ATTUNED arts blurs dodging wave after wave of the onslaught, her superior speed, despite her speed she's unable to close in on Lara even with the bearest of mili seconds of openings as Matteo's adeptly timed thrusts forces her to give distance, similarly Nuwa despite her reflex is subjects to area of attack damage, Lara's blade easily tearing through both ladies Defence and Striker techniques, Lara blurs to Nuwa's eight, her blade poised to sever Nuwa in half, Matteo blurs to force Ellsy back, the russian centers on her Enforcer quickly arriving at Lara's side, a kick aimed at her abdomen already in full motion, the Italian twists her torso,

(She expected it!) Ellsy realises switching to center he ATTUNED r Defense as she focuses range on her leg, the blade connects, drawing blood, buried deep into her leg stopping only against her bone. Ellsy gives a muffled scream,

"ELLSY!!" Ryker shouts loosing concentration as a blow from Juan misses him with inches to spare,

"FOCUS!!" The Chinese screams,

Nuwa spins crashing her kick again Lara's jaw rocking the Italian, Matteo packs on the pressure on his blade striking Nuwa's back while causing the blade to detonate, the result a light wave of 'Force' and shrapnel the that leaves the girl greviously injured and barely on her knee,

"A shame really" Matteo states gazing down upon her form.

Lara pulls her blade out, blood pooling from Ellsy's injury, the vibration had been brought to a halt, the blade falls apart, cracking like broken biscuits.

MINUTES PRIOR.

While the second round of Ellsy and Nuwas bout with the Italians ensued the Russian Chinese duo pushed to make quick work of the USAS man, Juan.

He stood, ATTUNED arts empowered, bluring towards Ryker who had taken position beside Chang.

Juan with an aspect of each technique blended into the other, his Defence: Big Impact gives weight to his already bulky frame, the weight transiting into his Striker as well as his Enforcer and vice versa, his blow forcing Ryker to center his Defence releasing a violent wave of Imprinted 'Force' at the point of impact as he takes a knee with a groan, a muffled shout from the girls causes him to take a glance then look, watching Ellsy take a grevious injury to her leg, the the whites of her bone visible of one looked enough,

"ELLSY!!" He screams as Juan's blow barrels towards his skull,

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"FOCUS!!" Chang shouts striking back with a Striker empowered kick, the resulting shockwave blasting Ryker back, Chang spins into a high kick his heel catching Juan's jaw, he follows with increasing tempo with heavy blows to the liver, knee and throat respectively, Juan is stunned, forces back several steps as he coughs violently,

(ADVANTAGE!!!), Chang presses forward, an abrupt blur from Juan's frame is the reply, the South American's fist bluring with a Striker Centered ATTUNED blow, Chang's skull cracks back, deforming visibly as he drops lifelessly, Ryker recovers staring at the body in shock, his senses rapidly expanding to encompass Chang's position,

(THANK FUCKING GOD!, HE'S ALIVE!), He sighs bluring toward his opponent with every ounce of 'Force' in him centered in his fist, Juan takes a shot putters lean his shoulder almost touching the ground behind, he bullets up like a released catapult his fist connecting with Ryker's, the bone in the Russian's arm shatters into numerable pieces as his own attack blast back Juan's arm with a broken arm, Ryker looks up toward the South American from his position on a knee.

Juan raises his left arm, cocking it back to finish the job when Lara's call draws his attention.

Lara with her hand in a sworded form is poised to end Ellsy when the shilouette of three appear in the distance, Lara trusting her instincts very quickly zooms in, focusing her eyes on the incoming trio,

(Leonardo and the Japanese), instantly she could deduce the ploy, "MATTEO!" she shouts, blurring back as he heeded and followed suit, Juan would been deep in battle and ready to end Ryker falls back. Ryker quickly walks to Ellsy's side, picking the girl up as Nuwa limps to Chang's side, observing him before eventually letting out a pensive breath,

(He should be fine in a few weeks), barely seconds later the three arrive, in their grasp are two bodies, a female in black tight fitting combat gear, clearly geared towards being an assassin and the German traitor, Gerhard, both had been slung over Leonardo's shoulder as the remaining four made their escape.

Leonardo turns to Ellsy with a frown, holding back his first thought to comment on their loss,

"What!?" The Ryker inquires with a glare having noticed his stare,

"What next?, I've been informed this was your plan" Leonardo replies turning to Ellsy,

"We wait" she replies, "we can try interrogating the girl but i do not believe we have the skill necessary to make her divulge information, more importantly we beed somewhere to heal" Ellsy replies with a grimace,

"They'll be back, that friend of yours, what's his name?..." Nuwa questions with laboured breaths, heavy sweat coating face,

"Raven Voss" Leonardo replies,

"Yes him, he's already taken prisoner one of MURAKAN's high level combatants, they won't be keen to lose more" she interjects,

"So we use her as bait, they'll definitely be back with enough Shifters and high level combatants to swarm us, question is, will we five be enough?" Katuro questions eyeing their injuries,

"It's best if we're healed, but we probably won't be given such an allowance" Leonardo begins, "My 'friend'..." Leonardo states mockingly, "is willing to aquiece and help us aquire Zagreb, we should involve him in this matter" Leonardo states,

"Isn't he currently embroiled in the war?" Nuwa questions,

"The answer depends on if you believe we will be attacked withing the next fourty eight hours" Leonardo replies, to that inquiry, none could give an answer,

(All we can realistically do is hope, i myself can take them all, but their adversaries will come with a force to swarm them, and a high probability holds that i'll be tied fighting someone my level) Leonardo ponders,

"For now we should take these two somewhere safe" Leonardo suggests,

"I know just the place" Ryker replies.