"Watch me." The Silencer bared his teeth at the injured Invoker before walking towards the enemy.
Kael tried to grab him, but he was too slow, his hand only moving through empty air. "You can't, you are…" he wanted to say 'too weak', but that would be an insult that wouldn't be the truth. Nortrom wasn't weak, but he was "… alone against them."
It didn't make the man stop. He was determined, as always, goal in mind and not wavering from it. This time it was laced with the desperate need to protect the Invoker, who was injured from the fight the Silencer was heading into. He would never back down, they both knew it. He was too stubborn, so Kael tried to get up, to be at least of some help there.
The first arrow flew through the air towards Nortrom, who saw it coming and lifted his shield until his body was almost completely hidden behind it. Another two followed, but he was able to deflect them all. He had his weapon, his glaive, raised, ready to attack. His stance was firm and sure, he didn't even sway when the arrows hit his shield. He was strong, but the enemy numbers were too high. At least that was what Kael thought.
The mage had fought and when he had been sure he wouldn't be able to win, he had tried to retreat. He hadn't gotten far, too heavily injured, before the Silencer had found him. It was clear that they had no chance of escaping the enemy on his heels, so the man had decided to fight, until his last breath, to give the Invoker a chance to survive.
It didn't matter that he stood alone against an unknown number of enemies, he'd not let Kael die. Or die himself in the attempt to protect him. Not that Kael would act differently should their roles be reversed.
Three creatures burst out of the forest and fanned out, two less than there had been before, in the fight the Invoker had done alone. They took a moment to assess the situation and the Silencer used this time to attack. He cast a spell a second before be launched his first physical attack, throwing his glaive at the enemy who appeared to be the weakest. His glaive was enchanted and it cut deep as it hit.
The other two didn't bother to look at their now wounded ally, they charged. Nortrom widened his stance, ready to block one with the shield and attack the other with the glaive. Before they were near enough for the Silencer to do either, he could feel magic building behind him. Fire burst from the sky, hitting both enemies since they had been standing too close together.
Kael had been able to gather enough energy to cast a spell and Nortrom didn't waste time to check on him. If he was strong enough to use magic, he was doing okay for now. Instead, he went into the offensive. Another spell, glaive, spell, glaive. One enemy down, then the second. With grim determination, the Silencer turned towards the third. Who, realizing that they had lost though they had been three against one and a half, grimaced and fled.
Nortrom was breathing heavily, he had received some injuries during the fight and he had given it his all. It had been rather short but he was drained nonetheless. After a moment to take a deep breath, he straightened and turned towards Kael. The mage was standing. He leaned against a tree, but it was better than lying on the ground. The Silencer couldn't help it, he smiled.
He got no smile in return, but a scowl. "You shouldn't have done that. It could've just cost us both our lives."
"It wouldn't have," Nortrom raised one brow, "if you had fled instead of staying to watch." Of course he knew that the Invoker hadn't truly been able to flee and he also knew that he had done more than merely watching. But the taunt worked.
Scowl deepening, Kael pushed away from the tree and walked forward. His eyes narrowed. "I watched?" His anger at the blatant disregard of him having helped with his magic made him forget his injuries. Nortrom wanted to grin but he had perfected a neutral expression over the years, no matter what. Not that it helped him much with Kael, the mage was able to see through it anyway.
When he stood in front of the Silencer, he shook his head. "I know what you are doing."
Nortrom shrugged. "It is working, though."
"Thank you." Kael murmured before he leaned down to kiss Nortrom.
"Anytime."