"Let them think they've outsmarted me," he told his men, "Then we'll get them."
"Calisto, when they attack us, you get Miha to the city," said Wintrin.
"Wintrin, won't you need my help?" asked Calisto.
"Maybe, but they are fighters as well. We should be able to hold off Logan or Shirl. I believe it will be one of them. Eldentine and Carolyn know how to hide their aura's better. I wouldn't have sensed them with all this noise."
"True. I'll take two of the other's just in case," she said glancing at Ryo and Sage.
"Good, inform them and Miha. Be ready to leave at any time."
"Ofcourse." With that she walked to the three of them.
"Now!" comanded Logan and with that his men charged towards the party. Silently he called upon the power of the saphire and a deep blue glow of power surounded him.
Cye was the first to see the charging troops. He quickly donned his subarmor. Kento and Rowen were quick to follow and soon seven of the warriors were in their subarmors. Ryo, Sage, Mia, and Calisto began to run toward the city undetected thanks in part to an illusion crafted by Dais.
Wintrin then called upon his powers. All around him the warm summer air became cold and his eye's were now solid blue.
While the ronins fought off the army Wintrin looked for the rival mage. Soon he spied Logan, who was slowly casting a spell to call forth a storm.
"Logan!" called Wintrin, considerably louder than he had before, as he gathered blue energy in his right hand.
"You should know better than to interfere! Now you will die by my hand," yelled Logan as he redirected his energy in to a sharp blade made entirly of what seemed to be air itself.
"I do not belive so, you would have to defeat me first," was his reply as he sent forth the artic blast. While Logan recovered from that he quickly formed a weapon of his own, a quarter staff made entirly of what appeared to be ice. Soon after the two mages began to fight, alternating between weapons and spells.
"This is getting boring, lets take them out faster," said Kento, "Armor of Hardrock, Tao Gi!" In a flash of scrolls and sakura petals the warrior of earth was now fully armed. He began to fight more soldiers immediatly.
"Armor of Strata, Tao Inochi!"
"Armor of Torrent, Tao Shin!"
"Armor of Cruelty, Tao Chu!"
"Armor of Deception, Tao Nin!"
"Armor of Venom, Tao Ko!"
"Armor of Darkness, Tao Tei!"
Soon all of the present ronins were taking out the soldiers much faster than before.
"They're like mages!" cried a soldier as he and several other's ran from the battlefield. Logan caught site of this.
"Cowards," he muttered as he blasted Wintrin with a blast of plasma. Wintrin blocked this with a sheild of solid ice, the ice melted on contact but it had done its job. Then he put Logan on the defensive by throwing several shards of ice at him. Logan blocked most of them with an air wall but one cut through and grazed his cheek.
"You'll pay for that!" he growled and began to build up a massive plasma attack.
"You link to play with wind, huh? Let's see if you like this! Arrow Shock Wave!" cried Rowen. The rest of the enemy soldiers were either defeated or running. Logan was completely unprepared for the golden arrow that pierced his left hand, and wasn't even expecting the shock wave's power as it coursed from the arrow and into his body.
"You will pay for that boy!" he snarled before he called upon his power to teleport him back to the citadel.
"Thank you Rowen," began Wintrin back in his usual near whisper, "We need to meet Calisto, Miha, Sage, and Ryo inside the city."
"Anytime, let's go," said Rowen as he shifted back to his street clothes.