"Alright, everyone calm down," Marcus Arognite said stepping forward.
His eyes were on Aylin, but where there had previously been only an inkling of intimidation because of her incredibly perfect beauty, now he was fearful of what she was capable of. Some deductive reasoning demanded that Aylin had to be running out of Mana already from using so many spells all after the other without rest but he couldn't shake the feeling that things were not so simple.
"Things don't have to escalate any further," Marcus said with his hands held up in placation, "We can just go our separate ways, placate some beasts… Or do whatever but we'll be out of each other's way."
"You agreed to the duel already," Aylin said.
"No, I didn't," Marcus answered immediately.
"Ah, seems you've forgotten. All it requires is one team member's acceptance and the whole team must fight," Aylin said while wagging her finger.
"But…" Marcus started to say but couldn't think of much to say after that.
