Astra finally managed to get to her feet as Rone positioned himself between her and the attacker. The feral man obviously did not like this development, and dodged to one side of Rone. The black wolf looked like it was about to attack Rone from the other side. She needed to pick an adversary to distract. With a wave of her hand the earth ceased to shake only for vines to start growing at rapid speed. The half-elf would have liked to raise a defensive wall of earth in front of each attacker but the earth was a stubborn element which took a great deal of willpower to move, and she was tired enough at the moment that she wouldn't be able to manipulate the raw earth without her staff. But plants were a totally different matter, those she could bend to her will easily. She made a small gesture with her hands, as if beckoning the vines forward. Half of the thick green tendrils moved to wrap around the wolf's legs while the other half snaked towards the feral man. Astra hoped that the vines would halt the attackers. In the back of her mind she sent up prayers to the heavenly deities, asking for protection.
The silver-haired mage nodded to her male counterpart at his instructions, an agreement to follow his lead from this point. The problem was how to go about doing such things. She knew Rone could handle himself, but this was a tricky situation. Astra knew the princess was too stubborn to be kept out of the fight entirely, so the best they could do was try to keep her out of direct contact with the feral man. As for weakened man, her spell had gotten just far enough to start extracting the poison. If she was right then he should be able to walk by himself a short distance, far enough to get to safety, as the feral man didn't seem to be particularly interested in him.
As the vines grew longer and thicker, Astra moved away from the fighters and moved towards the ill man. "
You should be able to walk now. Head towards those large stones down the road. I can finish the cleansing after we all make it through this."
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