You block it!!

Woah! Just before the bolt can hit you, you manage to sweep your arm up and bat it out of the way! Since it's not a piercing bolt, it doesn't get lodged into your shield. And now Jace is reloading!

You take the opportunity to carefully aim down your pepperbox, sticking your tongue out from the corner of your mouth to increase accuracy, and fire off a shot right at Jace. It lands right on his arm as he's preparing the next bolt, and it looks like it hurt! He accidentally drops the bolt that he was trying to feed into the crossbow, and he starts running sideways as he takes out another.

He's gonna be harder to hit now, but he's also at a disadvantage with how hurt his arm is. Plus, you blocked one bolt, you can definitely do it again! Good thing you've worked on your Speed so much, huh?