You decide to concentrate your efforts on rescuing Jodaz.

You understand that due to magical protection, you have almost no chance of defeating this half-elf woman. So you decide that you need to save Jodaz and save yourself by escaping. To do this, you need to somehow distract your enemy.

Fortunately, your opponent does not currently have his dagger with him. You, overcoming the pain, remove this dagger from your wound, which is located just below your shoulder. You throw the dagger aside. The dagger falls to the ground.

You are looking at this half-elf woman. She comes closer to Jodaz. You take some kind of box with goods in your hands. You quickly run to help Jodaz.

When you get close to your enemy, you throw this box at her. You realize that you have little chance of causing any harm to this half-elf woman. Because of the spell she cast, the magical defense would allow her to avoid damage from the box's impact. However, you hope to distract your opponent.

And you succeed to a certain extent. The box breaks upon contact with an invisible magical protective barrier. All kinds of ceramic dishes fall out of it and break. Shards of dishes fly in all directions. Your enemy is distracted, her attention is momentarily diverted from merchant Jodaz.

You run up to Jodaz, who is hiding behind the cart. You quickly pull him to his feet and you make him run after you.

You think that you and Jodaz will be able to hide from the enemy on the winding streets of the city. You begin to put more distance between you and this half-elf woman.

However, you hear this half-elf woman again uttering the words of some kind of spell.

A moment later, you feel such unbearable pain that the hellish pain from your wound, which was inflicted by the dagger, seems like nothing more than mild discomfort.

Your consciousness falls into darkness.

From the outside, the events that took place looked like this: after casting the spell, the half-elf woman extended both her hands towards the two retreating, running figures. A powerful stream of flame burst out from her palms.

This flame consumed two creatures who were trying to escape. For a minute, while the flame burned these two bodies, all that remained of these bodies were charred skeletons that were covered with ash.

Following this, the half-elf woman found and took back her dagger, which glows orange.

Then, she quickly fled the scene of the ****, going to a nearby street.

The next day, the trade guild of the city of Teinlund learned about the mysterious disappearance of a respected merchant. One of the trade caravan guards also disappeared. The merchant's name was Jodaz. The caravan guard's name was Ulkin Nordane.