The bloodshed continued without ceasing between the opposing sides. While disorganized compared to their foes, this radical band of mages fought back with a vengeance, inflicting heavy losses on the mercenaries, accompanying Hakon's cavalry. The original intend was breakout through the merc lines to flee into the nearby forest in the east, but the chaotic melee was ruining any chance of it anytime soon.
Instead these magic zealots hoped to make their hated enemies suffer along with them. A large portion of the mages surged forward into the hired swords, casting fire, ice, and lighting spells into the midst. One of them, a baldish woman named Bela in grey robe let loose with inferno blast consuming a squad of hired soldiers with sadistic glee. Meanwhile the mercenary commander, a grizzled red haired man with a heavyset beard named Jerel Fergus was taking a 'trophy' of a mage's head, he cut off and raised proudly for all to see.
Then seemly out of nowhere an arrow struck one of Bela's leading cultists through the back of the head collapsing sideways. The loss of a combat leader slowed the mage's advance, but then Jerel's chief lieutenant, Iona was struck in the neck, with a similar arrow, posianed and fell off her horse instantly and was dead seconds later for all to see. Within a few minutes several other leading mages and mercs were dealt similar fate, dead and dying by posianed tipped arrows. This would confused both sides since the mages had no archers among them...