[Blanche nods her head at his statement; as much as she'd rather like to get up close and personal to kill these useless bandits, with her injuries, it will be best to keep a distance.

Besides, she's certain that Alaric will want a sizable portion of the fun for himself. She can at least indulge him that much.]

Very well, then. Let's make haste.

[Perhaps thankfully, they're able to make it to the town without much problem; the bandits themselves are at least not too numerous for the two of them, but they've certainly made a ruckus of things. Blanche keeps her distance; she can help the villagers once they've cut a path through to the leader of these hideous miscreants.

Blanche takes care of any stragglers or sneaky bandits who see her and elect to try going after a so-called "delicate maiden" instead. She tunes out most of their threats; it matters very little when they can only cover so much distance, and her dark magic can close it and render them dead before they can raise a hand at her.

She catches up to Alaric by the time he's done taking care of everything at the front; healing spell at the ready to take care of his injuries.]

That should be all of their number; not a single one of them has escaped alive. How do you fare, Alaric?