- then Adol would most certainly be sporting a vertical wound across his cheek by now.
She hadn't put a lot of strength into her swing, though, so it wouldn't have been difficult to parry if he were alert enough.
โDidn't expect you to. In all honesty, you might be a little above my league...โ
Which meant she had to start taking risks if she planned on getting something out of this mess. Specially now โ Whatever her opponent had planned couldn't possibly be easy to deal with.
โTrue, but I would rather not do anything reckless. Any civilian can get in danger no matter the situation, and I think it'd be safer for everyone too.
If I was the so rumored monster, I would hurt people... the Romun Empire really hates me to spread their word this far...โ +
Without bothering to correct her stance, she moved again and made to strike at his midsection. Stopping just short of touching him, she swung her blade upwards at the last second and retreated, finally moving into a proper stance once she was two steps away.
If she'd struck, -
- how Adol seemed to prefer to attack from a distance...
But the thing she was actually worried about was that arm, and keeping him far enough away to stop him from using it again was worth risking another one or two of those slashes.
- back to her old sideways stance.
โ... Or do you plan to renege on our agreement?โ
For now, she wasn't moving. Simply doing her best to keep up a decent defensive stance and keeping her opponent at bay. Not that distance was actually worth much in this case, considering -
โIt's a duel. Even if we weren't in such a crowded place, I would expect you to steer clear of causing too much collateral damageโ
She smiled to hide her pained expression from the wound she'd taken, but there was no joy in it.
Two steps forward, one to the side and she was -
What compromised his guard was mostly to be focusing on transforming his arm to hit her, and not entirely her attack. But it is true that this knight is not one to be underestimated.
After successfully managing to wound her with his claws, Adol retrieved his hand and in doing +
She had this in the bag, she thought. She'd succeeded in distracting him... He really wasn't all that the rumours made him out to be, as far as she could tell.
He was skilled, sure, but if a probing hit like this had been enough to compromise his guard... She had set her -
She was coming for it since this attack he is charging is stronger, the woman planning on stopping him is a fair idea to think of and to do so, being stopped midway through the energy gathering would make his next attack be weaker than the planned, may be weaker than the +
But she thought it'd be worth it.
It had to be.
When it struck, Elisenda's armour was scratched and she felt part of it pierce through into her flesh. Biting back a groan of pain, she redoubled her efforts to break his guard.
In doing so she lost her posture, however...
She took the path of least resistance here and simply let the wave push her back a couple of steps โ They weren't locked in close quarters just yet, so she found it pointless to waste any more strength in holding her position.
That skill, whatever it truly was, was strong.
Taking big risks is what makes it more exciting for Adol, even in a life and death situation, or a situation where it can cost his freedom like this one... but it should be admitted that it was a foolish idea of him to try and take a risk considerably big like this.
In any +
She moved quickly, but never lunged. Didn't take the shortest route, either โ Approaching from straight ahead wouldn't work.
Instead, she struck at an angle. A slash this time, coming from the left and not aimed anywhere in particular. Simply meaning to stop him from releasing -