>>5476100But when you retrieve your equipment, they don’t even bother giving you the pretense or luxury of choice, instead dismissively tossing your blood-flecked spatha at your feet.
Cocksuckers must still be a little sore that you absolutely trashed a squad of their troops in full-view of their vaunted city.
Better get used to it, it’s going to happen a lot more in the future.
Judging from the way that nobody else is being escorted out, it looks like you’re in for a solo match this time.
After entering the arena to a fresh round of jeers and shouts, you get a look at your opposition; a lanky man with a wild beard juxtaposed with his expensive-looking leather armor.
His frame and armor suggest that he’s built for speed, not for punishment.
His weapon is quite interesting. It’s shaped like a traditional spear except for one important caveat; it’s about twice as long and a bit wider at the point than any spear you’ve seen before.
Despite its heft, he’s obviously very familiar with its weight and balance. Whoever he is, he’s definitely killed plenty of people with that pigsticker of his.
But most worryingly of all, he’s got a look in his eyes that you don’t like; one that practically screams “I’m a murder-happy psycho who enjoys watching other people writhe in pain while slowly bleeding to death.”
There’ll be no negotiation or mercy with a man like this.
When he sees you, all he does is cackle; a low deranged sound that has the hairs on the back of your neck standing up.
Your primary stratagem is to…a
> Take it slow, and gradually get a feel for his range before tricking him into overextending. If you move too aggressively at this stage, you’re just gonna get skewered.> Keep your distance and let him wear himself out trying to land a solid hit. It takes a lot of stamina to wield something that heavy, use that against him.> Bum rush him and get in close. If you can nullify his range advantage, he’s as good as dead.> Surreptitiously examine the area for a forgotten weapon. Maybe the clean-up crew missed something.> Other? 