>>6106033Those three knights would make paste out of Adeline. And while that technically would rid you of one potential contender, you didn’t have it in you to be that cutthroat. You’d fought alongside her twice now. She might as well be considered an ally at this point. You charge forward to cut off the hammer-wielding foes and keep them away from her. The three of them are certainly more well-trained than those spearmen you just fought. They stick close together, fighting as one cohesive unit, trying to cave your head in with their blunt weaponry.
While first instinct may have called for you to attack them with your magic, it was rare that you fought against an opponent that you were quicker than. To go up against your strength should be a terrifying prospect for a foe. But for that same foe to be both weaker, and slower? They were practically throwing their lives away. You chop your axe into the first man’s side. Armor made by some of the finest smiths in Faerghus gives way as you practically bisect him. He screams and bats at you with your hammer, but you rip the axe out, and follow up with a strike to the head that caves his helmet inwards.
The second’s hammer strikes you in the shoulder. The blow hurts like hell, but it is not enough to slow you down. You bash the pommel of your axe into his face, causing him to reel back in pain. Winding up, you then carve it into his chest, sending him crashing to the floor with a horrific crunch. Before you can finish him off, his ally smashes his hammer right into your back, causing you to stumble forward.
>Tristain: (9/48 HP)>Resolve Activated Strength: 24 + 10 = 34
Speed: 13 - 4 + 7 = 16
Defense: 18 + 7 = 25
This was it you thought. This was nothing like the fight with those pirates. Back then, you outclassed them by too high of a degree. Even with all their numbers, they were barely worth a second thought. But here, in a foreign city, on the brink of death and outnumbered one to three, you were finally feeling it. The thrill of a battle that would push you to your absolute limits. When was the last time you felt this way? Have you ever felt this way? What an exhilarating sensation! You turn around to grin at the man who had just attacked you. Through the slits in his helmet, you can see that he has paled considerably, and his eyes have gone wide with madness. His weapon shook violently in his hand. By the time he’d begun to lift his hammer, his head had already parted from his body, the helmet clattering across the ground.
The second knight you’d attacked is still twitching on the ground. By the sound of his agonal breathing, he won’t make it. You turn around and send him off by carving your axe into his face.
>30xp gained! (60/100) 