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Lucian and the Red Duke charged into one another with blades already in motion. The streaks of green witchfire and violet miasma flowed through the air like torchlights dancing upon the meadows.
Lucian had opened first, for he had the reach with the scythe to do so, swinging towards the neck of the Vampire and granting to him a quick death. The creature was quick to react, taking his sword into a guard that rebounded the blade in a flash of golden light.
Lucian tried to go for another strike but the Red Duke was already upon him. The Weapon motioned towards the armpit in an attempt to seek out the weakest point in Dwarfen armor. Lucian quickly brought the staff of his weapon down and slammed it into the extending arm of the Vampire that sounded with ringing steel. The creature, not feeling any pain as death had already taken him once, swung with an extended claw into the helm of Lucian.
The Vampire soon found though that the steel of Dwarf was a mighty thing. His nails scrapped the outside of the helm and any gripping he could get to grapple were yanked from his grasp as the Grail Knight brought his helm upwards. Lucian then motioned his weapon’s pummel into the chest of the Vampire, and though it dealt no damage it was enough to drive him back for another attempt at a slash.
The Blood Dragon allowed the strike to land right then, exposing his left shoulder to the blow. Perhaps he had wanted to test how the scythe worked against his armor or perhaps he did not think the polearm had enough to pierce him. He was proven wrong as the scythe dug into the winged pouldron and even bit his flesh. It was only to the failure that the Rune of Smiting did not flare that the Vampire survived the attack.
Yet surviving was all it needed.
As the world seemed to slow down Lucian paid witness to the blow. He watched as the blade the Vampire wielded, a weapon he somehow knew to be the Blade of Leaping Gold, began to split. It began at the blade and soon reached out to encompass all three whole arms and angles of attack. Each shined with golden light as Lucian realized he was facing what was a lethal trick.
>Tank the hits
>Run into his reach, slam his chest!
>Parry what can be parried
>A little side help would do