>>5173541>>5173542>>5173548Trying to be unpredictable against a man who can read your every move plus the trajectory of your attacks which you don't even know of? Don't be silly. It's like fighting a caged animal, you'll always know where he's going.
Placing your elbow across your eyes as Gunpowder lowers his neck into a sprint, his teeth start hitting the two of you with just as much opposing force as a regular dart, it hurts, but you can take it.
Making the most out of your synergy with your horse, you unstrap yourself from him and let Gunpowder throw your off into the ground, where you roll under the spins of his spiked weapon and strike at the tendons on his heels with the back end of your halberd. Yanking the weapon from his feet, only swipe him off his feet as he comes into a dead stop.
The chains fall on you while the spiked sphere hits him straight in his leg, using gravity itself to follow up in his attack in an ironic twist of fate as he breaks his femur.
"Barnham, this scoundrel came in knowing about my weak spots! How is this a fair fight?" Gorrister shouts into the air, only for a baritone voice to respond to his pathetic pleads.
"You are merely being outskilled and outplayed. You've gotten so used to battling Pishacha that you cant even fight a mere human gladiator. Pitiful!"
"This fight is rigged! Gorrister came in already injured!"
"I've betted my life's savings on Gorrister winning, what sort of scam are you running here, Barnham?"
The crowd voices their displeases as the leader of the coliseum considers evening the odds.
"Fine then. Send in the Pishachas. Don't expect me to be on your side forever..." Barnham lifts his arm from his throne and opens the door to reveal two armoured animals walking on two feet.
You remember Merlina saying something about Pishachas. How they are usually animals possessed by Kushan casters to be controlled remotely while they're in a state of meditation.
In this case, they are elephants, slowly walking towards the two of you while you try to wiggle out of the chains. Thankfully, Gorrister is still recovering from his blows, whatever regeneration factor the God Hand gave him being negated or delayed by your purification powers working as a complete repellent.
It appears that this is a 3v1 situation, until Gunpowder spits on one of the elephants to say 'These guys ain't shit, let me take care of them.'
The black horse runs in a figure eight around the two Pishachas, but you're not sure for how long he can distract them, and with Gorrister trying to get up to hit you once again, neither of you might be able to help each other.
>Get out of the chains before Gorrister realizes where you are at.>Try to identify the kushan caster amidst the crowd.>Try to reach Gorrister with your weapon.>Throw your short sword on his throat.>Write-in. 