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Southern side
Rolled 64 + 20 = 84Christian and Muslim shouts of encouragement for their respective fighters pierce the night air. Hugh is advancing towards his opponent with a steady step, only with a sword in hand. Seeing that, the Turkish officer throws aside his small round horseman shied, in a gesture of chivalry, and slashes the air with his scimitar. Soon Hugh gets into the range of his black bastard sword and having assumed the eagle stance, the Bathing Virgin comes crashing down the Seljuk.
He is first to swing and some infantrymen behind the palisade give joyful cries, must have won the first strike bet. The officer dodges the next few attacks and strikes as well. His people are giving him encouragements and advise for where to cut his opponent. The match is evenly matched and the turk manages to get a few hits but all are blocked by the heavier Norman chainmail that Hugh carries. The youthfulness and vigor of the Christian noble is apparent, his stamina is impeccable, he is slowly but surely exhausting his opponent under a barrage of ferocious scores that are barely being reflected properly.
Seeing that he is slowly starting to lose the conventional battle and hoping that the better armament of the Christian will make him less mobile, the enemy officer suddenly drops his whole body on the floor and like a rattlesnake goes for a slash across Hugh's calves. Alas, Hugh's agility is marvelous and he jumps over the lightning fast scimitar, making the men in both camps go completely silent just for a second. That second is enough for the noble to plunge his charcoal sword deep into the laying on the ground turk.
Victorious, Hugh of Vermands raises his now bloodied Bathing Virgin high in the air and loudly proclaims his war cry - "For the Blessed Virgin!" The whole southern crusader side explodes with ecstatic shouts of his victory. The blood upon his raised sword continues to slide away, as if having a mind of its own, until the blade is pristinely clean, as if untouched. A few people notice that.
~~~ Hugh starts to build a legend around himself ~~~
The battle at the Southern side is over.
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