Post by Ludwig Verrlicht on Apr 1, 2022 15:12:59 GMT -5
Things for the armored knights seemed like all was going well. Maybe even better than expected given both had landed attacks that really actually managed to do something to Jeff. Though neither really knew Jeff and his eccentricities and thus couldn't really be prepared for some of what was to occur. For one thing the foot being launched that the knight who'd rolled through his aura arm. Sure, the foot was gone, and the bleeding was immediately noticeable given that was a portion of his leg just gone. But the escape wasn't nearly as graceful as it would have liked. Especially considering it was well within Jeff's double damage aura.
This meant that even though the knight did get the chance to move back to 5 feet away the foot actually managed to do some damage to the armor and by proxy the entity within. Namely the face was a bit crushed in permanently denting the headpiece, enough that it couldn't even come off. This made it a good deal harder for the knight to see around him, as if the inherent blinders on the head piece didn't already do that. Still, that meant it'd be a good bit harder to be accurate in it's movements and placement. Still it could hear Jeff and that was more than nothing at all so it'd manage in the meantime. . . or try to.
Meanwhile the other knight? Much better effort. Arm completely pinned and highly damaged in the process. Yea it'd lost the weapon but surely that was a good thing right? . . . right? Sadly not in this case. It's body language which for a few moments held some smugness to it quickly evaporated into confusion and shock. The weapon was bent and utterly snapped in half. The sword unusable and unrepairable, assuming it even could be repaired. Then the blood loss was made minimal by the aura arm that hadn't been damaged now becoming a pseudo leg. And most certainly not the least shocking was Jeff going damn near manic and ripping off the arm. The knight who stabbed it immediately jumped backwards assuming the punch was coming for it.
Sadly this was not the case and the knight who still held a sword didn't actually have the means of seeing the arm be ripped off. And given Jeff was already grunting in pain didn't think much of it. . . Until his fucking face was smashed in completely armor and bone alike. Then true to Jeff's nature launched right into the wall on the other side of the room. The man was dead on arrival of it's new found living quarters found within the embrace of stone. This left Jeff with one knight who was seemingly swordless except Jeff forgot one thing. People either grip with the strength of a god or lose all sense of muscle control when getting thrown into a wall or several. The man in question lost all control and the weapon itself was dropped mid launching, leaving the weapon within a foot of the last knight.
Without delay the knight in question picked up the weapon and immediately went into it's stance. A quick look over Jeff revealed that he wasn't without immense pain and he wasn't at his prime but those arms were what made him concerning. Especially given they regrew. So the knight really only had one thing it could do. Attack Jeff directly but the question was how? Jeff could easily block with a limb right? That's when it realized Jeff wasn't capable of reacting to such high speeds, or at least not reacting well. It wasn't just the fact Jeff hadn't noticed the knight in the first place. Thus it had to attack quick and hit as hard as possible. The best means of doing that was attacking the aura that was stabilizing the leg. Thus the knight immediately forced it's body to move at it's maximum again. This time however deciding that it'd actually run and slide under Jeff instead of completely running at it.
This allowed it to use its high momentum and nearly "invisible" movement to try for cutting the aura arm from the elbow down so that Jeff would fall on the floor. From there if the attack was successful it'd transition from a slide to a roll and jump on the wall before forcing itself to move that fast again from what would likely be Jeff's blind spot. It wasn't like the man could produce more eyes from what it could see. From here it simply intended to cut through the other arm using the same technique from before to heighten the attack speed and make it appear like the blade in question was never drawn in the first place. Regardless of whether it worked or not the knight in question would reappear near it's compatriots body.
It would be on its knees for a moment and heaving as it was forcing its body to move at speeds it wasn't really used to doing for a long period of time short bursts were one thing. But constant bursts or for an extended duration were more along the lines of what their captains could do. For a stock standard soldier to do them? They'd likely be out of commission or energy within a few moments. Making it so Jeff had more than ample time to retaliate if he wasn't busy dealing with the loss of both limbs and his other one bleeding him, hopefully, at it's unimpeded rate.
This meant that even though the knight did get the chance to move back to 5 feet away the foot actually managed to do some damage to the armor and by proxy the entity within. Namely the face was a bit crushed in permanently denting the headpiece, enough that it couldn't even come off. This made it a good deal harder for the knight to see around him, as if the inherent blinders on the head piece didn't already do that. Still, that meant it'd be a good bit harder to be accurate in it's movements and placement. Still it could hear Jeff and that was more than nothing at all so it'd manage in the meantime. . . or try to.
Meanwhile the other knight? Much better effort. Arm completely pinned and highly damaged in the process. Yea it'd lost the weapon but surely that was a good thing right? . . . right? Sadly not in this case. It's body language which for a few moments held some smugness to it quickly evaporated into confusion and shock. The weapon was bent and utterly snapped in half. The sword unusable and unrepairable, assuming it even could be repaired. Then the blood loss was made minimal by the aura arm that hadn't been damaged now becoming a pseudo leg. And most certainly not the least shocking was Jeff going damn near manic and ripping off the arm. The knight who stabbed it immediately jumped backwards assuming the punch was coming for it.
Sadly this was not the case and the knight who still held a sword didn't actually have the means of seeing the arm be ripped off. And given Jeff was already grunting in pain didn't think much of it. . . Until his fucking face was smashed in completely armor and bone alike. Then true to Jeff's nature launched right into the wall on the other side of the room. The man was dead on arrival of it's new found living quarters found within the embrace of stone. This left Jeff with one knight who was seemingly swordless except Jeff forgot one thing. People either grip with the strength of a god or lose all sense of muscle control when getting thrown into a wall or several. The man in question lost all control and the weapon itself was dropped mid launching, leaving the weapon within a foot of the last knight.
Without delay the knight in question picked up the weapon and immediately went into it's stance. A quick look over Jeff revealed that he wasn't without immense pain and he wasn't at his prime but those arms were what made him concerning. Especially given they regrew. So the knight really only had one thing it could do. Attack Jeff directly but the question was how? Jeff could easily block with a limb right? That's when it realized Jeff wasn't capable of reacting to such high speeds, or at least not reacting well. It wasn't just the fact Jeff hadn't noticed the knight in the first place. Thus it had to attack quick and hit as hard as possible. The best means of doing that was attacking the aura that was stabilizing the leg. Thus the knight immediately forced it's body to move at it's maximum again. This time however deciding that it'd actually run and slide under Jeff instead of completely running at it.
This allowed it to use its high momentum and nearly "invisible" movement to try for cutting the aura arm from the elbow down so that Jeff would fall on the floor. From there if the attack was successful it'd transition from a slide to a roll and jump on the wall before forcing itself to move that fast again from what would likely be Jeff's blind spot. It wasn't like the man could produce more eyes from what it could see. From here it simply intended to cut through the other arm using the same technique from before to heighten the attack speed and make it appear like the blade in question was never drawn in the first place. Regardless of whether it worked or not the knight in question would reappear near it's compatriots body.
It would be on its knees for a moment and heaving as it was forcing its body to move at speeds it wasn't really used to doing for a long period of time short bursts were one thing. But constant bursts or for an extended duration were more along the lines of what their captains could do. For a stock standard soldier to do them? They'd likely be out of commission or energy within a few moments. Making it so Jeff had more than ample time to retaliate if he wasn't busy dealing with the loss of both limbs and his other one bleeding him, hopefully, at it's unimpeded rate.
