“Don’t be, this’ll be lots of fun for us, not everyday one goes exploring.”
The dark knight deliberately stepped into Arthur’s stroke, shield over his shoulder to keep the blade from his armor. He kept attacking, fiercely, attempting to drive Arthur back, and never once tried to parry or counter any of Arthur’s strikes, only interposing his shield as much as possible. He seemed to be trying to defeat Arthur through pure strength.Arthur could feel a burn in his shoulder from holding his shield. It was as if the knight wasn’t even exerting too much strength and just kept going. He wasn’t blocking many attacks, and when the shield slammed down to him, there was a space to attack his side and Arthur took this when he next attacked.
The knight nearly doubled over Arthur’s blade, so deeply did it crunch into his side. There was a horrible shriek of metal, and the knight’s hand spasmed, letting his sword fall.
Summer screamed.
The knight stumbled, and crumpled to his knees.