My left foot took a large step forward, using the sword to slash
down at the left shoulder of enemy diagonally.

I didn’t underestimate the enemy, but the goblin leader’s reaction
was a lot faster than I had imagined. It ignored my attack pattern and
swung its machete horizontally. I kept my body down and barely
managed to dodge it. I felt that my some of my hair touched it since it
felt like they were ripped off. My sword hit home, but only shattered
the metallic shoulder armor.

(Alicization Beginning, 310)