Sir Knerac Softpaw vs Raziel the Sergal

*Sir Knerac Softpaw was observing from just outside the arena, but if he really wanted to fight the Knight, he'd oblige.

*Dominika Do eet!

*Raziel the sergal can't see Sir Knerac from inside the arena right now, but all the knight has to do is to enter the arena. The sergal has already started to train some moves. He kicks and punches at the air several times before he tests a new tactic by using his wings to jump high and then stomp down on his imaginary enemy.

*Mallory Reynolds is, unfortunately, in the same position as Dominika- Ahura put the beatdown on the both of them back to back.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw slipped into the arena, raising a brow lightly. "I suppose you haven't been told, but if you want a training enemy you can summon one in this ring." He motioned to the runes, having already heard stories of the damage done in his little addition. The knight, wearing full gambeson and chain, was carrying his sword, a lucernehammer and that was all. Rather happily bouncing the polearm off his shoulder. "How about a more proper opponent eh?"

*Raziel the sergal was, unlike the knight, completely naked. Apparently the winged sergal shamelessly traveled light. He looked at the rat with a smirk across his maw while his large wings slowly moved back and
forth beside him. "Greetings! No, I haven't been told so, but I'd still prefer a real physical opponent to train with. So if you'd like to train with me then I'll be more than happy to accept your challenge." he said to the stranger before he assumed combat stance towards the rat. With his tail swishing left and right behind him and his wings raised up and ready to fly help him dodge the blows, the sergal invites the Sir to deliver his first blow, despite of his lack of armor or magical abilities.

Dominika Stays in her spot and watches the two from her seat. Waving a little flag back and forth.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw blinks lightly and bows lightly. "I am glad you accept the challenge." He drops backwards, holding the polearm at shoulder height with one hand at the back, and the one placed forward gently holding the polearm. There was a soft 'tssk tssk' from him as he started to step forward. "Not going to take the first attack? I hope you don't think your wings are an advantage dear." The words were light hearted, but the seriousness was hard to miss on his face.

*Dominika "Destroy him!" She yelled out!

*Raziel the sergal waits for the rat to attack, but nothing happens. "Well, fine!" he says as he steps aside and picks up a polearm of his own from the stack. Then he walks up to the middle of the arena where his wings have plenty of room for maneuvering. "Okay, let me try something!" Raziel says before he dashes forward and jumps up, as if trying to slam into the rat from the above! However, his wings flap forward with all their strength, pushing the sergal back to where he jumped from while sending a powerful gust of wind at the knight! The wind his him with the force of a hurricane, causing a large cloud of sand-dust to raise around him as it hits him!

*Dominika Keeps waving the little flag. Cheering for both of them. Pausing to sip her tea

*Raziel the sergal Some of the sand dust might get into Dominika's tea.

*Ahura makes an appearance, spotting something going on, wondering what's kicking up the dust. She heads that way.

*Dominika Makes sure to cover hand over the tea cup. Damn dust!

*Sir Knerac Softpaw couldn't help but smirk even as the dust started to kick up. He had training and experience with this, so when the hurricane force winds whipped he ducked low and adjusted his stance. He slid about a foot back, but he wasn't moving much further. Dust scratched a bit across his face and hands, but he wasn't too concerned. When it all settled he stood up a bit and rolled his shoulders. "Cute. I fought a dragon with a lot more power than that, but I'm impressed."

Then, he started his advance, lucerne hammer kept low and even being bounced off the ground with light thumps. It bounced left and right, almost distractingly so.

*Raziel the sergal bounced back once as he landed on his feet after the maneuver. He kept his wings raised up and ready to take off when necessary while pointing his pole towards the rat. "Oh, really? Comparing me to a dragon? I am honored!" he replied with a smile on his maw before he suddenly dashed forward and ducked down to swipe at Sir Knerac's feet with his pole! If the impact connects, the rat might find himself knocked off of his feet! Right after this attack, Raziel jumps back with a single flap of his wings and prepares for a counter!

*Dominika Finishes her tea and goes back to cheering! But not too much her body was still very sore.

*Ahura climbs into the arena stands, moving up and spotting Dominika and smiles, giving her wave.

*Mallory Reynolds snorted in mild amusement at Ahura entering the ring again- woe-betide anyone who stands in it now.

*Dominika Turning her head she caught some movement in the stands. Seeing the jackal waving to her made her ears perk up and twitch. She gives a wave back slowly as not to tweak her sore shoulder muscle.

*Ahura was in the stands, it seems there was a fight going on. She had her blade and wearing her armor, but was going to wait for the ring to empty out.

*Ahura gives Mallory a nod, she looked between the two of her previous opponents.

*Dominika Gets up out of her seat and goes over to sit in stands near Ahura. Offering the jackal her baggie of jerky.

*Mallory Reynolds gave a little nod at the two of them, she was still feeling the effects inside pretty badly.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw continued that advance, but nice and slow while talking. "Only a dragon is so foolishly relies on something easily broken." When the swipe came, Knerac jumped back just out of harms way, following up with a quick two steps and bouncing the head of the Lucerne hammer up towards Raziel. When he did, he loosened his grip just a little to let the weapon 'fly' towards the winged sergal. However, when it got to the back two feet, he'd grab it again. This allowed him full usage of the poles length, though, left him slightly open. Didn't it?

*Ahura was feeling good, exercised and rested. She took some jerky and nods. "Thanks." she munches on it as she watches the fight.

*Raziel the sergal heard the words and indeed his wings were fragile, but on the other side, they allowed the sergal to dodge attacks and maneuvers which would otherwise be impossible. That's why he makes sure they are not exposed at all times.
As the lucerne hammer 'flew' at him, Raziel tried to dodge it by jumping back with a single beat of his wings, relying on them to send him back faster than otherwise. Thanks to this, the sharp tip of the weapon only slashed across his chest, causing a surface wound. The sergal snarled in pain before he countered the attack by raising his polearm above his head by the very tip of the handle and then swinging down at the rat! Because Raziel's arms were so skinny, he had to put all of his strength into this attack at he expense of control. So if he hits the opponent, he might cause severe damage, but otherwise he will hit the ground and possibly drop his weapon!
Apparently, combat isn't the strongest side of this sergal.

*Dominika Smiles as her offering of dried croc meat was taken! "No problem Miss" She said ^,,^

*Sir Knerac Softpaw was rather happy with the strike, but when Raziel moved for the counterattack, knerac did something likely surprising. He yanked back on the pole arm, letting go so it could slide across his palm till the middle was snatched back with that grip. His head and body tilted just to the right, allowing that polearm to slam home through the mixture of Gambeson armor and the chainmail underneath. The lighter armor was likely damaged, but the chainmail very much okay.

As for the response, knerac made the motion to once again toss the lucerne hammer forward, though actually letting go this time. The goal was to send it through one of his wing membranes and bring him down from his flight. On the ground, Knerac was going to have a field day with him.

*Dominika Groans a little as she gets up and shuffles off. She needed to get some more rest her body was still so sore after her bout in the arena.

*Raziel the sergal hit the rat with all of his strength, which resulted in a loud bang as the metal hit the armor. Despite of causing no harm, the sense of satisfaction filled the inexperienced fighter. Unfortunately, there was no time to celebrate because Knerac tossed the hammer at him! Raziel tried to dodge it again, but this time he failed! The sharp spike of the hammer slipped right through the membrane of his right wing next to his side until the hammerhead itself stopped against the flexible skin. This little puncture caused the sergal to yelp in pain as the wing tightly folded to his side, holding the weapon in it. However, he quickly pulled out the weapon and dropped it on the ground. "Argh! Damn it!" he cursed the rat while stroking the painful spot of his right wing with a hand. His left wing remained wide open, and although the damage was very painful, a small puncture like that won't be affecting his ability to fly.

Knowing that he doesn't have a chance against the rat when both of them are armed, Raziel tried a different approach. Her quickly charged at Knerac to prevent him from picking up the weapon and bounced off the ground with one foot while delivering a powerful kick in the knight's upper chest in attempt to knock him down! While doing so, he keeps his right wing folded while the left one remains open behind him, which prevents him from utilizing them properly.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw was satisfied with the attack, even going as far as tossing the polearm aside that was used on him. When the Sergal came rushing towards him though, there was a grave mistake being made. Knerac had entered the arena with both sword and the lucerne hammer. He took one step back, grabbing the handle of the blade and the scabbard at the same time to make his draw. The sword came out with considerable speed, kinda needed in a real battlefield, and was aimed at the exposed leg in an upward motion. Either going to cut it, or if he was really unlucky, have the leg amputated from such reckless attack.

Still, there wasn't much for emotion in the Knight, his focus was on the opponent and if Raziel was able to land the blow, the two might be separated and both injured.

*Raziel the sergal wasn't paying enough attention and thus the blade that was swung at him came as a surprise! Although Raziel delivered a powerful kick to Knerac's chest, it came at a great cost! The two got separated when the rat was knocked off of his feet by the kick, but the sergal also fell down on his left side after botching the landing. Right after that a sharp pain spread through his leg and he released a painful moan. Blood immediately started pouring out of his right calf, which had a deep cut across the muscles, rendering the limb useless. "Argh! Fuuuck!" he screamed painfully while holding his leg with both hands. With his both wings clasped together, the sergal cried in pain for a few moments until he gathered enough strength to start moving again.

He pressed his hands and wings against the ground for support before he slowly stood up on his left food. With his right leg crippled, he was unable to walk properly. Thus he raised his wings up from the ground and prepared for take off. Even with one punctured, his wings were still capable of flight and they were his only means of movement now.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw grunted as he bounced lightly off the ground when he fell back. A small chuckle escaped his muzzle while the rest of his body twisted to get up. "You can surrender if you want. I'd hate to cut something else." It sounded like an offer, but came off as a tease. The ratfolk moved to stand up, taking a slightly defensive posture with one hand gripping the middle of the blade and the other was holding the handle. His stance was low, almost crouched while holding off from attacking further.

*Raziel the sergal looked at the rat with fear in his eyes. The sergal was forced to stand on one leg while using his tail for support to keep himself balanced. Seeing the blade stained with his blood quickly convinced him to give up. "Okay okay! I got enough! I surrender!" he said before he slowly and carefully went down on his knees and bowed to the rat while his wings tightly folded to his back. His tail bend down, almost between his legs in submission.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw blinked a few times, but nodded lightly and offering a bow. "Good, victory is mine this evening." The sword was moved to his scabbard, while he moved to pick up Raziel's weapon and walk over with it. "If you trick me, I'm going to take one of your wings off. I hope you know!" A rather sadistic smile creased that muzzle as he approached, and offered a hand to help him up. "Lets get you out of the circle so you can heal those wounds."

*Raziel the sergal watched the rat from below, but the comment about his wings made him shudder, "I won't ,I swear!". His wings squirmed as they folded to his back as tightly as they could in fear of being hurt again. A moment later, he grabbed the offered hand and stood up. Without asking, the sergal wrapped his arm over the Knerac's shoulder for support as they leave the arena while dragging his tail behind him in submissive manner.

*Sir Knerac Softpaw helped the sergal out of the arena, and once they were outside of it, both their wounds if any, would begin to heal of their own accord. "You really shouldn't be so reckless, in a real fight you could have had your head taken off for a rush like that."

*Raziel the sergal was forced to hop on one leg in a comical fashion until his wounds started to heal. "Yeah yeah, I think I've overestimated my abilities. I never fought anyone like you before." he said and after a while, he put his right foot down for support. Then he tapped the rat on his back with a wing before back off, away from him. "Thanks man. I definitely have enough for today, but feel free to meet me at the tavern." he said before he gently bowed to the rat again and then turned tail as he left the area.