Re: When There Is No Luck (Melchizedek)
Alain's thoughts were interupted nuaght but a moment later when Mordecai's left fist came right at his face. Alain tried to dodge with a duck, but the fist struck him square on the forehead. From the attempt to duck, Alain had little balance, and was thrown down by the attack, and dazed. While his helm had killed most of the momentum of Mardecai's punch, there was still plenty of force to give Alain a splitting headache. He watched Mordecai come closer, still unable to get up, and gasped roughly as another blow came to his chest. Alain had to react, or be severely injured, and so he brought his legs up, which had been between Mordecai's, wrapped them around Mordecai's waist, and pulled him down. Alain rolled from his back onto his belly, then slowly got back up. He pulled out his gladius, spun around, and used the flat side of the blade to defend against another attack. Mordecai had gotten up before Alain, and had ran at him, but Alain sensed this, and was able to block him. Another flying fist came, he blocked. Another, another, and yet another came at him. Alain's arms were taking a beating from all the attacks they were blocking. Finally there was a pause just long enough in Mordecai's otherwise relentless attack that allowed Alain to fall to the ground in a dodge. He took a swipe at Mordecai's leg with his gladius, cutting it from the knee down.
Alain shot up to his feet as the man jumped back, and while not showing any sign of feeling pain, Alain thought he must be feeling something. He took the offencive this time, and came at Mordecai with his gladius again. Alain swung, but Mordecai dodged to the right. However, Alain swung his sword with just his right arm, and struck Mordecai's own right arm as it was put up in defence. Mordecai bent to his left, and send a perfectly solid punch into Alain's side, sending him down yet again. But this time Alain forced himself back up immediately and brought his sword down again, missing. Suddenly Mordecai was behind him, and kicked Alain into a nearby merchant's cart, shattering it. Alain grabbed the first thing he could, which happened to be a coconut, and threw it blindly. There were plenty around, so he threw all that were within reach before rolling away and getting up once again. He sheathed his gladius, and ran now for his halberd, hoping to create some distance between him and his opponent.