It was a clever move, the graceful dance of the Ryllan opponent was a almost a joy to watch, he twirled around the pike but it managed to scrape past him a little, not a major attack but it was something at least, the pike impaled itself in the ground just behind him.Now as he span around he readied an attack by launching one of his swords at  the airborne sword that she was trying to avoid! The collision of the weapons made the the blade spin towards her in very speedy fashion, not only that but the man had began to chase her as she was backstepping. 

He would surely catch her especially if she was to stop to avoid this blade, but she had a strategy and she was sticking to it, she had to keep on the backstep no matter what. Her feet bounced elegantly off the now even surface of almost non-existent burnt grass and dirt, she tried not to panic, it was very easy to fall over while retreating like this if you tried to go to fast or lost focus, but she had to try something.

Her shield arm raised above her head like an umbrella not knowing the trajectory of the falling sword did not matter she braced slightly mid backstep and [b][i]CLANGGGG!!![/i][/b] the sword bounced off of her super durable Shield, using her other free hand she opted to keep her sword sheathed still, and instead reached for her [i]Caltrops[/i] which were also made of a similar material to her sword and shield super sharp and nigh indestructible, used to pierce through any armor her blade could on the shoes of an assailant running over them. She thew a large bunch in front of her as the Ryllan closed in in front of her. 

The only draw back of the maneuver was now in backstep with her shield above her head and her free hand used to throw, she was completely defenseless and off balance for this moment, it would not take much to knock her over....