Scion was surprised when his switch blade missed it's mark, do to the shield vanishing, but was even more shocked when the dagger's inky darkness lashed out at his arm. He had feared the worst in that moment, but when the darkness didn't appear to do any damage to him, he chose to carry on with his follow up blow.  Hoping that the darkness hadn't done anything to critical. He did, however; notice that his sleeve was silver and weighed a bit more than it did before. 

Scion's fist and tonfa connect with a satisfying clang as they crash into Skallagrim's chest plate. However, it was at this same moment that Scion felt Skallagrim's sword cleave into his side. The blade easily slashing through his pants, clipping his hip bone, and cutting into the muscle below. The bone layers on the hip disperse some of the force from the blades impact along the bone, sacrificing the first layer of protection to help minimise the damage, but the cut still ran deep. Scion could already see Skallagrim stepping back to drag his blade further through his flesh. In order to prevent further damage, Scion quickly brings his tonfa down at an angle, and parries the blade away from him. The strange blue curls of magic dragging across the surface of his tonf with blue sparks of magic. As the blade is dislodged from his side, Scion could feel a burning sensation coming from his hip. His body working faster than he could perceive, began clenching blood vessels shut, in order to stop any bleeding, as well as forcing the damaged areas of the muscle fibers to shut down until they can either heal or scar over. The result was a clean cut with little blood, but a large patch of dark bruising that could be seen through to hole in his pants. The hit had been a good one, and Scion knew he was going to be much slower pivoting on that hip from now on. He could also feel the bone fragments from the shattered layer liquefying, and slowly seeping back into his body for repurposing. As the pain from the wound was being slowly blocked out by his bodies other functions, he notices that Skallagrim wasn't looking any worse for wear from his opening blow. This irks him greatly as wonders if the cut he had gotten as his tradeoff, had been worth it. 

He decides that he was, at the very least, learning some things about his opponent. The fact Skallagrim could take his normal blows without showing any signs of damage, meant his early assumption of him being a potential class cannon wasn't accurate. He would have to dial up his damage a bit, to account for Skallagrim's higher than expected durability. He isn't quite sure how to approach Skallagrim though, as another a frontal assault would not be in his best interest, but he also knew Skal was too swift for him to easily get around him. It was easy to guess that the guy was far older than himself, and had probably seen his way through many fights in his time.So, he was going to need to add a new element to the fight, if he wanted to trip up a the ancient fighter. He takes a moment to think through his current arsenal with great care, and with careful deliberation. decides that is was maybe time to start thinking with portals. He knew from experience that he was only going to really get one good shot out of the portals, and that was the opening move. So he would need to make sure that it a good one and that he struck as quickly as possible.

Scion puts a his plan into motion, and turns face forward and exchanges the tonfa and switchblade with each other so he could wield the tonfa in his dominant right hand. He then deftly flips the tonfa around into an offensive grip, and carefully whispers one word to his watch, [color=f26522]"Backbash."[/color] Quickly following this command, Scion starts charging at Skallagrim with determination in his eyes. He takes this time to focus energy into amplifying the strength in his right arm and right leg as he makes his way towards Skallagrim. Then as he approaches within three feet of Skallagrim, a black dot would appear in air before him, and simultaneously another would appear inches behind Skallagrim's back. In the next instant, both dots would expand into six foot diameter windows, with Scion's side of the portals leading to Skallagrim back, and Skallagrim's side leading to the open air just behind him. Scion, while leading and pressing forward with his right leg, would twist his body as he swings the tonfa through the portal, and attempt to deliver a powerful bash into side of Skallagrim's head. He would also, upon any contact, unleash the pent up energy he had been collecting in the tonfa to add to the blow. If Scion's attack goes as planned, he would then quickly pull the tonfa back through the portal and hastily retreat several feet. Dennis, at this time, would then close the portal, and cut off anything still stuck between the rifts in space, to allow Scion to view the damage to Skallagrim as well as cut off any potential counter that may be attempted at Scion through his own portal.