Metz had bounded rightward to increase the distance between himself and the incoming sword, this in fact only increased the safe distance between himself and his enemy when he strangely opted to both abandon his already moving strike and instead seize a sword that was barely formed from the air off to the right. Obviously, Metz had not tried to reach for the wrist as his enemy’s arm suddenly blurred and re-appeared with the new sword in hand, but had simply charged the man’s body. The only real change Metz made was to raise his left forearm up into the path of his enemy’s right arm to prevent him stabbing his blade down into him like he had done to Shin in his previous bout. Then, with his enemy’s body completely open to him he simply stepped in on his strong right foot and set to work, thrusting rapidly at his foe’s lower body just below his waist, seeking out weak spots in his armour. The blade of the Shint was designed to pass through armour with its razor sharp point, especially with Metz’ magic infused strength. He targeted the waist for a simple reason, in all armour it had to be a point of weakness due to the flexibility required there. If it was one continuous piece of armour too much mobility would be sacrificed, so the joint was the weak spot, his knife could find purchase between the leggings and the torso armour and pierce flesh.