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The hammerstrike does indeed fail to connect, not because of the knight having attempted to dodge the strike; but because his magical barrier dampens the blow to the point that it glances off his heavy armor yet it still packed enough momentum to rend a gash across his breastplate, causing him to be slightly sent aback from both the force of the attack and shock, but otherwise completely neutralized her attempt at spoiling his "attack". Instead of smashing into the ground as intended, he simply unleashes his magical technique right at the Cat's face; flashing her with an unbelievably bright and intense light from his sword.

Depending on how quickly the two would recover their sight, they'd notice that the Knight was either long gone or fleeing towards the RoC headquarters; having ran quite a long distance in such a short time for someone wearing so much armor.