A grin of satisfaction spread across Eldarin's face in response to his blade cutting heavily into the relatively soft stone. Despite this the statue responded quickly enough, lunging at him. Eldarin yanked his blade out and whirled, slamming his shield into the side of the blade to deflect it and prevent the statue from attacking again as quickly. Given this maneuver was successful Eldarin would once again strike at the arm of the statue as it brought its sword back into position, likely completely removing it and making this fight substantially easier. Without a weapon Eldarin would be much more free to whittle down the statue or attempt something more daring like cutting off its head. One step at a time though.