In his extended position to finish off the first statue he was unable to easily dodge the next statue's attack, forcing him to take the attack fully on his shield. Eldarin winced before the blow even hit, smashing against the shield and hurtling him to the side, where only a quick recovery saved him from clunking into a pillar and dazing himself. Now Eldarin had regained his feet and was ready to finish off the next statue, albeit with bruised arm and shoulder area and he was fairly confident he had a cut on his neck from the roll but no major damage. He hoped he wouldn't have to down another one of his bottles already, after all, it was only one statue at this point. Ready to engage once more Eldarin stepped forward into range, sword quickly thrusting at the statue's face. However once again, the motion stepped an inch before the statue's face and Eldarin spun to the side of the statue, on the same side as its shield, avoiding any retaliatory strike and smashing his longsword with all his might into the side of the statue's head. If it dropped its guard when no attack came the following swing should destroy its head. If it counterattacked upon receiving no blow his spin would avoid it and the following blow would strike before the statue could defend itself. Finally if the statue kept its shield in position the force of the blow would be split between the side of the shield and the statue's stone head.