[center][h2][u]Shipwreck[/u][/h2]Alex, Korgath, Liv/itus, Ahnci
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His adventure was soon met with a fierce resistance from the Sahuagin. It wasn't out of the surprise zone, however, as he didn't really expect them to appear this soon. But thankfully, there were his allies. The three of his teammates were preemptive, as they all took on the creatures with finesse and grace. As they were busy fighting, Alexander felt no need to enter the combat theatre. They were handling it well, and his presence would be a hinder. 

Instead, he stood firmly on the ground, and analysed through the Sahuagin's movements. Their first entry did not form into any specific formation, as positions were irrational. They also did not coordinate well in their attacks, some of them attacked separately, allowing his allies to mow them down. This may help that the upcoming battles may also have the same tactics, with no particular leaders of the school.

[color=0054a6]'Their poses.'[/color]

Despite the fight escalating into an individual one on one, with each and every combatants being a strategist and tactician of their own, there still existed a pattern, small but visible: the Sahuagin's combat poses. They have the tendency to have their shoulders and heads slightly leaned towards their opponents, their backs angled slightly forward. Their attacking movements were also weird, as if they were trying to cover something. 

Something...

Alexander then noticed as Korgath's wolf, Kitty, preying on a Sahuagin, but was suffering from trying to get through to it, due to some sort of scaly armor. But there was also the sword swing by Liv, which cut through the Sahuagin with ease. And there were Korgath's fist onto the fish's jaw at the very beginning. It gave Alexander the strange perception of the Sahuagin's scaled armor being both good and bad at the same time. A wolf's bite, a sharp sword's swing and a powerful uppercut, despite the difference, showed an abnormal contrast.

Connecting the dots together, there was one hypothesis that Alexander had been suspecting. 

As the group was busy fighting, two Sahuagins at the very end of the cave began to join the battle as well. Realizing the threat, Alexander charged forward towards one of the Sahuagin. As he was near one, he planted one of his foot firmly on the ground, and rammed the other one onto the Sahuagin. Despite not really a combatant himself, his experience in martial art allowed him to send the Sahuagin tumbling onto the ground. As the other was mildly baffled by the sudden entry of a new combatant, Alexander quickly drew the one-handed crossbow from his waist holster. Pointing it directly straight towards the Sahuagin's head, he open fired. But the arrow simply ricocheted off the scale on top of it. But the force was enough to stun the fish creature for a few moments. Enough for Alexander to deal with the other beast. 

The creature had the time to stand up, but not for a counter-attack, as Alexander gave it a beautifully executed axe kick. The beast was stunned, but eventually come unharmed. Alexander then decided to take a more brutal approach. The creature charged at him, as it tried to deliver an upward swing to Alexander. But having seen through the move, Alexander simply took a step back, and took advantage of the move, as he held the crossbow with his two hands, the arrow, having reloaded automatically, pointing forward, and stabbed it into the Sahuagin's lower jaw, direction upward.

The creature froze for a second before falling to the ground, motionless. 

Just as he thought...

As the final creature was trying to stand up, Alexander calmly and simply turned to address the team of the result of his analysis. 

[color=0054a6]"These creatures have a weakness. And that is they don't have protection against upward attacks."[/color] He said. [color=0054a6]"Just attack from the bottom up, and we'll mop up the cave of these beasts."[/color]